Retrospective

For the last few weeks I was working on few things – a blogger interview, though this time on the other side – I was interviewed by my dear fellow GVer, Juan Arellano, in series featuring people working for Global Voices. I poested already about the site, community and how it enriches my life, so [...]

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Polish Action – not sure about the idea…

I have  just learned today about new portal, Polish Action, dedicated to promotion of a positive image of Poles abroad. The idea is to ensure that in all countries where Poles are present the image of our nation is positive. I have big reservations already now, at the beginning of the idea.
Let’s just look at [...]

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‘Re-thinking Twitter’ follow-up: Re-thinking Blogging

I have changed my Twitter attitude, and I think it is time to make a shift in blogging too.  Inspired by my friends asking about blogging I started to think about it more…I also started writing my posts down in my journal while sipping coffee in the local restaurant during lunch time, and vice versa [...]

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Barcamp info

I think it is time to look at the Barcamp Transparency from a more practical point of you. Some of you, who already have the ticket, asked me few questions related to the day of the event and I think that apart from responding via mail, Twitter I might as well just post it so [...]

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Oxford Artweeks in Wantage – photo write-up

Last weekend turned out to be full of events and I am really happy I was not alone:) Kicking off at 7AM with Barcamp UAE from my own living room was exciting and emotional, so it kind of pre-defined the idea of me wanting to have a slow weekend. We moved on to Wantage Museum, [...]

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Meet Wantage Artists – interview with Dawn Benson

To bring you closer to this week’s Oxford Artweeks in my area, I have invited my fellow artists to my blogger interviews, so for the next few days you will see us interviewing each other to learn more about who we are, what we do and why we do it. You know where to find [...]

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Teach Someone You Love to Blog (or Micro-Blog!) – Valentine’s Meme

About a week ago I have signed the Global Voices pledge stating that I will teach someone I love microblogging and blogging. I also promised to post about it tomorrow, but because I am travelling, I will do it today.
Additionally, I would like others to take part in the Valentine’s meme (below), so I’d better [...]

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Blogger Interview – Ahmed Naguib

I didn’t do them for a while, but there is a few coming up. Let’s start with Ahmed. I met him through a random search aroudn Middle East social media and must admit I love it! TechNRolla is about life and technology, life in technology, technology in life and may more. But hey, let Ahmed [...]

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Twitter & Ethics…& Oxford Geek Night 10

Last evening I spent not only sharing my recent studies of Twitter ethics but mainly meeting extremely interesting people, very often sharing my interests. OK, I am still a bit sceptical about calling myself a geek, nonetheless I am one, and there is no way back;)
So, here is what happened last night and I really [...]

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Blogger interview – Behonce

This time I would like to introduce Behonce, Malaysian person, who doesn’t like to be called a blogger, so I will not do so, I will however ask questions about blogging:) here you go!
Syl: When did you start blogging and why? (Dec 2005?)
Behonce: I started blogging around December 2005 when I was around 17 years [...]

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Blogger interview – Chris, ‘Man with Ideas’

I met Chris recently in London. We seem to have similar views on life and social media possibilities, but Chris is braver than me – he is full of ideas and energy to actually turn them into profitable projects. Currently he seems to be carefully looking around to find the best industry for himself, which [...]

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blogger interview – Andy, Look In Wonderment

Tt’s been a while since I posted an interview, but I have been actually working on one – just this time I gave Andrew, the author of this blog, time to answer each question separately – so this one is a result of two weeks’s worth e-mail correspondence. Enjoy!
Syl: Hi Andy, thank you for agreeing [...]

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blogger interview – Monik, 13, Etiole.com

If you remember my interview with Kid Tech Guru and read my comments to it, you will know who Monik Pamecha is. He is 13, lives in Mumbai, studies and runs Etiole.com technology blog. Here’s the interview.
Hi Monik, thank you for letting me know you would be interested in this interview. Here are the questions:
Syl: [...]

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blogger interview – Julius Solaris, Event Manager

I met Julius via Twitter and Lolly, almost at the same time. Our common passion, coffee, proved to be so crucial that Julius suggested #coffeetalk on Twitter. I also met him personally on Monday and did a short interview. Before you read it, check his Eventmanager blog (brilliant check-list for event organisers), LinkedIn meet-up, very [...]

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blogger interview – Ourman, Steve Jackson

I met Steve via Twitter, posted about him already and I stay very impressed by his commitment to the work in Cameroon for VSO. Check his current blog for updates on it, but here is the interview (make sure you click through to Steve’s links!):
Syl: Hi Steve, thank you for agreeing to answer my questions! [...]

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blogger interview – Xavier Lur, Kid Tech Guru

Let me introduce you Kid Tech Guru,  Xavier, a 14 year old blogger from Singapore, passionate about technology. In his words ‘Currently, I’m only a 14-year-old student who loves blogging and is keen to share his tech knowledge with you all guys via this blog. Running up this tech blog is just a part of [...]

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Bloghology – blogging on paper, social networking and the like

Where shall I start?
Few weeks ago I read the news about planned release of first printed magazine about blogging, planned by www.bloghology.org. Yes, I found it interesting. This week, guys from Bloghology kindly invited me via their Twitter account to join their additional project – social network for bloggers and marketing peole interested in us, [...]

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Blogger interview – Karl

Once again – yes, it’s not over yet;) – I am talking to my fellow bloggers. This time to Karl, author of Katsujinken Blogs.
Syl: When and why did you start blogging?
Karl: Last year after being introduced to the concept via work, ventured into another one via my usual hangout of ntsc-uk.domino but they shut the [...]

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Amnesty international news

Dear Supporter,
Thousands of you watched, listened to, blogged or downloaded the Secret Policeman’s Ball last weekend, with almost 3,000 people taking action for the Iranian Women’s Campaign for Equality on the night itself. If you missed the show, or want to add your voice to the campaign, log in to ProtecttheHuman.com.
With best [...]

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Life changing blogging

Paul Carr’s book made me think…
Blogging changed Zoe’s life (i.e. Abby Lee). There is also an interesting example of life changing social media presence here. I have recently posted a few interviews with my frind-bloggers (links) asking them about blogging’s life changing effect, simply because I am amazed how crucial those can sometimes be.
I started [...]

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