Year: 2009

Created in Birmingham, behind by a Nosemonkey.

If you have been following the fight to get Created in Birmingham recognised as the UK’s best blog you might like to know that one of the other nominees has fallen on their sword.   UK Blogger Nosemonkey’s Vote for me post has been revised to say:

Update: Actually, scrap that. Vote for Created in Birmingham instead. Never heard of them before, but they seem to have the best chance of preventing mad borderline racist Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips from winning….let’s not have a repeat of the most idiotic maniacs ruling the roost. There’s enough of that on this here internet already, thanks very much.

So don’t let them down. Each and every day you can make Nosemonkey happy by voting for Created in Birmingham at this link.  Neil Clark, The View from Here would you prefer Mel or CiB to win?

Vote Created in Birmingham

link to voting page


Created in Birmingham is not just a blog, it is a cultural asset to the city.

CiB has been core to helping dozens of folk begin their own blogs so helping Brummie talent join a global conversation. For this alone it’s worth a vote in the uk section of the worlds best blogs competition. You can vote here once a day between now and Janury13th.  If you’d don’t want Melanie Phillips from the Daily Mail to win, this is time well spent.

(by the way Pete Ashton – who established CiB – is also on the short list. I voted for him yesterday because I prefer his blog!)

Linda Hines MBE: No pay made her powerful

I have a guilty secret. I have favourites.

Among the dozens of brilliant people I’ve interviewed for the Grassroots Channel Podcast, Linda Hines is right up there amongst the ones who really made an impact on me.  She is an unstoppable pragmatist and optimists (and has even begun blogging, although we still need to help her along with this).

Linda is a volunteer director of the Witton Lodge Community Association and has just been awarded her MBE for services to the community in North Birmingham.

It was Linda who told me that “no pay makes me powerful” – something which should be the mantra of volunteers everywhere. Listen to why she does what she does through this link or by clicking on the arrow below. Then you might understand why she has been honoured.

 

Fixmystreet for iphone.

picture of the e-well being award for fixmystreet

Bit slow on this – especially given that I saw the man behind it, Birmingham based clerverman Matthew Somerville, before Christmas. (Must listen more).

However if you have an iPhone, this application will help you make best use of the award winning  www.fixmystreet.com – the place to report problems in your neighbourhood. Even news blogger Jeff Jarvis wants it so much he’s (be)moaning that he can’t get one in the USA! Thanks to Greenerleith.