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. There were quite a few faces at that meal that ended up playing different roles through out 2009 – you can see Neville Hobson and Chris Heuer as well as Robert Scoble here.
Measurement and efficiency were some of the themes for 2009, and I’m sure they will be for 2010. Through Homecamp I learnt about monitoring home power use, and with Redcatco we got even better at measuring things and making business cases. Continue Reading…
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Twitter people meeting face to face… And outside of London too!
When: Thursday 9th April, 10:30am.
Where: Good Taste Coffee, 67 High St, Camberley, England, GU15 3RB
(awaiting review on Trusted Places and Yelp, WiFi mentioned on jiwire.
Why: Just Because… Business conversations and coffee.
Who: At least me (Benjamin Ellis), Paul Sloane and Andrew Gerrard.
Getting there: Camberley town centre is all shiny new. You can park in one of the two official car parks, or there is free 2 hour parking on Gordon road – a bit of a walk and across the railway line.
If you are interested in coming along, please DM or @ me: twitter.com/benjaminellis or add a comment here (so I can be prepared if it turns into a twitter mob!).
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago. 1 comment
I went to this last night: “Poster Journeys – London Transport Museum Event” at the London Transport Museum (big props to Annie Mole). The talk was a fascinating tour of the of Abram Games, given by his daughter, Naomi. A new book – Poster Journeys
- is now available that takes you through Abram’s journey in creating his amazing work. Continue Reading…
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This week has been intense, but great. Last night Camberley Toastmasters club, of which I have the pleasure of being president, got to chartering. To add to the evening, I was awarded best prepared speaker. Given that I was up against two people that I consider the best speakers in the region, and that I only had a couple of hours to prepare, it made me a very happy man.
The How to write a speech in 5 minutes on the WOWNDADI blog was read over 10,000 times in just a couple of weeks. The house had 12 people living in it for most of the week, which added to the general excitement levels too.
Tomorrow (or rather today) I am off to Social Media Camp London… As usual, the flickr stream probably best show what I have been up to.
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago. Add a comment
Sorry… That title was just there for the taking, and no it isn’t a typo. The Harvest Twestival was a gathering of the twitterati in Londinium at doonstairs. A very snazzy venue, if a little hot! It gave me the chance to put some 3D faces to 2D avatars from the twitter world, as well as catching up with friends. There’s a lovely photo in the post at This is Now and post by Sizemore (I love the design of Sizemore’s site – very warm and homely). Continue Reading…
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Yesterday morning saw me working form the Tuttle club, AKA London Social Media Cafe, hosted by Lloyd Davis. There were a lot of people on site and the clatter of keyboards was slightly drowned out by the chatter of conversation.
It was a very positive experience and set me off thinking on a number of threads. There were some great conversations – than you Thayer, David Terrar, Anne Marie McEwan, Joshua March, Francine Kizner, and others too. I was reminded how important the social nature of the office environment is, something that is missed working home-alone. The seed of ‘randomness’ that comes from interactive with other people is a key part of creativity. The unexpected and the different can be inspirational.
The Social Media Cafe provides an opportunity to meet like minded people, with different background and experience. I think it is a concept that would benefit anyone in the creative space, but also something that could be applied to the supposedly less creative businesses too…
It would be great to have places like this to drop in and work all over the country, if not all over the world. If you are in London and in the social media space, check it out: The Tuttle Club.
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