Category Archives: Twitter

The Prime Minister, Social Media Surgeries and Me

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Andy Mabbett

Andy Mabbett is a recipient, with others, of the “Big Society Award”, for his work running Social Media Surgeries. Continue reading →

Posted in about me, Birmingham, hyperlocal, news, social media, Twitter, Wikipedia, WordPress | Tagged Aston, Big Society, Birmingham, Coventry, David Cameron, digbeth, Dudley, facebook, google, libcamp, libcampUK2011, Nick booth, Oscott, perry barr, Pete Ashton, social media, social media surgeries, social media surgery, Stourbridge, twitter, Walsall, wikipedia, wordpress | 1 Comment

Bullet points from UK Govcamp 2012

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Andy Mabbett

Twenty of Andy Mabbett’s thoughts after UKGovCamp 2012. Continue reading →

Posted in ideas, local government, open data, tagging, Twitter, Wikipedia | Tagged Anke Holst, beer, Brompton, Dan Slee, Dave Briggs, EdenT, emergency response, flickr, FoI, Freedom of Information, freelance, Glasto for Geeks, Liz Eden, London, London Transport, MabsBrompton, Microsoft, open data, OpenAttribute, Scottevest, social media, Steph Gray, SummerBeth, Terence Eden, trains, twitter, ukgc12, ukgovcamp, unconference, walking, wikipedia | Leave a comment

The BBC’s fundamental misunderstanding of copyright

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Andy Mabbett

The BBC’s response to a complaint by Andy Mabbett shows a fundamental misunderstanding of copyright law. Continue reading →

Posted in annoyances, social media, Twitter | Tagged bbc, copyright, law, photography, TwitPic, twitter | 239 Comments

An open letter to Iain (M) Banks: please give Twitter a try

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Andy Mabbett

Andy Mabbett writes an open letter to Iain M Banks, explaining why he’d benefit from being on Twitter. Continue reading →

Posted in Birmingham, Twitter | Tagged ben Goldacre, Cory Doctorow, Iain Banks, Ian M Banks, Neil Gaiman, Polly Samson, Stephen Moffat, twitter, twitter:user=BenGoldacre, twitter:user=doctorow, twitter:user=NeilHimself, twitter:user=PollySamson, twitter:user=Steven_Moffat | 8 Comments

Poll: To at or not to at?

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Andy Mabbett

Andy Mabbett idly wonders where to put the “@” symbol when linking to Twitter profiles. Oh, and coincidentally, he’s trialling a WordPress plugin for polls. Continue reading →

Posted in humour, polls, Twitter, web standards, WordPress | Tagged @, at, link, poll, test, twitter, wordpress, wp-polls | Leave a comment

HashMash: My invention of a new hashtag search tool

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Andy Mabbett

Andy Mabbett has invented a new tool for searching for related hashtags. Simon Painter has developed it. Continue reading →

Posted in ideas, microformats, tagging, Twitter | Tagged HashMash, hashtags, JFDI, PasteBin, rachelbeer, search, SimonPainter, tagging, Twicket, twitter:status=62867706797490177, twitter:user=@rachelbeer, Twitter:user=pigsonthewing, twitter:user=SimonPainter | 5 Comments

This weekend was indistinguishable from magic

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Andy Mabbett

Andy Mabbett is still excited by computers and the web; and by UKGovCamp. Continue reading →

Posted in local government, Nokia N95, tagging, Twitter | Tagged ArthurCClarke, GovCamp, LeSteph, localgovweb, magic, Nokia N95, tagging, UKGC11 | 2 Comments

A proposed tag for including Wikipedia links in Twitter posts

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Andy Mabbett

What if we agreed a special tag as a shortcut for using Wikipedia links in Twitter? Continue reading →

Posted in ideas, social media, tagging, Twitter, web standards, Wikipedia | Tagged dracos, Matthew Somerville, tagging, twitter, twitter:status=25245878302281729, twitter:user=dracos, wikipedia | 4 Comments

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