old-maps.co.uk – Find pre and post Word War II maps, town plans and even Russian maps from the Cold War era for your area. (via BiNS) 4am project this Sunday 17th October: Digbeth walkaround – I’m trying to arrange a group walk through my area as part of the 4am Project ‘to gather a collection [...]
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Community surgery: how to tackle the problems that could kill your blog
Modern websites are not just a set of pages sent between computers and consumed by passive pairs of eyes. The best websites are living, breathing communities, full of ever-changing content and lively debate, witty exchanges and with a bustling calendar of real-life events. The problem, of course, with communities, is, we hate to say… people. [...]
Getgood Linkage #1: Heritage
Every so often I find myself emailing people who have requested links and/or information about creating community content around a particular subject or issue. I’m thinking it would be better for me to share that information with everyone, so I’m going to start copying it into blog posts here. One topic I get asked a [...]
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