Scrutinising scrutiny I’ve just spent the larger part of my day reading about the scrutiny processes of local councils. Of course, this is the sort of thing I do for fun, but there was a serious purpose at hand. As part of my MA in online journalism, but also as part of my work at …
This is the new MAC: Midlands Arts Centre
I had a quick look round MAC – the arts centre in Cannon Hill park in Birmingham – thanks to Neil Holland and others from the comms team there. This video doesn’t show you everything, just a taste. There’s plenty more to see when it opens on May 1st with a gig from Misty’s Big …
Review: March’s Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery
At another brilliant Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery in thestudio we saw a host of exciting and interesting projects either getting off the ground or being developed still further.
Lawrence Lessig on the humility in government and the reality of the net.
Remove the cause of mistrust – is what Lawrence Lessig thinks will drive the transparent economy. He also believes government need to learn humility and we need to take care to avoid laws which criminalise our children because of how they use the net. He’s right….Worth listening to: