This is the first in a series of posts on the future of local media that in the end I will aggregate together to produce a short whitepaper. My goal is to share my thoughts as well as pull together insight from many others into a synthesis or “fuller...

Sat Nav Data on a Park Sign I was recently on Sandbanks in Poole, Dorset. While playing with the kids at  a playground on the beach I noticed the park sign had a sat nav postcode on it: Sat Nav: BH13 7QQ It also had the address of the nearest A&E...

The Local Social Summit which I co-organised with Simon Baptist has been hailed a success despite the rain . The general feedback was that it rated 8 out 10, although I would give it a 7 as there were a few things we will improve next time we run the...

Note:  most of this post was cross-posted on the LSS blog. One of the sessions at Local Social Summit ‘09 (btw – Here’s #LSS09 on Twitter) that I am very much looking forward (all the sessions will be good, but this one will rock) to is an...

I am one of the creators and thus organizers of what is shaping up to be an awesome conference next month in London at the ICA. For anyone interested in the intersection of local media and social networking this is an event not to be missed. The event...