Breda, day 2: theatres and theory.
Day two in Breda and a grilling from some of the 2nd year students about the different Edinburgh venues they???re researching. For the record that???s the Festival Theatre, Church Hill Theatre, Storytelling Centre and the Royal Mile (particularly the ...
Breda, day 1: hello and hospitality.
It???s only a few days since Daniel Turner posted from America about his experiences at a US college, with reflections on the disparity of resources and opportunities open to students on campuses countries. I now have the opportunity to match that a...
The Net Works ??? 100% Open
via 100open.com As I've always said, this blog is written largely for me. A place to record thoughts, experiences and progress. But it's also where I keep useful links with a little comment as well: a more engaging Delicious perhaps. So here's a l...
SXSW 2011: The internet is over | The Guardian
via guardian.co.uk This article (click the guardian.co.uk link above) was punted my way by Bob (legendary friend from school days of yore, you remember Bob?). It's an optimistic view of our online future, principally seen from the user's perspecti...
#EdTwestival: bringing it all together.
Yesterday was Twestival, in cities across the globe. I've written about my involvement in Edinburgh's Twestival before, so a quick follow up post is in order.First up, here's the event's site: http://edinburgh.twestival.com/The big numbers: over 3...
PhD proposal: Christmas 2010 edition.
I've deliberately held back from posting my full PhD proposal on the site, despite my open ethos. I've a variety of reasons for doing so, but at the same time I wanted to have a way of archiving it online: available if I want it. So, a private pos...
Open innovation.
Inspace, housed within the University of Edinburgh, has hosted a number of events that I've enjoyed over the past year ??? from mushroom-inspired improvised music to film screenings. On Wednesday 23 February I attended an 'openness' discussion: open...
#tramwaysummit_01
Tuesday morning: with barely minutes to go, as I sped through the central belt to Glasgow, my Twitter feed told me my meeting had been upgraded to a summit! This was fantastic news ??? really set the tone for a productive catch up with some other ev...
The Event Expo: Glasgow, 9 February 2011
The 'Event Expo' was a one day conference at The Garage in Glasgow: by event management students, for event management students. (Yes, it was in a night club. Got a problem with that?) Plenty of variety on the bill and an impressive line up of spe...
Late February round up of quick links, software and half-formed responses.
The limited nature of my engagement with Delicious is based on the idea that if I particularly like a website or want to keep a record of someone's blog post I'll note it on my own blog and add a little comment to remind myself what was so great a...