I was in Barcelona recently and found myself puzzling over something. Almost all of the graffiti was on the shutters of shops – not the stone or brickwork. It appears as though the ‘taggers” (also see this on Birmingham tagging and youtube) have decided not to spray the buildings themselves. If this is a correct …
The Smartest Online Organisations
Just a quick pointer to the 59 smartest online organisations. Great for inspiration for charities looking to make better use of a range of internet tools. Celeste over at studio 501c tells us to encourage just this sort of list making in our own organisations. If you’re interested in using the web more effectively, ask …
A civil spat – the Youtube way.
I have masses of blogging to catch up on, but thought I would start with one of our local councillors here in Birmingham who is using youtube to tackle graffiti. In the process Martin Mullaney appears to have sparked an intergenerational brushfire. On January 5th 2007 this Liberal Democrat Councillor for Moseley and Kings Heath …
Birmingham Passions six – a new podcast on the Grassroots Channel
A New Year short for the Grassroots Channel podcast containing the condensed passions of people associated with the Birmingham Community Empowerment Network. Birmingham Passions 6: Perry Barr, learning new tricks and changing the way old people live. We hear from Mike Trevor the Constituency support officer for Perry Barr, Glen Carr of the Home Office …