I have hosted and facilitated all sorts of events, but this is a new title for me! Read more →
Author: Benjamin Ellis
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 ago that I went to… Read more →
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 in the UK, prompting government… Read more →
Hello Austin… #sxsw #digitalmission
Awake, but a little sleepy, on a very sunny morning in Austin Texas. The leg of the journey on Virgin Atlantic was excellent, and Jet Blue were in birthday mode, with balloons everywhere – although I just thought they were having a binary moment! Sam (@toodlepip)’s hat survived the journey, and we even managed to grab some healthfood in JFK… Read more →
Somethings are worth buying twice
OK, I could have left the office and riffled through the CD collection, but I just re-purchased the music instead, partially because everyone should own at least three copies of all of Steve Lawson’s albums: http://stevelawson.net/ Seriously, go listen to Numbers by Lawson/Dodds/Wood: http://lawsondoddswood.bandcamp.com/ How could you not buy that? And the bandcamp checkout process is super slick too. Low-transactional friction,… Read more →
Backstage with @chrisbrogan @treypennington and co… grabbing my laptop to go back to take more notes… #likeminds
From Likeminds, 2010. Documentally interviewing Chris Brogan, with Trey Pennington on the camera. Read more →