building_communities_futures

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…

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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  1 click transposing! The pinnacle of guitar tablatures and chords + lyrics online
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• Jing: Record Screencast
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• bubbl.us
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Funding seminars

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…

Daily Reading stored in my back pocket for April 13th

• Fresh From…the City – “more and more, people are realising that decisions regarding food and health are too important to leave in the hands of others”.
• OutlookDeck Cuts Through Busy Inbox Noise [Downloads] – analysing productivity at work? this post also links to a bunch of outlook boosters

Co…

Daily Reading stored in my back pocket for February 22nd

• Bloblive: Pitch your best green biz idea – Open Mic nights turn from comedy and music to 'ideas'. Liking this a lot.
• DIY, No-Electricity Lighting from 2-Liter Bottles [Weekend Project] – inspiring innovation via a youtube video – video that won't work with England's sunlight hours.as…

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…

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…