I’ll be posting an update of what I’ve been up to recently soon but I also wanted to write something about what’s happening in the coming week. We’re celebrating “Social Media in Liverpool Week” (we got told off for calling it Social Media Week™(C)®) and also Global Ignite Week with a week of activities in Liverpool. Getting into the spirit of things I’ve agreed to speak at two of them.

The first event of the week is Ignite Liverpool tomorrow in the LJMU Art & Design Academy. I was quite disappointed not to be able to speak last year (though I must admit I did enjoy my time on a yacht in the Whitsundays ;-)) so I jumped at the chance to speak this year. I’m going to be giving a talk on “Open Source Software Projects I Have Known”. I’m intending it to be a fairly lighthearted overview of various applications and projects that people should really be aware of and using. There’s lots of other talks lined up so if you’re in the area you should definitely come along. There’s not many tickets left so be quick!

On Wednesday there will be a meeting of the Society of Swandeliers, or the Friends of Swan Pedalo. In Autumn John O’Shea of Re-Dock procured a Swan pedalo that was being sold off cheap by Liverpool Biennial organisation. This meeting is of people who have shown interest in working with the pedalo to try to determine what to do with it. We’ve all got lots of ideas but a 6ft fibreglass swan isn’t so easy to move around so it can be quite difficult to arrange activities for it. I’ll be going along and hopefully we’ll all be able to work something out.

Thursday is time for another Social Media Cafe Liverpool event, also in the Art & Design Academy. I’ll be giving a talk on the lifecycle of an iPhone app. I’m intending to give an idea of the various stages you go through when building an app and getting it live on the app store. I’ll also have a few surprises during my talk too. There’s also going to be a live skype interview and more besides so head over to the website to sign up for that.

Finally on Friday there’s going to be the Social Media Social or “Oh, I follow you on Twitter”. More details on that can be found on the Social Media Cafe Liverpool website but essentially it’s a free party in the Leaf bar on Bold St. Entertainment will be provided (but you’ll need to buy your own drinks!) I’m going to a friend’s birthday party first but should be there later on in the evening.

So a busy week ahead, should be fun!