Let’s pretend we don’t exist – Does it matter if we’re being lied to online?
Apr 10 2009
Posted by Martin as Ethics, Internet, Manchester Social Media Cafe
As our use of the internet evolves, questions of online and offline identity become more important. Maybe a little mild deception might be fun?
Tuesday night saw the latest meeting of Manchester’s Social Media Cafe. One of the talks was run by Futuresonic festival founder Drew Hemment. Although the talk was supposed to be about the [...]
Creating and Sharing with a Mobile Phone: a presentation
Mar 04 2009
Posted by Martin as Manchester Social Media Cafe, Mobile Phones, Twitter
Last night saw the latest meeting of Manchester’s Social Media Cafe. We kicked off with a talk from Mario Cacciotolo of Someone Once Told Me who traveled up from London to tell us about how his cult site came about. Mario also took some photos for a ‘Manchester Week’ on Someone Once Told Me. Many [...]
Manchester, the city I call home, has what Bart Simpson would call “A rep for being rude”. We don’t do things the conventional way here. Legendary record label that was never run for profit and leaked money all over the place but still produced amazing bands? Check. A culture of mutual support for artists across [...]
What does Manchester’s Social Media Cafe have in common with the Molly Fish? They both have a gestation period of about a month! Yes, after a surprisingly short amount of time in the making the event affectionately known as #smc_mcr was born last night. For more about how it came together take a look at [...]
An update on Manchester’s Social Media Cafe
Oct 21 2008
Posted by Martin as Manchester Social Media Cafe
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about plans to start up a Social Media Cafe here in Manchester. The idea really has leapt forward since then. A few of us met last week to discuss ideas and decided on making it:
- A monthly event – London’s Tuttle Club is weekly but there’s a bigger [...]
“Build it and they shall come” – a Social Media Cafe for Manchester
Oct 10 2008
Posted by Martin as Manchester Social Media Cafe
The Social Media Cafe concept is an odd one, if you think about it. Social Media is all about connecting virtually, and yet people actually want to meet in a real-life social situation to talk about virtual socialising.
Strange, maybe, but certainly understandable. With Twitter teetering on the edge of the mainstream, Flickr already in use [...]
