Information as art? It can’t get more beautiful than this
Posted on 22. Jul, 2010 by benmckenna in All Posts, Technology, Twitter, cool
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend Pilot Theatre’s Shift Happens conference in York which I also covered for the excellent CultureVulture blog. Now, I’m a pretty jaded conference goer and nowadays I like to think I’ve seen it all before. By the end of the conference’s second day I was [...]
Bradford’s first Social Media Surgery
Posted on 19. Jul, 2010 by benmckenna in All Posts, Technology, Twitter, cool
Next week sees Bradford become the latest town in the UK hold a Social Media Surgery. The informal gathering of people interested in either teaching or learning how to use the web will be held at The Gumption Centre on July 20th.pecifically aimed at community or voluntary groups, Social Media Surgeries provide free advice to organisations or people on how to set up their own websites, blogs, Twitter accounts, Facebook pages or podcasts. As well as anything else digital that they may be interested in investigating.
The Semantic Web, beautifully explained
Posted on 14. May, 2010 by benmckenna in All Posts, Film, Technology, cool
Long time no blog. Sorry about that but I’m sure you’ll manage. I’ve recently been doing a hell of a lot of production stuff for clients which has taken up a gigantic amount of time, on top of that I’ve been doing some very exciting work around education. More on those soon. Much, much more [...]
Social Media Training, some reflections
Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by benmckenna in All Posts, PR, Policy, Technology, Twitter, cool
Last week I had the pleasure of delivering Totaal’s first large-scale Social Media Training session at Immage Studios in North East Lincolnshire. I have done many a one-on-one and small group session before but this one was a very different animal indeed.
All in all there were twelve different attendees and representatives from two different companies, [...]
Some inspirational skate videos
Posted on 10. Oct, 2009 by benmckenna in All Posts, Film, cool
I’m not quite sure how I’d get on skating nowadays, it’s been the best part of 15 years since I’ve actually been on a one but I know one thing, no self-respecting man in his thirties should be seen riding a skateboard. Unless of course that man is Tony Hawk, then it’s OK. There’s still [...]
British weather in quite good shocker, hello and sorry
Posted on 13. Sep, 2009 by benmckenna in All Posts, Film, animation, cool
Firstly just let me say Zdravo, Merhaba, Halo Hej and Ola to my recent visitors from overseas and a plain old ‘awight to you grubby lot from closer to home. Earlier today I checked my statcounter figures and since I last posted I’ve had some delightfully random visits from far places as far flung as [...]
Cliffhanger video – Sheffield gets the Parkour and MTB treatment
Posted on 07. Jul, 2009 by benmckenna in All Posts, Film, cool
As if Volleyball wasnt enough, the good people at this week’s Cliffhanger festival have produced this fantastic viral. Cliffhnager is one of the UK’s largest outdoor outdoor-pursuits festivals, based in one of Sheffield’s biggest green spaces. Anyway, enough of me prattling on about how blinding it is, it takes place this Saturday and Sunday. Visit the site [...]
Lee Bryant kicks off Reboot Britain with considerable aplomb
Posted on 22. Jun, 2009 by benmckenna in All Posts, cool
NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) are a pretty interesting organisation, they are a sort of Royal Society of the Arts for the digital age cum tech-think-tank, they work across all sectors promoting innovation. It’s a partnership body which, as I can identify from with in my time at Yorkshire Culture, [...]
Yaay, we’ve won the World Cup!
Posted on 19. Jun, 2009 by benmckenna in All Posts, Film, Print, cool
Yorkshire Events, the guys I am currently working with, won their bid for the 2010 UCI Mountainbiking XC World Cup. I’m absolutely made up that we won it as I was desperate for it to get the recognition it deserves. The real kicker is that, particularly with bid stuff, nobody wants to know if you didnt win the event. This wouldve meant something I was very proud of would be the proverbial ginger stepchild.
Why so quiet on Photosynth?
Posted on 16. Jun, 2009 by benmckenna in All Posts, Photography, cool
Photosynth has been around as an idea for a couple of years now, anybody I know who has heard about it was massively impressed and excited about it. It’s the combination of a couple of fantastic bits of software, one spacially tags photos and the other recognises features in the photos and relates them with [...]