Tag Archives: Birmingham blogging and that

101 ways to communicate with your council

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Getgood

At the beginning of the month Simon Whitehouse asked me lead a session at the last Birmingham Brewcamp, where people ‘drink tea, eat cake, learn stuff’, by outlining what I’d like from Birmingham City Council that I felt was currently lacking. … Continue reading →

Posted in Doing my thing | Tagged 101 ways of communicating with your council, Birmingham blogging and that, birmingham city council, Brewcamp, Dan Slee, Digbeth is Good, Digbeth Residents' Association, Kelly Quigley-Hicks, Simon Whitehouse | 3 Comments

A lesson in ale drinking at the Long Itchington Beer Festival

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Getgood

I was unsure what to get the man in my life for his birthday, so was relieved to discover the Long Itchington Beer Festival came shortly after the event – ‘1 village, 6 pubs, 4 days’. Carl’s a big real … Continue reading →

Posted in Up close and personal | Tagged beer, Beer Beauty, Birmingham blogging and that, Long Itchington, Long Itchington Real Ale Festival, Marton Road Farm, Real Ale, Stirchley Wines, Tania_Nexust, The Anchor, The Barton Arms, The Black Eagle, The Wellington | Leave a comment

Free the archives!

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Getgood

March 31st saw Hyperlocal Bloggers meet the BBC in the West Midlands, a much-needed event organised by Nick Booth. At the start Nick asked people present to say the issues they’d like to be discussed so I took the opportunity to … Continue reading →

Posted in Doing my thing | Tagged archive, BBC, Birmingham blogging and that, heritage, history, JISC, nick booth, online archive, podnosh, Robin Morley, West Midlands | Leave a comment

The Breakfast Club in photos

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Getgood

When local historian Richard Trengrouse emailed me to let me know that my favourite local Eastside Cafe was facing some difficult times and that he?d be breakfasting there each Wednesday morning to support them, I decided I?d join him. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Digbeth is Good, Doing my thing, Hyperlocal | Tagged Birmingham blogging and that, Breakfast Club, Digbeth life, Eastside Cafe, Foursquare, Instagram, Mike Rawlins, photography, photos, Richard Trengrouse | Leave a comment

The feral factory cats of Longbridge

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Getgood

I was recently involved in delivering some training for the Retooled project, working a group of ex-Rover MG employees who were made redundant when the company went bust 5 years ago and to create a resource for those facing or … Continue reading →

Posted in Doing my thing, Up close and personal | Tagged Birmingham blogging and that, BMW, Cats, John Barnett, Longbridge, Retooled, Rover, Sara Golemon | 4 Comments

My 4am project: Tommy Cooper in Caerphilly

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Getgood

I spent the Easter weekend in South Wales visiting my family, which meant I was at my Dad’s house in Caerphilly for the 4am project on Sunday 4th April. Now on recent visits to Caerphilly I’ve noticed an increasing amount … Continue reading →

Posted in Doing my thing, Up close and personal | Tagged 4amproject, 4amprojectcardiff, Birmingham blogging and that, Birmingham Museum Collections Centre, bmag, caerphilly, karen strunks, nechells, Tommy Cooper, Tommy Cooper Society | 1 Comment

The 11 Bus on 11/11/09

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Getgood

On the evening of 11th November I joined Jon Bounds with a sizable gang to take part in the after -dark round of his ‘psychogeographical epic’ 11 Bus Project. The idea is that everyone has ‘a window of eleven hours … Continue reading →

Posted in Up close and personal | Tagged 11bus, ben whitehouse, benjibrum, Birmingham blogging and that, bounder, jon bounds | 1 Comment

Battleships at Hello Digital 2009

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Getgood

Proof that even when getting down to sirius conferuns bizniz, people still have that natural inclination to play and turn the whole thing into one big game. At the Hello Digital 2009 conference everyone settled down in the main hall … Continue reading →

Posted in Come and play | Tagged Birmingham blogging and that, hd09, hello digital | 2 Comments

All work and no play….

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Getgood

Well, it’s been a good long, while, hasn’t it? I’m not going to do the cliched apologising for the prolonged silence, most people know I’ve been a busy bee. In early August I left my job with ACE dance and … Continue reading →

Posted in Come and play | Tagged Birmingham blogging and that, gravehunt, libby heighway, michael grimes, moseley, moseleybarcamp, nikki pugh, st marys | 2 Comments

The Nifty

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Getgood

So you should be. Photo by Tim Ellis It wasn’t my health or the environment that made me swap my daily commute from Moseley on the No. 50 bus for a bike ride. The abuse, crack smoke, constant smell of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Birmingham blogging and that, Bus | Leave a comment