I know that the last few posts have been about the developments at UKYouthOnline and I don’t want to keep banging on about the same thing, but a great video has been posted on the site by Katie Bacon where a centre-based youth worker explains the journey they have been on in using Bebo to [...]
So if you’re into blogging or have a strong online presence, this post isn’t going to excite you as you probably already do this. It’s a little bit geeky. Sorry.
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I basically wanted to flag up a way of auto-filtering relevant online content through the use of strategic tagging. If you [...]
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OK, so I just got back from the first ever UkYouthOnline UnConference and I have to say it was an excellent day! Organised by Tim Davies, around 70 people from various youth work, participation and technological backgrounds looked at the issues and opportunities of engaging with young people online. It was really exciting to see [...]
OK, so I forgot to actually post details of this event before. Sorry about that. This Saturday 27th September, the first ever UK Youth Online event will be held at the DUIS offices in London. You only have until 6pm this evening to register, so that’s just under 3 hours! More about the event:
The UK [...]
This is part of a sign explaining the bylaws on West Beach, Littlehampton:
Stay Decent. Your nakedness could ruin someone’s day
I noticed that over in the States, Justin Ross is giving away a load of youth ministry resources for free. He’s basically willing to send a bunch of stuff he’s collected and used over the years to someone in ministry would really benefit from them.
This generosity got me thinking a bit. We all have resources [...]
Here’s a great article from Time Magazine that goes beyond the media hype to look at the real reasons for a growing trend in ’sexy’ behaviour among teenage girls. From the article:
Like steak-house owners trying to raise vegetarians, we idealize youth and sexiness but recoil if our young want to be sexy. What has complicated [...]
Two years ago our good friend Jose moved back to his native Portugal. At his leaving do, he was asked by various people when he was coming back. He replied, “When Jon and Kirsty have a baby”, knowing full well we weren’t planning on starting family for a while.
For about the last year, a young [...]
