Comments on: Blogging Birmingham http://peteashton.com/2006/11/blogging_birmingham/ June 2000 to June 2010 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pete Ashton http://peteashton.com/2006/11/blogging_birmingham/comment-page-1/#comment-2393 Pete Ashton Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:39:27 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/11/blogging_birmingham/#comment-2393 "Best thing" was probably the wrong term. It did strike me that, having not lived in London for three years with no plans to visit in the forseable future, I found it fascinating all the way through, so for me it was the best London-centric thing you'd written for a while. It sort of brought the city alive for me in a positive, vibrant way. “Best thing” was probably the wrong term. It did strike me that, having not lived in London for three years with no plans to visit in the forseable future, I found it fascinating all the way through, so for me it was the best London-centric thing you’d written for a while. It sort of brought the city alive for me in a positive, vibrant way.

]]> By: diamond geezer http://peteashton.com/2006/11/blogging_birmingham/comment-page-1/#comment-2392 diamond geezer Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:34:13 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/11/blogging_birmingham/#comment-2392 Damn, I hope my Cultural Update <i>isn't</i> the best thing I've written for a while. But it is probably the most <i>useful</i> thing I've written for a while, and the most varied, and maybe also the most relevant to others. A Birmingham Blog is a great idea, and long overdue. At the moment I know more about life in the Outer Hebrides from blogs than I do about Britain's second city, and that can't be right. Looking forward to finding out more... Damn, I hope my Cultural Update isn’t the best thing I’ve written for a while.

But it is probably the most useful thing I’ve written for a while, and the most varied, and maybe also the most relevant to others.

A Birmingham Blog is a great idea, and long overdue. At the moment I know more about life in the Outer Hebrides from blogs than I do about Britain’s second city, and that can’t be right.

Looking forward to finding out more…

]]> By: Paul http://peteashton.com/2006/11/blogging_birmingham/comment-page-1/#comment-2391 Paul Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:14:43 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/11/blogging_birmingham/#comment-2391 Presumably you will be accepting entries from others (particularly covering spheres of activity outside your current remit)? I don't mean group blogging, more the way you often pass on e-mailed links in the linklog. i.e. Give a "ta" for information received. Personally I look forward to the commentary more than the "what's on" aspect of the concept. But we do all need to share what we know of the city's activities and resources. A while back I really enjoyed your essays on the old Science and Industry Museum site - more of same, please! As a nostalgia buff (it's the age thing) I would love to see some "now and then" comparisons. These tend to be over shorter periods of time than you might expect. Digbeth is about to be regenerated and there will be lots of opportunities to see how much is going to be lost that shouldn't be lost. If nothing else, a Birmingham Blog might keep the developers and planners a little more honest. Well, there's always hope for a miracle. Presumably you will be accepting entries from others (particularly covering spheres of activity outside your current remit)? I don’t mean group blogging, more the way you often pass on e-mailed links in the linklog. i.e. Give a “ta” for information received.

Personally I look forward to the commentary more than the “what’s on” aspect of the concept. But we do all need to share what we know of the city’s activities and resources. A while back I really enjoyed your essays on the old Science and Industry Museum site – more of same, please!

As a nostalgia buff (it’s the age thing) I would love to see some “now and then” comparisons. These tend to be over shorter periods of time than you might expect. Digbeth is about to be regenerated and there will be lots of opportunities to see how much is going to be lost that shouldn’t be lost. If nothing else, a Birmingham Blog might keep the developers and planners a little more honest. Well, there’s always hope for a miracle.

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