Tag Archives: nick booth

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 →

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Social Media Surgeries in prison?

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Getgood

At the National Digital Inclusion conference I noticed a few tweets from attendees about people in prison using the internet.  I wasn’t actually in the conference hall at the time, so I’m not sure why this conversation started or what … Continue reading →

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WxWM: An overdue retrospective

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Getgood

Nicky Getgood on Digbeth and local blogging at WxWM from Jon Bounds on Vimeo. It?s time for my very long overdue post about WxWM, brainchild Shona McQuillan?s local alternative to SxSWi. What was most amazing about it was that, within … Continue reading →

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Big City Talk

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Getgood

Before Christmas Birmingham City Council released the Big City Plan, a lengthy consultation document about how Birmingham should be developed over the next twenty years.  The document was also put onto the Big City Plan website for members of the … Continue reading →

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If only I’d known

Posted on October 25, 2008 by Getgood

Finally, after weeks of nagging poor Pete Ashton like a fishwife for FTP access to the Digbeth is Good blog, he’s on it. So whilst I wait for every ISP in the world to change, and relish the prospect of … Continue reading →

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