[backstage] TEDxNorth

[Ian Forrester]

Hi All,

Just a quick note about the series of TEDx - http://www.ted.com/tedx events 
coming up this summer in the North of England.

TEDx North - www.tedxnorth.com. Is a combination of 5 different TEDx events.

TEDxLiverpool - 7th August 2009
TEDxLeeds - 10th September 2009
TEDxSheffield - 16th September 2009
TEDxNewcastle - 30th September 2009
TEDxManchester - 2nd October 2009

Each event will have excellent live speakers and previous TEDtalks. They 
promise to bring you a taste of TED without the huge cost and long waiting 
list. Tickets are available now and I'm happy to say the BBC's famous Studio 7 
will host TEDxManchester on the 2nd October. We have room for 100's of people, 
so it should be one of the biggest.

For you guys in the south wondering about TEDx in the south, midlands or 
Scotland, there was one recently - http://tedxthames.com/ and there's some 
upcoming ones here - http://www.ted.com/pages/view/id/284 which include 
TEDxLondon and TEDxBirmingham

So don't forget to sign up early and we'll hopefully see you soon,

Ian Forrester

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Re: [backstage] backstage Twitter?

[Brian Butterworth]

Great blog post from James here about using Twitter.
http://james.cridland.net/blog/australias-triple-j-doing-it-right-online/

This
highlights the use of the #hashtag well I think.

I'm going to get round to sorting out my hashtag widget today.  Does it need
a spam filter, I wonder?

2009/7/13 Matthew Wild 

> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Ian Forrester
> wrote:
> > Ok interesting debate.
> >
> > So first up to answer the core questions.
> >
> > 1. Is there an official backstage #hashtag for Twitter - Nope there isn't
> because the way I see it is that backstage isn't as such a destination. In
> the past we've used bbcbackstage for tags but if you want to do something
> like #bbcbaksge, I and others will adopt it.
> >
> > 2. Is there a Backstage user to follow? - Yes there's
> http://www.twitter.com/bbcbackstage. It doesn't say much because I don't
> want to spam people with random stuff which I put on my own twitter. But I'm
> willing to change that a bit and say more via there.
> >
> > 3. Is there a list of backstagers to follow somewhere? - Nope not yet,
> unless you follow the list and pick out people who have replied to this
> thread. If people are really interested in this, I can setup a page on
> welcomebackstage.com for people to add there twitter id.
> >
> > Right now Facebook/others
> >
> > Personally I object to facebook based on its EULA. I don't mind things
> flowing into facebook but I never want the conversation to end up there.
> It's a pain if you don't have a account and even with an account its like
> AOL in more ways that I'd first imagined. And don't get me started on the
> data portability of facebook!
> > However I've been thinking about moving this list over to google groups,
> which you could argue is as bad as facebook?
> >
>
> Personally I don't see Google Groups any more closed than this list is
> now, so wouldn't have a problem with it. When I set up some mailing
> lists a while back I cautiously used Google Groups, expecting there to
> be a reaction from the Google-bashers who like to jump out when you're
> least expecting it. In fact I've had not a whisper.
>
> > I also considered setting up a la.conica for bbc backstagers with the
> ability to federate on to identi.ca and
> > twitter. Something like army.twit.tv
>
> I would be 200% behind such a move, in fact anything to change the
> current accepted idea that 'Twitter' is some kind of internet protocol
> and not the company it actually is, it pains me every time I hear it
> pushed on the TV and radio as it has been on the BBC recently.
>
> Matthew
>
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Re: [backstage] What's the calendar app?

[Nico Morrison]

Interesting, thank you,
Nico M


2009/7/16 Brian Butterworth 

> This may be of interest:
>
> http://googleappsposts.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-calendar-labs.html
>
> 2009/7/13 Nico Morrison 
>
> Like the calendar at http://ideas.welcomebackstage.com/node/11
>>
>> Also liked being notified by the tweet was cool :)
>>
>> What's the calendar app? I'm wanting to tie a calendar to a database of
>> people, events and places using Drupal. The timeline is from 1950 to the
>> present time so it needs flexibility and range.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nico Morrison
>> __
>> microni...@gmail.com
>> Skype: nicomorrison
>> http://nicomorrison.com
>> __
>>
>>
>
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