Comments on: Sow an Idea and Watch It Bloom at Social Media Cafe Manchester

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Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:31:59 +0000

[...] intend to talk to a couple of companies about sponsoring this as suggested by Dan Donald aka @hereinthehive a while back, will keep you [...]

By: Chi-chi Ekweozor

Chi-chi Ekweozor — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:52:15 +0000

Hey Caleb!

Thanks for your comment. I was so busy twittering about it I forgot to reply here!

http://twitter.com/7wondersin7days/status/2075010727

Thanks for all the kind words. Will definitely keep you posted.

By: Caleb Storkey

Caleb Storkey — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:01:30 +0000

Hey Hey Chi Chi-

Great to see all the ideas shaping up. Think you’re onto a flyer here .
Do keep me posted as things progressing and I’ll be spreading the word on all you’re doing. Well done- it’s fantastic!

Caleb

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People Would Rather Meet Than Compete | 7WondersIn7Days — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:38:20 +0000

[...] his itinerary and ending with the deadline of the T-Shirt Design Competition, there was also a very encouraging networking event at the Social Media Cafe [...]

By: Chi-chi Ekweozor

Chi-chi Ekweozor — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:58:51 +0000

Thanks so much for your detailed comment, Julian.

You know, the music idea sounds wonderful. Will push the last.fm group for 7 Wonders in 7 Days next week on Twitter. Will ask people to add tracks specifically from the 7 countries.

I’m definitely thinking about getting geolocative with the trip, was planning on using WP-Geo, a WordPress plugin that integrates Google Maps with blog posts and geo-tagging images on Flickr and other social media platforms that support it.

However, I hadn’t thought about it to the extent of carrying a GPS device. For some reason, I assumed that doing it via mobile would suffice.

Will definitely look into that.

By: Julian Tait

Julian Tait — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:05:39 +0000

Hey Chi Chi,

I didn’t get to see all of your talk on Tuesday but it looked as though you had a good turnout for it.

Some ideas:
If you are going to play music why don’t you try and source music from the countries you are visiting. There is a lot of good music out there across many genres.

Get geolocative. It would be cool to watch your progress as you travel. This can be done in a number of ways. Using mobile data (This could be V expensive outside Europe, although not as bad as it used to be) Take a small GPS unit, like the ones that walkers use. With many of them they record progress and speed ready to upload when convenient. I have also seen people use them on aeroplanes as they are passive receivers unlike mobile phones.

If you do get Geo-Locative you can add a whole new dimension to fundraising – distance traveled, where will I be at a certain time etc.

Any way just a few thoughts

@julianlstar