How to write a ‘thank you’ post (or a collective memory)

As you may have heard the blog I run, Created in Birmingham, won the award of Best UK Blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards. As well as being pretty pleased with the outcome I also found the whole thing fascinating. I’ve got a list of blog posts I’d like to spin off but I thought […]

Picking a name – URLs and usernames

Although it’s not the be all, having a unique name for a project/event/whatever can be very useful indeed: Being unique makes it easier for people to find you online, and Using Google Alerts and the Social Media Firehose is an awful lot easier if you’re not sifting out irrelevant search results. Choosing names for things […]