Author Archives: Fiona Cullinan
Engagement
Tweet So this happened… out of the blue on April 13, Pete said: “Will you marry me?” And I said are you serious!? And he said yes and I found myself saying yes back and promptly fell into the wall … Continue reading
Coworking spaces London #1: Google Campus review
Tweet I’m spending January in London for work. But my Fridays are free for random work, meetings and hopefully a bit of Friday School. So today, on Stef’s recommendation, I tried out Google Campus and met with Andy Bull, author … Continue reading
2012 in review: volcanoes, photos and a few personal firsts
Tweet So that was 2012: work was good, travel was good and life was good. That’s 2013 jinxed then. Here’s what went on in 2012 in the form of a quick(ish) roundup… January New Year opened with me standing agog … Continue reading
Five tips for journalists trying to make the digital transition
Tweet Today was a first for me – being a speaker on the social media panel at the NUJ’s one-day conference on the enjoyably menacingly titled New Ways to Make Journalism Pay II. I’d originally signed up to attend the event … Continue reading
Jo Fairley and the rainbow glitch
Tweet My first-ever animated gif is of a series of pretty glitches that appeared in a video with chocolate entrepreneur Jo Fairley, co-founder of Green & Black’s. She’s generating rainbows… And here is a glitch still of the lady herself … Continue reading
RebelMouse ‘social front page’ on test
Tweet Okay, so I’ve tried ScoopIt, Bundlr and Storify but not Pinterest. Let’s see how the curation element of new RebelMouse works, which is similar to Pinterest. So here’s my social media splash page, which pulls in my blog feeds, … Continue reading
Pedestrian manga love story
Tweet Inked by Pete Ashton using his new iPhone app Manga-Camera and captioned by me from a real-life event.
A baker called Tom Baker…
Tweet Today a baker called Tom Baker opened an awesome community bakery on Stirchley high street. Here is Tom (and, I believe, Dom).
Ein! Zwei! Drei! Vierrrrrr!
Tweet I don’t know what I can tell you about Birmingham Opera Company‘s latest – Stockhausen’s six-hour avant garde epic Mittwoch Aus Licht aka “Wednesday from Light”. It was an experience that was not wholly enjoyable and yet at the same … Continue reading
Visit to a parallel time
Tweet Modern stories of Victoria/Chamberlain Square, Birmingham #3 – my final and favourite photo narrative started out as a warm up exercise to get my mind into gear. I went to find a distant, deserted corner and found myself in … Continue reading
