Category Archives: upyerbrum

Birmingham City Council is Psychotic

Today I was issued a “Liability Order” by the Birmingham Magistrates’ Court for ‘not paying’ my Council Tax.
Sounds cut and dry, right?
If you don’t pay your tax then don’t start ‘boo hoo’ing about getting fines and such.
The thing is that last month I paid about £850 in council tax…
There’s a brief history to this [...]

By stef | Posted February 25, 2008 in Birmingham, birminghamuk, city council, upyerbrum | Comments (23)

Top 10 Usability Mistakes for Blogs - How Does Yours Rate?

The prolific usability guru Jacob Nielsen has a handy post called “Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes” and last night I thought I’d scope them out and see if I needed to make any changes to this site (thanks Joanna).
The summary is bang on: “Blogs are often too internally focused and ignore key usability [...]

By stef | Posted February 21, 2008 in Blog, birminghamuk, upyerbrum, usability | Comments (6)

Birmingham Bloggers Meetup 2

The Birmingham Bloggers Meetup events look set for great things. Last night was really good fun spent chatting to likeminded blogging types about all manner of exciting ideas. And for once I totally failed to get any photos because I was just too busy chatting.
What a lovely evening!
Thanks again to Nick Booth for organising it [...]

By stef | Posted February 19, 2008 in birminghamuk, hellobirmingham, upyerbrum | Comments (2)

Hello new blogger!

Congratulations on starting a blog - nice to have you with us!
Just audio:

 
icon for podpress  Hello New Blogger!: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Just an image:

(Voices: Pete Ashton, Jon Bounds, Julia Gilbert, Nick Booth (I think) and me - Stef Lewandowski. Who am I missing?)
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By stef | Posted February 19, 2008 in Birmingham, Blog, birminghamuk, hellonewblogger, podcast, upyerbrum | Comments (4)

Creative Republic is Open for Business!

Creative Republic is now open for business, but what is it, and what’s it for?
Changing Economics 
Birmingham is going through something of a change at the moment. The long-standing manufacturing-based economy has moved onto a heavily ’service’-based economy over recent years and there is increasing discussion on the possibility that we are moving into what’s being [...]

By stef | Posted February 12, 2008 in Birmingham, birminghamuk, creative, cultural, upyerbrum | Comments (3)