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Happy Birthday George Orwell
June 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Once again it’s June the 25th. I spent most of the day doing the same thing I did this time last year and this time the year before last.. I had a picnic at the Grave of Eric Arthur Blair aka George Orwell. Today is his birthday and for the last couple of years I’ve met with Dr John Perivolaris to pay our respects to the great writer and talk about the years events around surveillance and civil liberties. We had a drink, munched on some food and made some media. Listen! Last years post can be found at www.SocialMediaPicnic.com... [Read the full story]
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Were Secret Societies The First Social Networks?
March 21, 2009 · 8 Comments
I am not a Freemason but i have been asked more than once to don the apron and swear the oaths.. I have also been told that Freemasonry is not a secret society, It is a society with secrets. Never-the-less, it was the thought of being admitted to a secret society that attracted me to the idea of joining the Freemasons. I have an unhealthy fascination with the unknown. Freemasonry has a mysterious history going back hundreds of years and it’s symbolism and iconography is embedded within our language, architecture and... [Read the full story]
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Panasonic HDC-TM300 (Review)
June 10, 2009 · 18 Comments
Background It’s been ages since I was the proud owner of a decent HD camcorder. The last one I had was a 3ccd Panasonic that took DV tapes. At the time it was way too good for what I needed, so I sold it to upgrade my stills camera. Ever since then I’ve been dabbling with pocket HD video recorders, in particular the Kodak Zi6. The Zi6 is a great little device for blogging and with it’s combination of AA batteries and additional SDHC memory, I always have one at the ready. Recently I was given a Kodak Zx1... [Read the full story]
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Aljazeera on New Media
June 23, 2009 · 2 Comments
During the 140 characters conference in New York I got to connect with some really fascinating people. Moeed Ahmed is the Supervisor of Internet Media, New Media section with Aljazeera in Doha, Qatar. With the help of Matt (@Barnstormed), I managed to grab a few words with him at my hotel. This interview and others will also appear on the Open University website ‘Platform‘. More information on Aljazeera can be found at http://www.aljazeera.net Follow me on twitter at Twitter.com/Documentally Read More →
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Happy Birthday George Orwell
June 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Once again it’s June the 25th. I spent most of the day doing the same thing I did this time last year and this time the year before last.. I had a picnic at the Grave of Eric Arthur Blair aka George Orwell. Today is his birthday and for the last couple of years I’ve met with Dr John Perivolaris to pay our respects to the great writer and talk about the years events around surveillance and civil liberties. We had a drink, munched on some food and made some media. Listen! Last years post can be found at www.SocialMediaPicnic.com... [Read the full story]
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Were Secret Societies The First Social Networks?
March 21, 2009 · 8 Comments
I am not a Freemason but i have been asked more than once to don the apron and swear the oaths.. I have also been told that Freemasonry is not a secret society, It is a society with secrets. Never-the-less, it was the thought of being admitted to a secret society that attracted me to the idea of joining the Freemasons. I have an unhealthy fascination with the unknown. Freemasonry has a mysterious history going back hundreds of years and it’s symbolism and iconography is embedded within our language, architecture and... [Read the full story]
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Melanie Safka
May 13, 2008 · 7 Comments
I’m so glad my parents were hippies. Without that fact, my musical upbringing would not have been a diet of the likes of Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Melanie. One of the first sounds I heard was needle on vinyl and my first memory was gazing out of the window of a Welsh farmhouse to see silhouettes dancing around a bonfire playing acoustic guitars and singing. The day I was born Melanie was also celebrating her birthday and had already performed at the Isle of Wight Festival and at Glastonbury... [Read the full story]
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Happy Birthday George Orwell
Once again it’s June the 25th. I spent most of the day doing the same thing I did this time last year and this time the year before last.. I had a picnic at the Grave of... [Read more]
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Aljazeera on New Media
During the 140 characters conference in New York I got to connect with some really fascinating people. Moeed Ahmed is the Supervisor of Internet Media, New Media section with Aljazeera... [Read more]
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Were Secret Societies The First Social Networks?
I am not a Freemason but i have been asked more than once to don the apron and swear the oaths.. I have also been told that Freemasonry is not a secret... [Read more]
My AudioBoo Podcast
Well I never. In only three days AudioBoo has metamorphosed before my eyes into a simple, intuitive podcasting solution. It’s been around for longer... [Read more]
2008 a journey with friends
The Documentally podcast in it’s iTunes form started in 2006, i started video blogging and using twitter in 2007 but it was 2008 that felt like social... [Read more]
Episode 44 – Kiss Privacy Goodbye
Back on June the 25th, for the second year running myself and Dr John Perivolaris, visited George Orwell’s grave for his birthday. This year we were... [Read more]