I use Twitter.
Here's how the latter has helped me with the former.
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Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Six Ways Twitter has Helped my Business
Thursday, 9 December 2010
On Carrying Your Licence While Driving
This from Steve Williams, aka MotoringLawyer via Twitter, on my question about whether motorists are required to carry their licences when driving.
So, a lawyer specialising in motoring law tells me that the law does not require me to carry the documents with me while driving. Meanwhile, as reported yesterday, a police officer who stopped me on Whiteladies Road assured me that I was required to carry my licence (both parts), MOT certificate, and insurance certificate every time I was out and about in my vehicle.
Which shows the value of knowing your rights, as without such knowledge, it appears that the police are not always accurate in informing us of them.
Perhaps I will contact Avon and Somerset Constabulary for further comment and clarification.
But first, I'll wait till they get back to me on my previous question on the use of "kettling" during the recent student demonstrations in Bristol.
One thing at a time.
"No that's nonsense. Required to produce within 7 days. Police advised me not to carry in car for security!"
So, a lawyer specialising in motoring law tells me that the law does not require me to carry the documents with me while driving. Meanwhile, as reported yesterday, a police officer who stopped me on Whiteladies Road assured me that I was required to carry my licence (both parts), MOT certificate, and insurance certificate every time I was out and about in my vehicle.
Which shows the value of knowing your rights, as without such knowledge, it appears that the police are not always accurate in informing us of them.
Perhaps I will contact Avon and Somerset Constabulary for further comment and clarification.
But first, I'll wait till they get back to me on my previous question on the use of "kettling" during the recent student demonstrations in Bristol.
One thing at a time.
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Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Bristol's Rubbish
Glad to see that the Council are installing on-street recycling bins this month in the centre of town.
The new bins will accept cans and newspapers - two of the main items currently thrown away by pedestrians in the city.
The Council have announced that the new bins (which will also contain sections for non-recyclable waste) will be located at Park Street, Whiteladies Road, College Green, Baldwin Street, Welsh Back and Stokes Croft. The new bins, sponsored rather appropriately by Metro newspapers, will supplement those already in place in Broadmead and East Street, Bedminster.
Local IT social entrepreneur Steve Woods, meanwhile, has given a grudging welcome to the development via his Twitter profile: "Bristol City Council: you're at least 30 years behind German cities with on-street recycling facilities."
What, and they keep beating us at football?
Life's not fair.
The new bins will accept cans and newspapers - two of the main items currently thrown away by pedestrians in the city.
The Council have announced that the new bins (which will also contain sections for non-recyclable waste) will be located at Park Street, Whiteladies Road, College Green, Baldwin Street, Welsh Back and Stokes Croft. The new bins, sponsored rather appropriately by Metro newspapers, will supplement those already in place in Broadmead and East Street, Bedminster.
Local IT social entrepreneur Steve Woods, meanwhile, has given a grudging welcome to the development via his Twitter profile: "Bristol City Council: you're at least 30 years behind German cities with on-street recycling facilities."
What, and they keep beating us at football?
Life's not fair.
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Friday, 19 June 2009
Twitter Power Takes on the Daily Mail
Am sitting in my office chuckling to myself as I watch a conspiracy take place in the Twittersphere.
Tweets have been appearing all afternoon inviting participants to vote in a Daily Mail online poll which asks one of the more obnoxious questions I have seen in a national newspaper for some time: Should the NHS allow gipsies to jump the queue?
The poll follows a rather unpleasant article from man-of-the-people Richard Littlejohn in which he reports on and then criticises an apparent NHS policy to allow members of the "mobile community" (caravans, not phones) to receive priority appointments at GP clinics.
Tweeters have been seeking to skew the results of the poll by exhorting each other to vote "yes" to the question in large numbers, thereby pouring scorn on the Mail's perceived populist fear-mongering.
The original tweet seems to track back as far as the enigmatic Infobunny, a London-based law librarian who keeps her tweets private, and the campaign has gathered momentum throughout the day as twitter-ers have encouraged each other to use different browsers in order to cast more votes.
By 3 pm, 92% of the pollsters had voted "yes", that they did in fact want gypsies to be allowed to jump the queue in doctor's surgeries, a result that may come as something of a surprise to the Daily Mail editorial board.
Although it is comforting to know that it is not only Iranians who can influence politics through twitter, this very British piece of jolly good fun should also be a rebuke to the Mail about the dangers of stirring up communal jealousies - especially in a week which has seen 100 Roma forcibly removed from their homes in a wave of xenophobia in Belfast.
Tweets have been appearing all afternoon inviting participants to vote in a Daily Mail online poll which asks one of the more obnoxious questions I have seen in a national newspaper for some time: Should the NHS allow gipsies to jump the queue?
The poll follows a rather unpleasant article from man-of-the-people Richard Littlejohn in which he reports on and then criticises an apparent NHS policy to allow members of the "mobile community" (caravans, not phones) to receive priority appointments at GP clinics.
Tweeters have been seeking to skew the results of the poll by exhorting each other to vote "yes" to the question in large numbers, thereby pouring scorn on the Mail's perceived populist fear-mongering.
The original tweet seems to track back as far as the enigmatic Infobunny, a London-based law librarian who keeps her tweets private, and the campaign has gathered momentum throughout the day as twitter-ers have encouraged each other to use different browsers in order to cast more votes.
By 3 pm, 92% of the pollsters had voted "yes", that they did in fact want gypsies to be allowed to jump the queue in doctor's surgeries, a result that may come as something of a surprise to the Daily Mail editorial board.
Although it is comforting to know that it is not only Iranians who can influence politics through twitter, this very British piece of jolly good fun should also be a rebuke to the Mail about the dangers of stirring up communal jealousies - especially in a week which has seen 100 Roma forcibly removed from their homes in a wave of xenophobia in Belfast.
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Friday, 29 May 2009
Making Twitter Bristol-Friendly
With several thousand twitter accounts now registered to local users in and around Bristol, I've been pondering how the site can be used on a local, community-based level.
Some thoughts here.
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Monday, 2 March 2009
Twitter on Trym Tales
Have just set up a Twit feed consisting entirely of tweets from people located within a 5 mile radius of Bristol.
Check it out on the right hand side of the page below the labels and above the feeds.
Let me know what you think. Does it give a snapshot of Bristol life (from a Twitter perspective) or is just white noise?
Check it out on the right hand side of the page below the labels and above the feeds.
Let me know what you think. Does it give a snapshot of Bristol life (from a Twitter perspective) or is just white noise?
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