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Shiny – part 3

weeklyblogclub — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:16:58 +0000

Peter McClymont announced his Week 8 post in a tweet as “Rolf Harris, 10 inchers and other ephemera.” It is a very engaging piece of writing about his childhood fascination with analogue tech, with which many of us over a certain age will identify.

Shiny – part 3 by Peter McClymont.

Talking in Public

weeklyblogclub — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:44:58 +0000

Peter Olding has contributed a Week 8 post on the subject of giving talks. He shares how he has used his love of aviation to practise talking in front of an audience.

Talking in Public by Peter Olding.

Snakes and ladders and jelly babies

weeklyblogclub — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:43:02 +0000

Janet Harkin shared her experience of running an interactive session with Paul Webster (better known to some as @watfordgap) at the See IT in Action. Any interactive session including a game that involves jelly babies must be good!

Snakes and ladders and jelly babies by Janet Harkin.

Tartan Tweeple

weeklyblogclub — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:14:14 +0000

A “quick post” by Carolyne Mitchell about an event that she was involved in organising: the first national public sector tweet meet in Scotland, named the Tartan Tweet Meet – #tartantm on Twitter. (There were lots of tweets about it, & obviously interesting discussions happening).

Tartan Tweeple by Carolyne Mitchell.

On not giving up (for Lent)

weeklyblogclub — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:52:12 +0000

Another very interesting post from Diane Sims for Week 8 of Weekly Blog Club. This one is about a timebank, allotments, growing food, connecting people, a drawer full of seed packets, growing a community.

On not giving up (for Lent) by Diane Sims.

SLA Event (Part 1): Open Data: Powering the Information age

weeklyblogclub — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:38:54 +0000

Mark Braggins has produced another great account of an event that should be of interest to many. This event, organised by the Society for Location Analysis (SLA), was about “geography, information and open data,” and attracted an unusual mix of people from public sector, acadaemia and commercial sector.

SLA Event (Part 1): Open Data: Powering the Information age by Mark Braggins.

Appreciating Giving Up

weeklyblogclub — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:05:59 +0000

For her Week 8 post, Kate Bentham does not write about cake. She might write about giving things up (but that is not writing about cake). She writes something about what she appreciates in life (but is not writing about cake).

Appreciating Giving Up by Kate Bentham.

Harry Barrett has written on your wall.

weeklyblogclub — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:42:39 +0000

For her Week 8 post, Rachel Jane Snook writes about stripping woodchip wallpaper (aargh! a hellish task!), and a romantic young man writing on her wall way back in history (49 years ago).

Harry Barrett has written on your wall by Rachel Jane Snook.

A new first

weeklyblogclub — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:21:04 +0000

Ian Curwen has written a third post* for Week 8 of Weekly Blog Club. This time he shares a new first experience with us - running with a running club – which might encourage other to think of joining one.

A new first by Ian Curwen.

*if you are just thinking of joining us, we don’t expect everyone to write more than once a week, but are delighted when people do contribute two or more posts.

Coast, 3 years on…

weeklyblogclub — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:10:07 +0000

A Week 8 post by Janet E Davis about two photographs taken three years apart, what happened between those photographs, and a thank you to the National Health Service.

Coast, 3 years on… by Janet E Davis.