“Kick-ass social media trainers” wanted

Those nice folk at Mediasnackers are growing their team. If you’re into social media and want to do something worthwhile with it then get in touch.
Here’s the lowdown:

I had the pleasure of working with founder DK recently and can vouch that he is a thorougly good egg.
It’s great to see an agency that is committed [...]

Nabaztag. The most networked bunny around.

Photo by Nabi
The Nabaztag is, wait for it,  a wi-fi enabled bunny.
Yes, that’s right. It connects to the web and can tell you the weather each morning, play your podcasts, read your RSS feeds out plus a ton of other stuff.  John Humphreys can’t do that can he?
Do check out the website if you [...]

Walkit.com launches in Birmingham

Walkit.com is a newish site that’s trying to get everyone to walk places. Type in your route, it gives you either the quickest or least busy route (and tells you how much carbon you’ll save by getting out of your car). It’s also social so users can suggest new routes.
It’s been pretty successful in London [...]

Friday links: Nuclear waste, fake terrorists and how to sleep soundly at night while all this scary stuff is going on.

I like this one. A "terrorist suspect" decides to put his entire life online to stay out of Guantanamo. I’m sure they’ll still find a way. "You made an anti US remark between the 9:18 espresso and getting on the 325 bus at 9:23. You’re going down."
Here’s a mighty useful piece of software: Ibackup. Pay [...]

Twitter

If you’re interested in keeping up with the ever fascinating minutiae of my life (and Facebook updates just don’t cut the mustard) I now have a Twitter feed at twitter.com/antoniogould.
Enjoy!

My Dad and Davina’s Discerning Eye (Off-topic)

Congrats to my Dad Dave for another 4 works in this year’s Discerning Eye show at the Mall Galleries.
I tootled along to the private view last Thursday with friend and amateur art-critic Anna ("That’s highly derivative") Burrells.
The works for the show are partly selected by "collectors" (i.e. celebs). Past collectors who’ve seemed to enjoy [...]

Blue Peter 2.0

Hot on the heels of my rant about Web 2.0, here’s a nice little example of it working quite beatifully.
Jessica Poundstone saw the August Etsy workshop via the webcast, and got all inspired. Here’s a comment she wrote on the blog recently:

"I found your talk to be incredibly interesting and helpful, and was inspired to [...]

Web 2.0: Please can we have a rebrand?

I’ve steadfastly avoided using the term Web 2.0 until now. I can’t stand it. Reading last night that Joanna Geary feels the same, it made me wonder whether there are more like me with the same frustration.
The problem is that although I hate the name, I love the concept. The principles behind the Web [...]

Future of Web Apps Conference

I’m going to be there on Wednesday and Friday.
If you’re going to be about then let me know.

Live at Etsy Labs!

I KNOW this is really late, but hey, it’s been summer.
I went to New York in August for a wedding party and stopped in at Etsy Labs in Brooklyn to do a talk. If you don’t know it, Etsy is a site for people who want to sell hand-made items. The labs are a [...]