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Archive for March, 2010

Chris Tomlinson

Digital Economy Bill – will not stop online piracy


A week after its first reading, the government’s new Digital Economy Bill is proving as popular as a burning orphanage with Birmingham’s digital community.

But the government was never going to win on this one.

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Chris Tomlinson

Social Media develops a middle age spread


Social Media develops a middle age spread

While introducing myself as the presenter of a social media training course, one of the attendees mused that he was expecting someone “considerably younger” than me to be doing the training!

Now its true, I’m no spring chicken and time hasn’t been particularly kind to my face, but age does not preclude a person from understanding social media.

Or even participating in social networking, as I’m about to prove.

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Birmingham Post

Facebook: where ‘ists’ meet


Facebook: where 'ists' meet

Facebook users can generally be divided into two types – narcissists and voyeurists!

Read Chris Tomlinson’s latest musing on the subject in Thursday’s Birmingham Post

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Simon Heath

UK Election 2010 – Social media success is about substance, not style


UK Election 2010 - Social media success is about substance, not style

This week saw the launch of a number of social media initiatives by the two main parties.

But, like a lot of UK politics, is it just style over substance?

In the run up to the general election, are the political parties creating true social media engagement with online citizens to achieve real social media success?

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