By Griff Wigley, on March 19th, 2007
I’ll be in Grand Rapids, Minnesota today and tomorrow for meetings at the Blandin Foundation where we’ll be discussing citizen journalism / community media initiatives in rural Minnesota. Or to put it in my current favorite lingo:
How can online “weapons of mass collaboration” be used to
strengthen the fabric of local neighborhoods and communities?
I may do some mobile blogging via my cell phone – both photos and audio — so watch for some unattributed content as I’m not fond of thumbing explanatory text, prefer to do that via laptop once I’ve got an internet connection.
Update at 7:45 PM: Some photos of Blandin Foundation headquarters on the Mississippi River. Click to enlarge.
   
By Griff Wigley, on August 22nd, 2006
I’m heading out this morning for this event:
The Future of the Web and Civic Engagement: What Happens When MySpace Meets Our Space? It’s part of the Citizens League’s Summer Policy series and is being held at The Forum at Minnesota Public Radio.
Featured presenters include Tom Swain, Jean LeVander King, Jen Alstad, Steve Borsch, and Garrick Van Buren.
I hope to be capturing some audio and photos and might do a little moblogging from the event.
3:30 pm update: I did moblog one photo but it was blurry so I deleted it. One or more posts on the event — with some photos — to come.
By Griff Wigley, on June 26th, 2006
 
Over the weekend, a team of cyclists from the Royal Borough of Kingston in the UK began cycling from the southern tip of the UK to the northern tip (1000+ miles in 15 Stages), in aid of Asian earthquake relief. The event is called E2E4E – End to End for Earthquake.
From my UK travels and involvement in the ReadMyDay project I have colleagues and bloggers in Kingston and so I’ve helped set up a weblog, a podcast, and a photo album to support this event. See the main website, the blog, and considering donating to the cause. And follow the trip as it progresses with regular weblog updates from my colleagues in the saddle, Roy Taylor and Herbie Blackburn.
By Griff Wigley, on April 4th, 2006
On the night train from scunthorpe to london with my tuxedo.
By Griff Wigley, on April 4th, 2006
A gift from selby last night. Now on train to sunny scunny!
By Griff Wigley, on April 3rd, 2006
In Selby, @ library 4 a quick check of email.
By Griff Wigley, on April 1st, 2006
Wow. A very old and quaint hotel. No net access, tho. After a nap, I will go inside walls of city and find some.
By Griff Wigley, on April 1st, 2006
By Griff Wigley, on April 1st, 2006
By Griff Wigley, on March 31st, 2006
 Roy Taylor At 11 yesterday, I met with Roy Taylor, Director of Community Services for Kingston Upon Thames.
Roy is the organizer of this summer’s e2e4e: End to End for Earthquake in which a “team of cyclists from the Royal Borough of Kingston are cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats (1,000+ miles in 15 Stages), in aid of Asian earthquake relief.”
 This event will raise money for two charities, the British Red Cross – Asian Earthquake Appeal, and the Fountain House Lahore Project.
Roy and I are strategizing on how blogging, podcasting and videoblogging can be utilised before, during and after the trip.
By Griff Wigley, on March 28th, 2006
I actually am not under delusions of grandeur that anyone other than maybe my sweetie of a wife cares much about my travels from here to there. (Aside to Robbie: Hi Babe, I’m now at Ian and Mary Reid’s house, using Mary’s PC while she and Ian are off to a Council meeting in the Royal Borough of Kingston.) My rationale is twofold:
1. I’m trying to get a better understanding of the strengths and limitations of moblogging, since many (most?) civic leaders are constantly out and about. They may have more opportunities to do some quick blogging than they realize. Can blogging simple text messages and photos from a camera-equipped mobile phone be effective for anything other than novelty?
2. I’m trying to understand the limitations of the UK’s telecommunications infrastructure for moblogging as I may become involved in a project this summer which will require blogging from rural areas, one end of the country to the other. More to come about this later.
And more to come about moblogging as I learn. In the meantime, watch out for the occasional trivial travel alerts.
By Griff Wigley, on March 28th, 2006
Now in surbiton. I am hungry!
By Griff Wigley, on March 28th, 2006
On the underground on the way to surbiton as i missed my connecting train.
By Griff Wigley, on March 28th, 2006
1pm. On train to london to have dinner with mary & ian reid in kingston.
By Griff Wigley, on March 15th, 2006
I recorded this via my cell phone this afternoon on my way to the Twin Cities. I blogged it when I returned home.
Subject: How to personalize your written blog entry or audioblog without being an ego maniac.
Click play to listen. Time: 4:05. Subscribe to podcast or subscribe via iTunes.
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