Local newspapers engage with Reading Twitter community
Like Reading’s blogosphere, the town’s Twitterverse is flourishing.
I believe we now have what can be described as a legitimate Reading identity (or strands of identity) on Twitter, shaped by 4 key developments:
#rdg was created
#rdgtweetup event and corresponding hashtag were created
Journalists from getreading/Reading Post and Reading Chronicle joined Twitter
Reading Chronicle and getreading/Reading Post began using #rdgnews to publish [...]
Oranjepan analyses Berkshire blogosphere
The prolific political blogger Oranjepan has published an interesting (and unique, I believe) analysis of the Berkshire blogosphere.
Oranjepan compiled a list of most influential Berkshire blogs in June 2009 (based on Wikio rankings), with John Redwood’s Diary in top position. The other titles in the top 5 were listed as Boulton & Co., Mark Reckons, [...]
getreading gets Twitter
Still on the microblogging theme, Reading Post journalists now have a Twitter presence:
Reading Post: @getreading
Leigh Mencarini : @LeMencs
Jonny Fordham: @JonnyFordham
Tourism tips on Twitter
Stuck for pub ideas on a rainy Saturday afternoon in Oxford, I turned to Twitter and received two replies:
tempted to try a third Oxford pub. On my own, so a bit sad, no?
3:01 PM Jun 6th from mobile web
@mattbrady Suggest the Royal Blenheim on St Ebbes. Best real ale pub in Oxford, sloe gin, mean [...]
MuckspReading dries up
One of Reading’s most entertaining and popular blogs, the highly satirical MuckspReading, has moved on to the digital other side. It is disappointing to see its passing, though the decision to discontinue the project is understandable.
There is a need for satire (especially as local politics can feel a little dry) and I’m hoping that a new [...]
Reading Tuttle tomorrow at ten
Twitterers, bloggers and other social media-ers will be meeting tomorrow morning at 10 (after they have voted, of course) at Workhouse Coffee for round 3 of the Thames Valley Social Media Cafe (TVSMC), now a permanent fixture thanks to Benjamin Ellis and Neville Hobson. A perfect opportunity to discuss the intersection of social media and [...]
Thames Valley Social Media Cafe is a Tuttle success
Sometime mid-morning on Friday 13 March, a number of social media enthusiasts talked Twitter tactics over coffee as bemused Workhouse Coffee punters looked on. It was the inaugural Thames Valley Social Media Cafe, held in Reading.
I’m not a great counter, preferring words, but I estimated there to be a dozen or so of us, including heavyweights [...]
Reading tweetups gain momentum
As well as the Thames Valley Social Media Cafe, social media types reading this may also be interested in Reading’s fortnightly gatherings of Twitter enthusiasts. The Reading “tweetup”, or #rdgtweetup, is a product of the recent Twestival held in the town.
For regular #rdgtweetup updates, visit this page. It appears that the next tweetup will be [...]
Reading Tuttle is born
Friday 13th might be unlucky for some, but some also say that you create your own luck. As first announced by Neville Hobson, the first Thames Valley Social Media Cafe will be held at 10am on 13 March 2009 at the smashing Workhouse Coffee in Reading.
The idea emerged from conversations between Neville, Drew Benvie, Benjamin [...]
Follow drinksinreading on Twitter
Twitter me this, Twitter me that. Newspapers’ love affair continues. My non-geek friends now have a Twitter presence, and so has drinksinreading.com.
Drinksinreading.com, a website/social network offering user comments on Reading bars, is now automatically alerting Twitter followers to newly posted reviews (behaving much like RSS). Add drinksinreading here.
I’m told also that work has commenced [...]
