And will I get anything out of it? I’m helping to run the Stoke-on-Trent Social Media Surgeries and a couple of people have asked me, what are they and will they get anything out of them, so in answer to those two questions.. What is a Social Media Surgery? A social media surgery is an informal [...]
I really like this statement by Alistar Burt, who when questioned by Andrew Rosindell about what the cost was to the FCO in maintaining social media channels such as Twitter, YouTube & Flickr, replied: The FCO expects staff in all functions and grades to use a range of digital media-including the social web-to publish, carry [...]
On Monday 26th April, between 6 and 9 at the Greyhound in Penkhull we will be holding the first Stoke-on-Trent Social Media Surgery. I’ll be there along with Carl Plant, Clare White and others to offer help and advice to newcomers and to chat and exchange ideas with more experienced bloggers This is an opportunity for anybody to [...]
When adding links to websites should you force links in to a new window or leave the visitor to decide? If you do force the link in to a new window should you make it clear that the link will open a new window, either by adding a note at the end of the link [...]
Yes I know, the idea of a blog is so that I write something for you to read! It is well over a week since I posted anything, so here a brief recap of why I haven’t written anything. A week last Friday I went along to the Creative Industries Investment Roadshow at the Light [...]
Pits n Pots has been described as the UKs premier council chasing website. The site focuses on local accountability and the troubled Stoke-on-Trent political scene. The site has been mentioned twice now in the House of Commons and cited by Department of Culture Ministers as an example of the future of local news. Pits n Pots [...]