Category: Blogs and Blogging

About Ewan Spence at Blog World Expo 2009

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My bag is packed, the flights are sorted, the hotel is confirmed. All that’s left is to actually go and enjoy myself at Blog World Expo from now and through to the end of the week. I’ll be roaming on my mobile, so you can call me on +44 7966 152772, but be aware I’ll be quite brisk in the call. You can also text me on that number. Because I don’t have a data plan for roaming that doesn’t cost the Earth, and I can’t be in Wi-fi coverage at all times the easiest way to get a message

“The Book” and Blog World Expo next week

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It’s less than two weeks to go until the Blog World and New Media Expo in Las Vegas, so I thought I’d let slip one of my little ideas for the event – The Book. People like to ask what’s in the sporran, and (the polite) answer while at Blog World Expo will be a Moleskine pocket notebook. Specifically a Japanese Album notebook that is one large concertinaed page that fits into the regular sized notebook format. Opened out it measures 8 feet 10 inches (2.7 metres) so there’s lots of space to fill in. My goal is to ask

Just Call Me the Renegade Eurovision Host

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Thanks to Lisa Devaney for a quote that, if I were looking for an advertising strap-line, would be right up there on the top of the poster. This Renegade Eurovision Host was interviewed by Devaney last month about my adventures at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, and my use of Web 2.0 technologies. Specifically the live coverage of the contest on Twitter and my audio commentary podcast. Twitter got noisy surrounding Eurovision, as it sparked hundreds of amusing tweets about the song contest, and gave rise to an alternative tweeting voice when journalist Ewan Spence used Twitter to cover the

Today is Going to be ‘Leave a Comment Day’

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One of things I decided to do a lot at this year’s SXSW conference was to introduce people. It’s been joked by some that I know everyone at these conferences. I don’t, but when I get stopped in the halls of the Austin Convention Centre every ten yards it’s kind of hard to not generate that impression. So I decided to be a facilitator this year at SXSW Interactive, and had a great time. To keep that spirit going, I’m going to make sure that throughout April I leave at least one comment on someone’s blog every day. If we’re

Liveblogging the Return of Minder

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Yes tonight sees the return of the classy Arthur Daley and his minder, Terry, to the TV screens on Channel 5. Yes, Minder has returned. How could I not liveblog the experience? 1938: Yep I think I’ll call it a night and go and watch a repeat of Yes Prime MInister. 1935: What no George Cole or Dennis Waterman appearing in it? And they’re not happy with the idea either? 1930: I might have to change my mind on this one. 1927: Shane Ritchie!?! 1925: Ah it’s not Arthur and Terry, it’s Archie Daley and Jamie Cartwright. Archie and Cartwright???

Liveblog: UK Eurovision, Your Country Needs You (ep 5)

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It’s time for the grand final of the UK nationals to find out if Jade, Mark or The Twins will represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, on May 16th. 1955: Time to put the Eurovision Liveblog tools away – until May, until Moscow. 1954: I’m sure I’ll have a full blog post on this in a few hours or so. Stay on the site, watch me on Twitter, or just subscribe to the RSS Feed. 1953: Jade or Mark would have been my choice going into the show tonight. Hearing the song and seeing the