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East Anglian Boy

  This has been getting a lot of coverage... a cultural "sense of place" offering for cultural geographers... Leon Mallett's version of another song, but with plenty of East Anglia references. You can find the full version of the song online.

Blue Sky thinking

For the last few months I've been keeping an eye out for invites to Blue Sky - an alternative to Twitter / X, where I have a large number of followers (almost 8000) which I have built up over a period of 15 years. The changes since Elon Musk took over have degraded the experience, increased the pointless ads, and also connected the experience of using Twitter - now renamed as X for some pointless reason - with the views of Elon Musk - someone with the money to change the world for the better... but whose businesses are changing it for the worse. I even offered a free copy of my book: 'Why Study Geography' for a working Blue Sky code. Finally, thanks to the author Julian Hoffman , who is working away on his latest book, I received a code earlier today and set up my new account. My follower account is currently rather lower than 8000... but I'm finding a few familiar names there, and will connect with others in the weeks and months ahead I'm sure. I'm also takin...

Some recent Twitter interactions

Another one of those networking images which looks at recent tweets. Interesting to see which accounts are included here. Make your own by visiting the Twitter Circle website. This tool allows you to generate a visual representation of the people and friends you regularly interact with (like, retweet, mention) on Twitter. It allows you to generate an image of your Twitter circle. No login required to use this tool and it will always remain 100% free. How does it work? Twitter Circle works by grabbing your likes, retweets, and tweet mentions of other users and using an algorithm it detects who you mostly engage with. It then generates a circle image out of it which represents your Twitter interaction circle also known as Twitter circle of friends. Inspirations Twitter Circle was inspired by Chirpty, but uses a different algorithm with improved accuracy/depth for calculating engagement and generating the Twitter interaction circle. This tool can be seen as a Chirpty alternative. As expec...

Twitter accounts to follow 2018

For many, using Twitter  (or other social media sites...)  is a quotidian experience. It helps them to keep informed about the world, and to make local and global connections. I started using Twitter around 10 years ago, and have found it the most useful way to connect with thousands of other educators, source resources and ideas, and keep up to date with global events. My account is  @GeoBlogs - if you visit you won't be able to see my tweets unless you follow me. My account is protected. This does however mean that because I have personally approved all the 4300+ people that follow me, I know that they are real people or organisations, and it is therefore a true follower figure, unlike most other accounts which are open and can therefore be followed by bots and have inflated reach. It also means that people have wanted to follow me, and they tend to stay following once they have started. For the last 4 or 5 years I've featured on the UKEdChat list of Twitter acc...