Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Oct 13, 2008	Michael Palin is no longer the funniest Palin - John Cleese
American accent – unh! ... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Oct 13, 2008	Who’s coming to the Birmingham Social Media Surgery, BAD08
I thought is was time to take stock, not least to ensure sufficient tea and coffee for the social media surgery which us Birmingham bloggy folk are organising (with BVSC ) to support voluntary and community groups in the city on Blog Action Day . If you want to know how social media...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Oct 7, 2008	Blog Action Day in Birmingham - a social media surgery for voluntary orgs.
Over here Jon Bounds has reminded us of our collective Birmingham blogger wish to mark Blog Action day next week in some shared way.  When Tom Watson asked us about this a while back there was plenty of enthusiastic muttering. The theme for blog action day 2008 is poverty,...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Oct 7, 2008	You can plan Lozells
Rob Annable, a social media architect (oh yes) is about to launch a new project for public consultation on community plans: A few weeks ago, Birmingham City Council put out an invitation to tender for an extremely innovative and ambitious proposal that would allow the residents of Lozells to...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Oct 2, 2008	How much government money is spent in your neighbourhood? cons08
So how much? Add it all together: policing, benefits, health, road repairs.  The lot.  How much?  You don’t know, in fact it probably cant be done. That is what Dick Atkinson realised 15 years ago. He runs the Balsall Heath Neighbourhood Forum and he wanted to know just how much...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Oct 1, 2008	Prisoner Eye view of being arrested by the West Midlands Police
West Midlands police comms department is acquiring quite a knack for doing curious things on Youtube. I think this one has been inspired by the head cams the police wear for gathering evidence. It’s a bit like some kids playing with a new toy – and of course playfulness is a...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Sep 25, 2008	Birmingham Conservation Trust’s new website
Thanks to a lot of work from Jon Bounds , new visuals from Citrus Frog   and some input from myself,  the Birmingham Conservation Trust has a new website . You may not be surprised to know that it is built entirely on Wordpress. Please have a look around and let me know what’s...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Sep 24, 2008	Birmingham Bloggers met.
Why did I enjoy last night’s bloggers’ meet (ask me about the apostrophe) more than any other?  It was partly because we did more than sit in a pub, partly because we did sit in pub and partly because new people came. However I think it was principally because the bloggers...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Sep 11, 2008	Quality newspaper video from the Birmingham Mail:
Why do I like this? Static shots well framed with thought for the lighting. Simple story, well told by one voice, someone we can relate to. No poor voice over from someone who didn’t get into the BBC because they couldn’t broadcast and equally no tacky script riddled with...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Aug 24, 2008	CarrotMob or Save the environment by drinking beer.
There are different ways to tackle climate change. In the last month I’ve written about the focussed and globally ambitious cquestrate . Now recent Birmingham Blogger Jonathan Melhuish (and also here ) who’s relocated to London tells me you can also do it by drinking beer. ...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Aug 23, 2008	The fab moment Lucy Moore realised her Grandfather’s picture was The Big Picture Winner 2008
I love this video – keep watching until the end. It shows just how much emotion was invested in The Big Picture – the West Midland’s Guinness World Record breaking photographic art event. One of eight photographs had been chosen as the picture to be used for the...... [view]