Those very nice people at Seesmic dropped by this morning and organised a Q&A session with their highly intelligent and interesting community. Thanks so much to everyone who took part and sorry I didn’t have time to answer all your questions. Hopefully we’ll get another chance to run a similar session.
It is the season for democracy once again, and I don’t mean that charming American trillion-dollar deficit version of our gloriously imperfect system of governance – I mean ME!
Some bright spark has entered me for the European Podcast Awards. I don’t need the prize, obviously, but I do want the glory.
So, my virtual friends and neighbours please, help to get me to the top of whatever category they have inserted me just to assist an old man’s terribly frail ego.
Oh, and get all your friends to do the same. Thank you!
au·gust /ɔˈgʌst/ [aw-guhst]
–adjective
1. inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama.
2. venerable; eminent: an august personage.
[Origin: 1655–65; < L augustus sacred, grand, akin to augére to increase. See eke]—Related forms
au·gust·ly, adverb
au·gust·ness, noun
Not that I am any of these things, of course, but being in the month of August means that BBC Radio 4 have given me the honour (spelled with a “u”) of allowing me to waffle on about my favourite (spelled with a “u”) websites. My bit is about ten minutes in, but the entire show is worth a listen.
Here’s the unedited section, stolen from here.
Very sad to learn that the 104 year old Weston-super-Mare pier burned down yesterday. It’s a very small town, Weston – not much to it except the pier, the promenade, and the beach.
