Is there no end to social media and blogging events in London? Yesterday it was lunch with people from Edelman and Microsoft, today it's a Media Literacy Summit at Channel 4.
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, James Purnell MP, gave the opening address of the event. The Guardian's Kevin Anderson, an ex-BBC colleague who is sitting next to me, live blogged the speech if you're interested.
Yemisi Blake, a 20 year old student, is now on stage, talking about his own discovery of blogs and blogging.
"The fact that I could go read about other people's lives completely changed my life" says Blake. He's not the only one I've heard say that recently. He thinks everyone should have a blog, "even if they don't write on it", because, for him, it's been such a powerful tool of self expression.
The event is being covered by some "digital journalists" taking part in Media Snackers, a media production and mentoring course, so I'll leave today's event to them.
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, James Purnell MP, gave the opening address of the event. The Guardian's Kevin Anderson, an ex-BBC colleague who is sitting next to me, live blogged the speech if you're interested.
Yemisi Blake, a 20 year old student, is now on stage, talking about his own discovery of blogs and blogging.
"The fact that I could go read about other people's lives completely changed my life" says Blake. He's not the only one I've heard say that recently. He thinks everyone should have a blog, "even if they don't write on it", because, for him, it's been such a powerful tool of self expression.
The event is being covered by some "digital journalists" taking part in Media Snackers, a media production and mentoring course, so I'll leave today's event to them.
"Is there no end to social media and blogging events in London? "
You do know Robin that you're not actually obliged to go to them all, don't you? ;)
Posted by: Aaron | 08 November 2007 at 03:26 PM
True - you are defenitely not obliged to join in, but I hope you've *enjoyed* it!
I certainly enjoyed the discussion, and it has validated some of my privacy concerns (and even inspired me to fire up my public blog again)!
Looking forward to talk to you again.
Posted by: Alfred Biehler | 08 November 2007 at 06:26 PM
Alfred - I did enjoy it! Much more than the Yahoo thing last week and more than the thing today. Hey, so it's top 1/3 of the past week's social media social events! ;-)
Aaron - how would I cope if I didn't go to these things?!
Posted by: Robin | 08 November 2007 at 08:32 PM
The one problem with the online comms - be they blogs, social networking spaces etc etc - in same vein as email - is you miss nuances of speech. Robin's opening line could have been read 2 ways - in a positive or negative light. There lies an important aspect to web stuff that is written......take care out there!
Posted by: Lonestar | 12 November 2007 at 10:02 PM
Good point Lonestar. I actually meant it in the "wow, there are a lot of events and discussions going on at the moment and it's great to be a part of so many of them..."
:-)
Posted by: Robin Hamman | 13 November 2007 at 05:14 PM