Benjamin Ellis

Benjamin Not Ben – Jamin on the Net

We Didn’t Vote for Hanging!

This isn’t a political blog, nor is it a news one. It’s my personal blog, but today I’m feeling a bit “ranty” – it’s the ‘meeedja’ you see. Not all of them – I’m privileged to know some great journalists, who do a fantastic job serving the public and covering stories in interesting ways. However [...]

Posted 1 year, 8 months ago at 10:02 am. 15 comments

Printing to Metal

It’s arrived! Ok, I should back up a bit… Last month I was asked if I would like to try myprinting.com. It was a timely request, as I was about to do a large print of one of the photos in my Flickr stream. myprinting.com isn’t your usual printing outfit. They focus on photographic wall panels in canvas, [...]

Posted 1 year, 9 months ago at 1:20 pm. Add a comment

Twestival – What is That?

It’s all too easy to take it for granted that people know about something. In the last day or two a few people have asked me what Twestival is. Now, some of you will all ready know about the Twitter Festival, but some won’t, so here is a little background. It was almost two years [...]

Posted 1 year, 10 months ago at 10:03 am. 2 comments

Teentech – Showing What You Can Do

The ultimate cure for jetlag? Well, spending the day with 300 teenagers, obviously. On Friday I joined Maggie Philbin, the afore mentioned teenagers, and a dedicated team of grown ups at The Madejski Stadium in Reading, Berkshire, for Teentech 2010. The number of children studying science and maths has been in decline for many years [...]

Posted 1 year, 10 months ago at 7:45 pm. 1 comment

2009 Highlights in Pictures and a Few Words

What a year 2009 Was… I’ve been looking through my Flickr stream and pulled out some highlights. Apologies, as the page may take a while to load, but pictures seem to express the year better than any words I could write. Towards the end of 2008 I was at a dinner with Caalie and the Scobles. [...]

Posted 2 years, 1 month ago at 3:53 pm. Add a comment

Shine is Coming off the Chrome – Week Without Google Day 2-3

Day 2 should have been easier, so should day 3. Really it should. I was mostly out and about and away from the computer, but it was still tricky to avoid Google products. Forgive me, for I have fallen slightly – I had to show someone Google Analytics. I got straight back on track afterwards, but [...]

Posted 2 years, 1 month ago at 7:39 pm. 1 comment