The last couple of days have seen reports of the outbreak of swine fever in what the media are calling ‘the Americas.’ Initial reports have spawned comment and further reports which have then been retweeted, reblogged, and sent on their way. It’s not overstating the mark to say that in some cases the responses have
Continue reading ...Image via CrunchBase Last September I wrote about the slew of audio and video publishing tools being used by ‘citizen journalists.’ I talked about their increasing availability and ease of use especially on mobile phones. These came to the fore during the US Presidential Elections, and I became aware of them first as they were
Continue reading ...My professional life has been pretty much spent in and around theatres big and small, indoors and out. When I am away from home I tend to gravitate towards theatre venues either to see a show or just lollygag at the architecture, design, the posters – in general soak in the atmosphere and ponder on
Continue reading ...I like reviewing the gear I take with me when I hit the road on trips. Hands up if you always take more than you need. Yes, me too. Before I took off for the US in January this year I posted on my favourite e-tools for the trip. Here’s an extract I’ll be tweeting
Continue reading ...Image by luc legay via Flickr I admit it – I’m now very close to being a social-media junkie. I am intrigued by the potential of this wondrous web thing. Indeed I spend a lot of my life online these days. I’m also curious by nature and reasonably sociable, love a chat – you know?
Continue reading ...Not too many long posts of late. I’ve been busy Twittering away. Catch up with me there @Dramagirl. Meantime I’m experimenting with a new theme in the backroom. ‘Asides’ is one of the categories which I think will be most useful to me. Asides are quick messages or comments that will appear in a ‘room’
Continue reading ...World Theatre Day 2009 has come and gone, but as the song lyrics go, ‘the memories linger on.’ And the achievements do too. You can see what I mean at the World Theatre Day blog and its Tumblr feed of images and sounds of the celebrations around the globe. WTD got the online treatment for
Continue reading ...This is a modified version of an email I sent through to some of my theatre colleagues this morning. It’s part of my strategy to get the word out about World Theatre Day celebrated this year on March 27. As one of the international facilitators for World Theatre Day 2009, I’m writing to ask you,
Continue reading ...World Theatre Day isn’t about creating a global theatre experience. It’s about celebrating the local theatre experience globally. World Theatre Day is an acknowledgement that we are all doing this thing that we love. And the internet allows us to share those local celebrations and revel in the fact that we’re not alone in our
Continue reading ...A year ago I wrote about a few tools I was then using to make blogging simpler. I’ve updated the original post 3 Simple Elegant Tools because in that year I’ve added a few more clever apps to my digital toolbox and tossed others. It’s probably also not a bad idea to revisit and revise
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