I posted some time ago about Culture Hack Scotland and the work of Edinburgh Festivals Lab (do read it as this will make more sense). I was hoping that some of that work with the arts organisations up there could be duplicated down here in Liverpool and that through my work with LARC I would be able contribute to setting it up. So to the business of this post. So on Wednesday 5th I was invited to attend a meeting organised by LARC at FACT with a presentation coming from Rohan Gunatillake from Edinburgh Festival’s Lab which was very similar to this slideshare attached.
This image is taken from James at tinnedfruit.com and is the image of the app that he created for Edinburgh Book Festival during the culture hack day in Edinburgh. They went on to commission him to improve his prototype.
A quick guide to RSS feeds and making them work for you.
This video will undoubtedly will explain RSS feeds better than I ever could. Even though it is 5 years old now it still has important information for many.
Watch, enjoy then read on.
Right then so now you know what RSS feeds are and how you can use them to get other peoples news to your computer without having to go to all of those websites to read it.
But and there is always a but … are you making sure that visitors to your website are able to do the same.
Are they able to subscribe to your news via RSS feed?
With the recent announcement that artinliverpool.com would be winding back their services I thought I would hark back to the early days of Cultural information services in Liverpool, this is hardly a critical analysis (that may come later) but more a reminiscence to when things were harder and the internet was just starting to be accessible to more people.
I was asked to exhibit at Social Media Morning by the organisers on 27 January being found on Google. Er thanks Google, good to know my reputation presedes me. It was billed as “Hear from industry thought-leaders and visit an exhibition of the regions’ social media providers during a unique event at Liverpool Science Park.”
So I packed my Live Streaming kit up, grabbed a monitor, printed out some posters for Social Media in Liverpool week and packed a series of other bits and pieces like microphones, audio recorders etc.
Social media Morning
The first part of the morning was “Renowned digital media communications consultant and strategist Kathryn Corrick, of Emarketeers, will be lifting the lid on the latest digital media storytelling techniques and creative disciplines used by the big brands, writers, film makers and television.”
Of course I was busy setting up my exhibition stand while this action was taking place but more than a few people did make it – it was standing room only at the back of the room.
I did make it to the free breakfast part but as soon as I had it broke up and everybody well it felt like everybody heading down the stairs to bombard my stand with questions – I wonder if it was the posters for the free events like Social Media Cafe that were attracting them to the stand? Yes it was but also because I had put a bit of an effort in and had some kit with me I’m sure.
You can listen to Joe from Custard Media chatting with me at Social media morning on this audio boo recorded while we were there on my trusty Android Phone.
We really did have a great morning with loads of interest in How Why DIY, Social Media Cafe Liverpool and everything else we do.
We were so busy though that we did miss this workshop/talk
But I did manage to stream a little before the WiFi kicked us off.
If the morning taught me anything it’s that there is a great deal of interest in Social media and the benefits it can have for business.
