Hello! I’m a 📢 public relations professional, and I love the 🌍 open web, 🎭 open culture, and 🏙️ open cities.
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Proper Accounting
I quite like that the environmental movement is so broad that there is room for everyone from senior executives at places like Deutsche Bank to grassroots activists, making their surrounding communities better places. While the word ‘holistic’ has plenty enough connotations to prevent me using it very much, it does quite aptly describe the movement.
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A Change On Climate Change?
Tomorrow, probably to little fanfare, the EP will do something that it should be really good at. It will legislate on climate change. I say it should be really good at it, because environmental issues, which rarely respect national borders, are one of the things that the EU could almost have been designed to tackle.
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Two Blogospheres
There is a fair bit in US politics to dislike, but the adoption of the new campaign tools provided by the Web isn’t among that. I’ve been in awe of the individual campaign sites (though MyBO could do with renaming), national convention sites, and some of the more enlightened media outlets covering the election. Obama’s…
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Political Karaoke
I just caught the end of a piece on the World Service about a sort of karaoke, where people give political speeches, instead of singing. They played a clip of someone doing a Sarah Palin speech. Perfect, right down to the smug tone in the voice. Knowing what sorts of discussions happen in the pub when…
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Torpedo Amendments
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned the torpedo amendments to the Telecoms Package which were going to be voted on by the EP. Well, they’ve been voted on, and for the Greens opposing them, it’s a bit of good news and a bit of bad. Amendments K1 and K2, which would have allowed spyware…
A passion for communicating
My work is centred on making “expert” topics understandable, helping to connect people and ideas.
Making the complicated simple
I find ways to make complicated topics simple through clear communication.
Building foundations
I build the foundations for strong public and non-profit sector communication.
Open systems
I care about open systems that contribute to society, whether that be software, art, or the places we live.