Tag Archive for digbeth

Discover Digbeth before #TAL12!

The Maple House venue for this Saturday’s #TAL12 unconference is lovely and central but it’s not in the very best bit of Birmingham, which is of course Digbeth! (See Digbeth is Good for a million reason why.) That’s why the pre-#TAL12 entertainment this Friday 26th April will be geared towards discovering Digbeth. We’ll be starting at 6.00pm with a [...]

Interview with Lucie Kerley of the MACE Full Circle project

A little while ago I did a short interview with Lucie Kerley of the MACE Full Circle project.  Covering the East and West Midlands regions, it looks to ’realise the potential of films and videos currently hidden away in attics and sheds in your community’ and make them accessible.  I spoke to Lucie about how she felt community websites could [...]

Content idea: local love stories

Most people love a good love story, and the readers of your community website are no exception. Are there any couples in your local community who have a particularly romantic tale to tell? Might they be willing to share their story with your website, as the man in the video above did with Karen Strunks [...]

Some useful links 27/09/2010

Here’s some links I spotted recently, which you might find interesting: Legal Resources for Hyperlocal Bloggers – a set of useful links from Philip John following a session on the subject at The London Neighbourhoods Online Unconference 2010.  The event also led Philip to suggest the interesting idea of Hyperlocal Cafes – ‘to pull together [...]

Content idea: write about art on display in your area

Try writing about any visual art that is on display in your area, such as in a local art gallery, museum or arts centre.  This could be a simple notice of a forthcoming art exhibition, as Ventnor Blog did with the Out of the Box photographic exhibition at Dimbola Lodge. Or, if you or a [...]

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