Author Archives: stef

Introducing Odadeo - a new site for dads

For Fathers’ Day 2008 I have launched the ‘private beta’ of new site that I’ve been working very hard on for the last three months.
It’s called Odadeo and is a site that aims to answer the question “how am I going to be a better dad?”
I broke the news with a comment on Mashable, who [...]

By stef | Posted June 17, 2008 in Blog, Websites, birminghamuk, startup | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

“Please don’t discount these voices” - accepting the Webby for First Light Movies

I’m in New York accepting a Webby award for the work that we did with First Light Movies - an organisation that enables young filmmaking all across the UK.
I hadn’t actually realised how seriously these awards are valued in the states, because in the UK we don’t often get many people winning them and it [...]

By stef | Posted June 10, 2008 in Blog | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Why “Power or Powerless”?

I woke up this morning in New York - I’m here for the Webby Awards this evening, and to start the day I tuned into a debate that was happening courtesy of the Birmingham Post, back home in the UK.
The subject was “Power or Powerless” in terms of how digital media is changing and affecting [...]

By stef | Posted June 9, 2008 in birminghamuk | Tagged , , | Comments (4)

I’m a Clore Fellow

I’ve been awarded a fellowship with the Clore Leadership Programme, and today I am off to London for a day-long event welcoming the twenty-two people who are this year’s group.
This comes just a few days before I pick up our Webby in New York and launch the new website we’ve been developing, so it’s turning [...]

By stef | Posted June 6, 2008 in clore | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (7)

Web 2.0 or Blah 2.0?

With apologies to the Marcus Angermeier whose original is the famous:

What is Web 2.0?
I was asked this question this week by the organiser of an event that I was asked to talk about called “Power your Business with Web 2.0” (I can’t seem to direct link the event on the Creative Networks site?)
You know what [...]

By stef | Posted May 30, 2008 in Articles, Blog | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1)