Confessions of a Futuresonic Liveblogger
May 16 2009
Posted by Martin as Internet, Manchester, blogs
As something of a blogging obsessive, the opportunity to spend two days writing about some of my favourite topics at the Futuresonic Social Technologies Summit was too good to pass up. On Thursday morning at the Contact Theatre, Sarah Hartley and I set up a ‘blogging booth’ at the back of Space One in the [...]
How much would you pay to read your favourite blog? Chances are it wouldn’t be much. Blogs add value to our lives but few are essential reading. Chances are though, if you really liked a blog you’d pay a small amount – maybe £5 per month? That’s £60 (82 USD) per year.
Now, how about if [...]
Bloggers have something of a reputation for being sad losers who post their opinions into an online echo chamber when they could be outside in the fresh air kicking a football around with the other kids. Yes, many of the blogs out there have more value to the author than they do to any audience [...]
There’s no doubt that blogging can help some celebrities establish a ‘brand’ for themselves. Lily Allen’s Myspace blog was a key factor in getting her talked about in the media before her music had made a mark on the charts. Her bitchy comments about the famous people she met on the promo trail were regularly [...]
Lifting my veil at the Manchester Blog Awards
Oct 24 2008
Posted by Martin as Internet, Manchester, blogs
The Manchester Blog Awards took place this week and it led me to have to lift a veil of anonymity I’ve enjoyed for a year.
Of course, if any city in the UK was going to have an awards ceremony for blogs it would be Manchester. As the pioneering city that gave birth to the modern [...]
Nominated in the Manchester Blog Awards
Sep 30 2008
Posted by Martin as 14sandwiches, Internet, blogs
One of the benefits of living in Manchester is that it’s a city that nurtures creativity. From a legendary music scene to bold architecture like The Beetham Tower, it’s a city that recognises and celebrates its own natural creative lifeblood. Even bloggers get support here; there are occasional blogger meet-ups and there’s an annual Blog [...]
Last night saw the first meet-up for Manchester-based bloggers in a long time. Hosted by the Manchester Evening News, it was a chance for us to get a look around the offices of the main local newspaper in the area and see how they’re adapting to a world where many predict that “Heritage Media” will [...]
When my gas company messed up the billing of my account I had to phone them. I was on the phone, in a queue, for half an hour before anyone spoke to me. Funnily enough, I was massively frustrated. Even though the problem was soon fixed I was left with a negative [...]
21st Century postcards from Glastonbury
Jun 27 2008
Posted by Martin as Events, Friendfeed, Internet, Mobile Phones, blogs
While I’m looking forward to keeping people up-to-date with my adventures in Japan via Friendfeed next month, it’s arguably much more difficult to keep people updated from the middle of a field at the Glastonbury Festival. After all, Japan may be thousands of miles away but it has 100% 3G coverage and loads of [...]
When Forbes Magazine’s Daniel Lyons launched his Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, he can’t have forseen how popular it would have become. It’s certainly up there with the creme de la creme of fake blogs, taking a loving stab at the heart of Silicon Valley. Lyons is currently giving Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang [...]
