Twestival Global 2010

This is a cross post from our new blog sherrilynnestarkie.com. Please reset your RSS to the new blog. More than a hundred people turned up at Jaks on Thursday night for the Isle of Man’s first ever Twestival which has so far raised £1577.62 for the charity Concern Worldwide. Donations on the night amounted to [...]

Twestival matching grant

Twestival Global 2010 has been awarded a US $100k matching grant from Austin Ventures, a Texas-based VC firm. This means that for every £5 ticket sold, another £5 will be added to the total.  Not only is 100% of all ticket sales and donations going to support Concern Worldwide’s educational projects, that amount will be [...]

TV v Internet: how to get the vote out

Image by dhammza via Flickr This is a cross post from our new blog sherrilynnestarkie.com. Please reset your RSS to the new site. The leaders of the UK’s three main political parties have all agreed to participate in television debates in the lead up to the May election. Most pundits agree these TV events will [...]

IoM Twestival Global 2010

This is a cross post from our new blog sherrilynnestarkie.com. Please reset your RSS. On Thursday 25 March, people in hundreds of cities around the world will come together for Twestival Global 2010, a fundraising campaign for child poverty charity Concern Worldwide, and the Isle of Man is joining in. Twestival (or Twitter Festival) uses [...]

Foursquare video

This is a cross post from our new blog sherrilynnestarkie.com. Please reset your RSS to the new site. I’ve been trying out Foursquare recently.  It’s a social network that taps into location-based services.  It’s early days for Foursquare, but I think the idea has legs.  It works much like the other social nets; you find [...]