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Mike Roach explores web tech in a social media landscape, smart futures, green ideas, with a sometime focus on Europe & Australasia. solutions@firstinterval.com

Navigating media maze for citizen journalism

3rd year journalism student Sarah Mageean, from the University of Central Lancashire in Preston is focusing on citizen journalism and social media. Attending the recent OPEN09 event, Sarah is seeking people’s opinion on citizen journalism.

As part of an email conversation I mentioned that as part of the free flow of information online, citizen journalism is a vital elem…

Exploring hyper-local online

Disley.info - developed by First Interval

Disley.info – developed by First Interval

Approaching First Interval with a request for way to manage their own content, council offices in Disley, East Cheshire UK now have a Wordpress based, dynamic and easy to update website at www.disley.info.

With training and guidance, Mary and the office staff quickly learnt the simple steps to add news, events and manage the entire websi…

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The arts plays a large part in leading to open and respectful exchanges of views between individuals and groups belonging to different cultures – it leads to a deeper understanding of the other’s world perception. It’s extremely rewarding to involve yourself in culture, and it brings an intrinsic smile to the fore when you then discover a pla…

Clicklist – Daily Reading for April 13th

Daily Reading stored in my back pocket for April 13th

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Clicklist – Daily Reading for February 22nd

Daily Reading stored in my back pocket for February 22nd

Clicklist – Daily Reading for February 2nd

Share. Act. Do. Welcome to Daily Reading and inspired articles stored in my back pocket for February 2nd

  • Snowfalls in Britain Forcing Many to Work from Home – For my line of work it raised problems of remote server access (online backup service), checking certain email accounts efficiently when remote (google apps on a domain), mobile broadband USB dongles, and the use of ot…

Clicklist – Essential Tech, Green and everything in between for February 4th

Share. Act. Do. Welcome to Daily Reading and inspired articles stored in my back pocket for February 4th

  • The role of television in American resource use – TV has always been the one-way conversation. I feel great that it has been missing from my loungeroom landscape for 2 years. ‘On demand’ in all its forms:  radio shows, TV, News have a powerful effect on opening…

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