Digbeth is Good
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Social Media Surgery

Written by Nicky Getgood on Sunday, November 30th, 2008 ( Start discussion )
Tags: Birmingham Ramblers' Association, bvsc, fix my street, john mostyn, jon bounds, mysociety, nick booth, Paradise Circus, podnosh, social media surgery, Stef Lewandowski

The Social Media Surgery for Birmingham’s voluntary organisations happened on Wednesday at the BVSC on Digbeth High Street, and again the turn-out was fantastic.  In the Birmingham Bloggers Group’s reflections I was listed as a helper but thanks to my crappy laptop being unable to hook up to the wireless, I suspect I’d have been more help giving John Mostyn a hand with the tea.  It will be great to see the blogs that are born from it, I’m especially interested in the Birmingham Ramblers’ Association Get Walking Keep Walking project, which is planning urban tours of the city.

I really do think I learnt more than taught at the event.  Jon Bounds took me through mysociety and its various projects, my favorite being Fix My Street, where you can report, view or discuss local problems. And I got some gems from wisdom from Stef Lewandowski in a spick and span Hennessey’s pub afterwards, who had some great ideas for Digbeth is Good – watch this space!

I’m hoping these surgeries become a regular fixture, as much for my benefit as for the voluntary organisations!

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First Flip Film: John Tighe’s head-shaving

Written by Nicky Getgood on Monday, November 24th, 2008 ( 5 responses )
Tags: Birmingham It's Not Shit, brummie of the year, flip, fullrange films, John Tighe, jon bounds, Spotted Dog

John Tighe’s Head Shaving from Nicky Getgood on Vimeo.

As promised, here’s the first video taken by my brand new Flip, kindly donated to me by Fullrange Films.  Spotted Dog landlord John Tighe gets his head shaved for charidee by a rather un-PC barmaid.  Funilly enough, no-one wants the lock of hair I harvested that evening.  Thankfully Jon Bounds has come to the rescue with talk of somehow locking it inside the trophy for Brummie of the Year 2008.  I hope this will start a tradition of the previous years’ winner passing on discarded body bits to their successors, complete with ceremony, like when Miss World passes on her crown but a bit grosser.

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