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Radio Days
Robin Banks Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with Brian McColl and Robin Banks, who were running what Russell James affectionately called ‘Radio School’.
Together with maybe twelve other radio hopefuls we shared ideas and got tips on the big bad radio world. Although everyone there had varying levels of experience, it didn’t matter. Each of us was made to feel as special and important as the next person.
It was a great experience and Robin is a great speaker. His animation in person is quite a treat and is easy to see why he has done so well.
Brian McColl? We all know Brian is a legend. End of!
Brian McColl It would be hard to walk away and not have a positive outlook after that. These guys love what they do and their enthusiasm shows. They strive for a world of better radio, not just the that was, this is jock format.
Dara Quilty joined in proceedings for a little while, its not surprising he’s doing so well.
It was great to be surrounded by people who love radio as much as I do. And being honest, it can be hard work but I love every minute of it. The afternoon left me buzzed.
I think the show I did next after that was the best I had done so far.
Cheers guys!
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Follow Friday?
If you’re on Twitter, you’re sure to have come across Follow Friday or #FF.
Follow Friday seems to have started as a nice way to recommend people you find interesting to your ‘followers’.
At this stage though, I’m not sure if it works anymore. I understand that its a nice tip of the hat to people, who’s tweets you enjoy reading but now people in general are savvy with how twitter works and can find interesting people pretty easily.
Applications like Tweetdeck have made it a lot easier to follow more people and still keep up with your favourites.
What happens every Friday now, is there is a stream of tweets that are tagged #FF and to be perfectly honest, I ignore them.
I like Twitter but the constant stream of #FF on a Friday makes me stay away until the day is nearly done. The faux obligatory #FF tweets tend to make me cringe which are simply lists of usernames.
How many if these people do we actually know? In the real world how many would you say to friends ‘yeah he’s a good bloke, be his friend’.
Twitter is no doubt a great social media tool, a networking device. I think Follow Friday was developed to give Twitter a more personal touch. I’m not sure it entirely worked.
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Culture Cafe: 12/3/2010
So I tried the opening link as Gaeilge again, think I did OK this time 😉
I enjoyed the show last night, thanks to Gavin Mee, Frankie from Spellbound and Dominic from Tickletoc.com I thought the interview about his documentary about the history Swastika was fascinating.
Here’s what went down.
1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads
2. MGMT: Flash Delirium (Our Recommended Free Legal Download of the week)
3. Chat with Gavin Mee
4. Gavin Mee: Betty Boop Shoop
5. Gorillaz: Stylo
6. Chat with Frankie from the band Spellbound
7. Spellbound: Soul Catcher
8. Florence & The Machine & Dizzee Rascal: You Got The Dirtee Love (live)
9. Chat with Dominic from Tickletoc.com about his new documentary ‘My Swastika’
10. Delphic: HalyconAnd it was all done, really enjoyed the chat in the studio with DCUfm Newswire’s Niall after the show.. Good guy!
