Three, no five, dates for January’s digital diary
Updated: January 6. With Manchester being such a bustling hub of activity, there’s sure to be more coming along but here’s three five events for social media fans to kick off 2010. 1. First up, this...
View ArticleData, charity, eggs and geekery: Social Media Cafe returns
The first proper Social Media Cafe of 2010 was back to form and the usual mix of good natured meet-up, debate, preview – and this time with the addition of egg! Back at the BBC Club it was a good...
View ArticleOnline news service to launch in Manchester
The city is shortly to have a new news provider, it was revealed at last night’s Social Media Cafe. Inside the M60 will be soon be covering local news from across the city by linking up on the ground...
View ArticleSocial Media for Local People
There was a good crowd at the April Social Media Cafe, particularly so, given that it was the day after the Bank Holiday, and, from speaking to a few people, quite a number of new faces. Taking place...
View ArticleFuture Everything and a whole lot more this week
This week is surely the busiest so far in the 2010 digital media calender for Manchester. While the central focus will undoubtedly be this year’s Future Everything festival, there’s also some great...
View ArticleSocial Media Cafe, September Monthly Meet
A busy return to business proper as Peter Barton reports from last night’s Social Media Cafe. Deansgate Locks on a sunny, late summer’s evening. It is a Tuesday and Wayne Rooney is out of town. It...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Social Media Cafe!
Manchester’s Social Media Cafe marks its second anniversary tonight – a milestone occasion as I wrote elsewhere yesterday. For that PDA blogpost I talked to the three people most active in organising...
View ArticleTwaffik, titters and pic sharing for #smc_mcr
Next week’s Social Media Cafe event is shaping up nicely with some practical examples of how participative media is impacting on life locally. Sessions next Tuesday, inevitably it seems, have a heavy...
View ArticleBlogging here tonight from #smc_mcr
You’ll be able to keep up with the latest news from Manchester’s digital community with updates from tonight’s Social Media Cafe event blogged here from 6pm. The agenda has changed slightly while I’ve...
View ArticleHow do you know who you’re REALLY following plus other social media tales
Last night’s Social Media Café turned out to be a choice of two sessions – one on Twitter Titters and one on Futuresonic. I attended the Futuresonic one hosted by Drew Hemment which provided a brief...
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