Meet Rinske van Noortwijk and Corian Hugenholtz-Sasse – they make wishes come true. – (dead link) I met them both in Rotterdam, invited through the wonderful Maurice Specht to speak to the Association of Initiative Brokers ( @inimakelaar ) in Holland, organised by Rinske. Two days before, Tessy Britton and I had been in The …
Grassroots Channel Podcast Willem Guizeman on "being there" – slow, steady community building
It’s odd how when you look away your friends seem to go and do some really interesting stuff. I first met Willem Guizeman in 2005 when he was in Birmingham planning some work on the Residents university for the Residents for Regeneration. Then he was fronting a Europe wide organisation which was working with the …
The First Dudley Social Media Surgery
I think I just got paid with a hug. Full of the joys of social media surgeoning Lorna Prescott from Dosti put her arms around me and said thank you. (sorry Lorna for being embarrasing and thank you!) It is really one of the reasons I love social media surgeries – they make me happy and …
Making (and saving) money with open data – ideas generation session
Yesterday, Podnosh and Substrakt collaborated under the SpeedData banner to run the evening ideas session at Making (and Saving) Money With Open Data in Birmingham. Small groups and individuals worked together to develop their ideas for useful, commercial and social open data projects. At the end, each group pitched their idea to a judging panel: Dave …