Brighton Bloggers

In the Argus

2009-06-17T19:03:00.008Z

Jo Wadsworth, the Web Editor for The Argus has been in touch about getting publicity for Brighton Blogs via The Argus. She says

I'm going to write my own weekly blog highlighting some of my favourite posts from the last week, as an accessible way of dipping a toe into the Brighton blogosphere. If you could let people know I'm going to be doing this, that would be great. I'm going to take the position that if someone's put details of their blog on Brighton Bloggers, then it's okay to talk about them in this blog, especially as I will be careful not to select anything which is clearly personal without checking first. However, in terms of feeds onto our site, I would like people to give me the nod it's okay to do this before I start. I think I'm going to divide them loosely into business blogs, personal blogs and political blogs, although I may have to revise this . . ..

Some blogs, sadly, won't ever be suitable to be linked to from The Argus, as we are a family newspaper (anything with graphic sexual content, for instance).

Many thanks!

Jo Wadsworth
Web Editor
The Argus

So, get in touch with Jo if you want to contribute

Update - 18 June 2009
Having checked with Jo, the best ways to contact are her:
Email: jo.wadsworth@theargus.co.uk
Telephone: 01273 544 775
Twitter: brightonargusjo
Facebook: brightonargusjo

New blogs for June

2009-06-02T19:42:00.003Z

I managed not to do an update for May, so here is a bumper crop

New posts for April

2009-04-15T17:38:00.002Z

Just a couple of new blogs for April Brighton Bits and
Free Brighton Guide | Brighton Art : Music : Cool Free Stuff : Magazine | The Brighton Hussy. Take a look and enjoy them.

New blogs for March

2009-03-18T18:56:00.003Z

Some new blogs added today:
100 Abandoned Artworks
actionscripter.co.uk
Writer by Night
The Contended Mummy Blog
daveavenue
Digital United | Full-service integrated Digital agency - Award-winning Creative, Marketing, Advertising, Branding, Technology and Games Development
superlative
Creativeblokes Blog

Enjoy!

New blogs for February

2009-02-04T18:30:00.003Z

New blogs for February

January Meetup

2009-02-04T18:19:00.004Z

So, we had a lovely meetup on Thursday evening at The Florist - lots of new faces.

The blog roll from the evening is:

Change of venue for meetup

2009-01-22T20:45:00.004Z

Due to the untimely and unfortunate demise of Upstairs at Gemini, I've changed the venue for next Thursday's (29th Jan) meetup to The Florist, on the corner of Upper North Street and Regent Hill. Same time, 8pm. Same agenda, drinks and chat.

Hope to see you there!

Writing for Bloggers

2009-01-06T17:47:00.003Z

Leif Kendall, one of the Brighton Bloggers, has written a great guide on how to blog. If you're stuck for ideas, or you're New Year's resolution was to start a blog, or blog more, then this might help you out.

End of year updates

2008-12-23T18:29:00.003Z

The final batch for 2008 are:

New blogs for November

2008-11-08T15:49:00.003Z

Some new additions, some from the meetup, some from emails:

Meetup photos

2008-11-08T15:45:00.002Z

Identification by Brighton Bloggers moo cards
Originally uploaded by Jane Dallaway

I've just processed some photos from the meetup, so head on over here to take a look.

If you've got any photos from this, or any other, Brighton Bloggers meet up, don't forget to add them to the group.

Sponsor me?

2008-11-06T08:58:00.003Z

I've been looking after Brighton Bloggers for over 5 years now, and have no intention of giving up any time soon. So if you'd like to show your appreciation for my efforts, then please sponsor me. I'm doing a 3.8K run on Sunday 9th November, and am raising money for the Alzheimer's Society. I only started running in July - this is my first race, so all support is very welcome. Thanks!

We met...

2008-11-05T13:41:00.004Z

Sorry it has taken a while to find 5 minutes to write this post, and I can't do the usual updates and photos etc as my laptop has died :-(

But, we met up last Thursday in The Eagle and a fun time was had by all, conversational topics covered using wordpress as a cms, the idea of the Brighton Geek Cafe, the lack of Joh, reminiscences of previous meetups (discussions about Harold Pinter in Kemp town at 4am apparently), ways to make the list of blogs more useful (tagging?), iPhone development, the picture of the Beatles on acrylic that was being paraded around the pub, more frequent meetups, women in media conference, chomsky, Maggie Boden and Cogs

The blogs represented were:

The next meetup will be on Thursday 29th January, not sure where yet, but will keep you all informed. As usual, the details are on upcoming.

Aggregation is back

2008-10-28T21:20:00.004Z

I've got the aggregation page working again, so you should be able to get a good idea of the kind of postings going on at the sites we list.

Note: The RSS feed for this feed has now changed, so point your RSS reader here

No aggregated feed at the moment

2008-10-25T17:33:00.000Z

As Abi Rhodes pointed out, the aggregated feed was permanently displaying some posts from July. I've been and had a look at the source site - blogdigger - and the other feeds I checked were also stuck in July. So, for the time being there is no aggregation going on. I'll try and find an alternative provider, but if you know of anything I could do, drop me a line.

Thanks!

Time for a meetup

2008-10-16T20:01:00.006Z

Ok, so it has been almost a year since the last meetup, so it must be time for another one :-)

When: Thursday 30th October 8pm
Where: The Eagle, 125 Gloucester Rd, Brighton [map]

See you there? Sign up on upcoming, or just come along - we'll be downstairs in the bar area somewhere - look for a table with Brighton Blogger moo cards and come along and say hi

We love local!

2008-10-01T18:29:00.002Z

I received the following email, so thought I'd share it.

Hi Brightonbloggers.com,

I came across your website whilst browsing for Brighton related websites and thought your website was great. I was wondering whether you would consider listing the following section of WeLoveLocal.com which lets people read reviews and recommendations and view Brighton businesses on a large map.

http://www.welovelocal.com/en/se/brighton-and-hove/brighton/

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards.
Gary Moyle

New blogs for October

2008-10-01T18:06:00.004Z

A couple of new blogs:

Early September additions

2008-09-01T17:54:00.002Z

Some new sites:

New blogs for August

2008-08-06T18:01:00.004Z

Another fine batch of newly added blogs to go and take a look at:

Design Agency Blog
The Recommender
Upstream connections - SEO
A mobile phone blog
Pet Care and News from Grove Lodge Vets
Short Stories :: and other stuff
Just Seven Things
Miss Tickle

And a submission that doesn't make it in Last tango in Buenos Aires because the author is an ex-resident of Brighton, currently residing in Buenos Aires :-)

Survey request

2008-06-25T18:05:00.003Z

I got an email a while ago (quite a while ago in fact, sorry Anthony) which said

"I'm one of the Brighton bloggers (at IslingwordStreet.com) but also work with a small non-profit called the Democratic Society. We exist to promote participation and democracy, and are going to be holding a discussion event in Brighton in the next couple of months. The topic of the discussion is not decided yet, there's a survey at

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=gQVcBe50yfQUF2xvKFBVzA_3d_3d

which will help us decide what people would be interested in hearing about.

Would it be possible to make a mention of this survey on the Brighton Bloggers site, so we can get some views from the local blogosphere?"

So, here it is...

New blogs

2008-06-25T17:27:00.003Z

Quite a few new blogs since the last update, in no particular order:
LullyWeb.Com
The Mulberry Bush Blog
Wired World
Split Pediment
Thomas David Wright - Geek, student, cyclist, photographer, tea drinker...
BrightonSound.com Blog
David Craddock's Technology Blog

So, go on, take a look at them, make them feel welcome

Supporting our local independent shops

2008-04-28T16:39:00.003Z

I have been asked to post the following
"Dear Brighton Bloggers

Hope you don't mind this request, but we have an especially important item on our Bulletin page at the moment.

Unique to Brighton specialist independent food outlets and shops

It’s a Federation of Small Business petition to support local shops - which we are very keen to support too!

If you know anyone who might be interested in mentioning this on their blog, do please pass it on.

best wishes
Sue"

So, if you feel strongly about this issue, please follow the link and read what it is all about. Alternatively, you could just head over and sign the ePetition

End of April update

2008-04-27T16:05:00.003Z

Another backlog, today's new entrants (in no particular order) are:
Tom Kiss,
Tara Hanks,
jugglingwithwater,
Kendall Copywriting - Freelance copywriting, editing, SEO and blogging in Brighton, Hove and London and
Fresh air and new meaning in a safe space

New posts

2008-03-13T19:58:00.003Z

Catching up on a backlog, so here are some new blogs to keep you amused:
Brighton.co.uk - loving life in Brighton and Hove
Design Idea
Defy Age Naturally
The Northern Light
Ed's website