Last night was Birmingham Twestival, a gathering of Birmingham Twitter users. The evening was a delightful mix of games, prizes and squinting at name tags, all in the name of charity. Birmingham joined over 175 countries in hosting a event to raise money and awareness for charity: water.
Photo by Lee Allen
I had a lovely time, mostly trying to spot my twitter friends from either their name tags or avatars, I even won a raffle prize – $200 of hosting vouchers! I asked the Birmingham tweeple to tweet a review:
If you need to remember the names of your new friends you made last night, a list of the attendees was posted on the blog today. Photographer Lee Allen (@photosbylee) took some great photos, you can see them on Flickr.
When I get word of how much was raised I will post it. Thanks to all the organisers for doing such a brilliant job.
£1519. Superb!
Great site! I’m a Birmingham based animator and it’s wonderful to see Brum’s creative talent has a place to come and share thoughts and ideas.
And, as a gesture of shameless self promotion, you can view my latest film, based on Christian Bale’s recent rant at:
http://shootingpeople.org/watch/film.php?film_id=70541
(contains naughty words)
-Joe