Please excuse the unfinished, unedited blog design, I am sooo bored of my previous one. I have been set the challenge to start learning HTML and CSS by my fella. Gonna jazz this theme up- gulp! On a less narcissistic level, it’s been great to witness the online developments of the MediaSnackers alumni. Luke, a [...]
September, 2008
Birmingham Social Media Cafe
I went along to the inaugural Birmingham Social Media Café meet-up this morning. I had a great time! Initially, I was a little worried about it being a little cliquey, but my apprehensions were laid to rest as soon as I walked in. Since it was the first meet there was no agenda, just the [...]
Unlit Brum
It’s a bit late me blogging this, but I have been very snot-ridden and ArtsFest distracted me for most of yesterday. I was invited by the Unlit Tour HQ to attend a gig held at Dave’s house, other invitees included Chris Unitt. Dave (a local nice guy working at the Hare and Hounds) happily offered [...]
Down Your Way Planning
Today I went to Castle Vale to start planning the ‘Down Your Way’ project with Dave (artistic director), Ian, Nicola (our coordinator) and Chris. It was really nice to be in a space where we could share and trial exercises for our workshops, this was the first time I had completed such an exercise with [...]
Street Athletics
Yup, that’s me, Linford C, Darren C, another guy who is very good at 100 metres and yes, I should know his name- I suck! I have had such a fun time working on the Street Athletics project! In particular speaking to smiling residents of deprived areas and often over-looked estates remarking on how important [...]
Down Your Way
I have been invited to work as one of 3 lead artists for a Sound it Out project called ‘Down Your Way’. We’re in the preliminary stages at the moment and will have a planning session this week. I was keen to sign up because of it being an intergenerational heritage and music project. I [...]