Building a personal online brand the Documentally way
May 31 2009
Posted by Martin as Internet, Manchester
On Wednesday evening I attended a talk in Manchester that was part of the DMEX (Digital Media Exchange) programme. This is a training course for television freelancers who want to diversify into digital media work. With a slump in new TV commissions, this is definitely a smart move for many of them.
The main reason I [...]
Social Media consultant crowdsources her way around the world
May 28 2009
Posted by Martin as Manchester
Do you reckon it’s possible to visit the UK, Italy, India, China, Brazil and Mexico in one week? How about if you stop off at a world-class landmark in each country on the way? You’d have to be mad to try, right? Well Chi-chi Ekweozor is obviously insane. The Manchester-based Social Media Consultant is taking [...]
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 [...]
Futuresonic Day 1: Hacking (and heckling) the environment
May 14 2009
Posted by Martin as Manchester
Day One of Futuresonic wasn’t really a day, rather an evening of events reflecting the vast scope of the festival.
First up was a short event at the Cube Gallery, where a wide range of art was on display. Sonic sculptures, such as plants that made noises when you touched them, shared gallery space with metal [...]
Interactive coverage of the Futuresonic Social Technologies Summit
May 13 2009
Posted by Martin as Manchester
Today sees the launch of this year’s Futuresonic festival in Manchester. Over the years it has mainly been known for its stellar lineup of experimental musicians. This year the one and only Philip Glass is making an appearance among many other big names. However, much more interesting from the point of view of 14sandwiches is [...]
“I came away from the M.E.N.’s offices last night with a feeling of optimism for the future of those news outlets that can adapt properly to the new landscape“.
Those are the words I closed this post with in September last year. I’d visited the offices of my local newspaper, the Manchester Evening News, and been [...]
Think “youth film project” and what probably springs to mind is images of kids from the poor part of town being coerced into making ‘gritty’, poorly acted dramas about knife crime. It doesn’t have to be that way though. That was demonstrated today at the premiere of three short films produced by young people involved [...]
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 [...]
A couple of days ago I was alerted (via David Ottewell’s excellent Politics blog) to something interesting going on quite close to where I live in Manchester, UK. Yes, Trafford Council have embraced web video and are using it to create a weekly news programme about goings on in the area. Great! [...]
Following on from yesterday’s write-up about The Tony Wilson Experience, here’s the BBC’s Politics Show’s coverage of the event. I’m featured for all of three seconds. Look out for me between 3:05 and 3:08 (yes, literally three seconds!). It should also give you a feel for the event if you weren’t there…
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