Let me introduce myself, I’m Kate Spragg and I am taking the reins of Created in Birmingham from Chris. I’m sure you’ll agree that Chris has done a fantastic job since taking over in May 2008. The blog has brought together the Birmingham creative community which I look forward to becoming a part of, and … [Read more…]
RSS. Feeds. Horrible, nasty words that scare normal folk and have them running from the internet to take refuge with their library cards. They’re not that tricky though. I’ve been keeping track of hundreds of websites to find stuff to post here. Visiting them all daily would have taken too long and cost me my … [Read more…]
On 1 February I’m going to stop running Created in Birmingham. It’ll be run by Kate Spragg instead. Before I start waffling, you may care to know that the ways to get your stuff on CiB won’t change much. Email createdinbirmingham at gmail dot com or, much better, blog about it somewhere yourself (your info … [Read more…]
My backlog’s built up a bit so expect a fair few shortish items today/this weekend while I blast through all the good stuff going on. Before that though (and following a couple of recent-ish conversations) there are a few quick things I should mention. If these are obvious to you then please skim on. Subscribe … [Read more…]
I’ve added a couple of things to Created in Birmingham that you might not have noticed, especially if you don’t tend to visit the site itself because of the genius that is RSS. Calendar/Listings On the listings page (there’s a link below the title of the blog too) I’ve embedded a calendar from my own … [Read more…]
You may remember Frankie Ward, the newest addition to CiB, from her interview with Soweto Kinch. I’ve not really introduced her properly yet but her she is to do that herself: For some info about the 101 things Frankie’s doing (Gigbeth, Birmingham Live, BBC Blast Arts Reporter, Burn FM Programme Controller and so on), check … [Read more…]
As part of the (ongoing) site redesign I thought it’d be nice to have some more visible contributor profiles so you know who’s writing this stuff. I asked Steve Gerrard if he’d take some snaps of us and the results are in. So from left to right that’s Danny Smith, Chris Unitt (me), Frankie Ward … [Read more…]
Welcome to the new design of Created in Birmingham. We felt that the site could do with a spring clean and some updating, with the layout top of the list. We we’ve not gone for a major overhaul, just a few changes that will allow the site to grow a little. The extra sidebar will … [Read more…]