I moved from Manchester to Stoke-on-Trent 12 years ago and I can say hand on heart it is one of the best places I have lived.
I have been using the internet since 1995. I love social media and the freedoms that is gives people, allowing them to have that all important voice on-line. Social media is not the cure all or silver bullet for all the problems a person or an area may have, but used correctly it can amplify the more traditional forms of social & civic activism to help get things done.
In my work at Talk About Local I specialise in the technical aspects of social media and on-line moderation of difficult or contentious situations.
Away from Talk About Local, I am a partner in the Stoke-on-Trent political blog, Pits n Pots, where we scrutinise the City Council and the political news in the City. I help run the Stoke Stone & Stafford Social Media Surgeries, I also take an awful lot of pictures and being originally from Manchester, I am a dyed in the wool Manchester City fan.
Look! Clicky Things!
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