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Great day at Barcamp Manchester

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Barcamp Manchester, held yesterday at the MEN Media HQ, was great and made it clear to me once again that there’s a great web community up here in the North. A very exciting place to be at the moment, and I’m convinced things here will only get better. Barcamps are always an opportunity to meet new people, catch up with existing friends, and recharge your mind with some fresh ideas; this one was no exception. Interesting talks on Microformats, accessibility, PR, interactive narratives, developing for teenagers and NorthCrew.

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Daniel Morris: UK Teens & the Web at Barcamp Manchester

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Dan Morris’ session on UK Teens & the Web was one of my favourites of the day, which you can see from my frantically scribbled notes (below). Dan’s working for a semi-autonomous BBC unit which produces online content for teenagers, and had some really interesting insights to share from his experience and some research they’d commissioned recently. The insights from their mainly subjective survey (in that the methodology was to meet with teenagers and talk with them, rather than quantative research) painted a picture which differed from the one which, I think, many of us assume is correct.

UK Teens & the Web - some of my notes

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  • BarCamp Manchester. Why would you not. #
  • Travel, is that not the first axis. Let’t join in. (Must not twitter when inebriated. -Ed)

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  • Good turn out for the first BarCamp Manchester. Looking forward to the day ahead. #
  • Great talk from Dan Morris on the BBC’s work with teens. Waiting nervously for my slot on Wordpress now. #
  • BarCamp Manchester has decamped to the bar to disintegrate. Well done to Paul Robinson for pulling and holding the day together. #

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  • After leaving it til the last minute, I’m resurrecting my Wordpress talk for Barcamp. Let’s see if I can manage a working laptop this time! #