Backblogs and Foreblogs

I try to write something once a week for WeeklyBlogClub. I don’t always succeed.

I know that some bloggers can produce a quality post in only a few minutes, but I’m not one of them (although I live in hope). I typically spend a few hours, and sometimes much longer, particularly if there are lots of links and photos involved.

When I started blogging, I worried that I would struggle to find something to write about. On the contrary, the main problem for me is finding the time to write.

I keep two blog-related lists which I’ve started to refer to as

‘Backblog’ (Ideas that need writing-up)
‘Foreblog’ (Stuff coming-up, or on the horizon)

Here’s a quick snapshot of what’s currently on each list

Backblog

BlueLight Camp (Pt 2)

Second instalment of a post I started last week with some of the memorable bits from the excellent BlueLight Camp, an ‘unconference’ for emergency responders. Hopefully I’ll finish this one over the next day or so.

Open-data cities conference

A one-day event in Brighton that focussed on the part that open data can play in helping to create a thriving, prosperous, and accountable city. I managed to get to Brighton and back in a day on public transport, which was kind of appropriate as being there was a bit of a busman’s holiday for me.

A few habits of local wildlife

: One of the neighbours, a buzzard

I’m lucky enough to rent a house on a plot of land bordering a large wood which teems with wildlife.

Over the course of several years I’ve started to spot and recognise habits of both different species, and individual animals.

Joy Riding

I confess: I enjoy travelling on the bus. This will be a post about why it’s a source of pleasure for me.

Mobile tech, a personal journey

I blogged previously about the impact the iPad has had on the way I work (I haven’t printed anything for almost two years). This is the prequel – my sometimes painful attempts over many years to use mobile tech that wasn’t quite up to the job.

The ‘Orkney Cardboard Box’

Social and family history, out of the box.

Foreblog (on the horizon)

Future Everything – an annual festival of art, music and technology. The theme this year is participatory culture.

Island GovCamp – an unconference for people who work in and around government in islands which is being held in Orkney (where my mum was born)

Hampshire Hub – collaboration and data sharing in Hampshire

Memory Jogging – thoughts on ways to remember

Linked Data Trial – putting a toe in the linked open data bath water

A tale of five camps – a look back at five unconference events

Winchester Hat Fair – coming up in July

Listing badly

This post originally published on my personal blog: http://markbraggins.wordpress.com/ on Sunday 6 May 2012