Met with Shani Lee ( Nlab co-ordinator and part of CCCLeicester) this afternoon for lunch and a natter at DMU. Came across a few points of shared interest - which was good. Especially when we are on the same page about the predominance of Leicester's new media and social technology presence online.
I am ...
As AJCann wrote about earlier - we used to Seesmic to arrange a "smartmob" (or "coffee" for those who are not convinced by social media terminology) to discuss what was proposed yesterday. In the past - from holding various moderator roles and reveling in teen angst as a Livejournal "early ...
For those who haven't been following me on Twitter I've been in Roskilde (Denmark) for the last 4-5 days. I was over for my wee cousin's Nonfirmation (Which is all about coming of age - without any of the religious attachment - probably more about officially rejecting Christianity - and ...
(Taking over from Alan, who has banned himself from blogging about it... spreading enthusiasm...)
Whilst in the jacuzzi (Oh the wonders of being a grad student...) with my friend/housemate/occasional dissertation buddy, Stuart, I was explaining the excitement I had for Twitter and how some of the best discussion was occurring upon ...
Today I am forcing myself to get down to some "proper" background reading for both my dissertation and the two remaining Masters essays I have left to complete. I'm actually reading such things as "books" - a novel concept where somebody has printed off the Internet and stuck it all ...
Hi, I'm Jay Jay. I'm a 24 yr old Scot, living in England and I am in my 1st year of a Ph.D at the University of Leicester. My main interests are social media software, the power of networks and the relationship between offline and online identity. Try following me on Twitter!(more)