We Share Stuff is a Social Enterprise company based in Birmingham, UK. Using social media, we deliver skills and qualifications in an open, collaborative style, blurring the formal and informal, using old and new technologies for social and educational change. We share our experience in the social web, to help people make the most of digital opportunities.
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24 June, 2009, 12:53 pm
A few nights after the Digital Britain report was published, I had one of those niggling doubts rear itself at 2am. Apart from the focus of the report aimed more or less at infrastructure and my concerns regarding the vague understanding (and coverage) of participation (inclusion? engagement?), I see more potential harm than good happening [...]
18 June, 2009, 6:05 pm
It was very gratifying to see We Share Stuff mentioned in the third issue of Wired magazine’s new UK edition. It was part of an article on co-working (and Brmingham Social Media Café), and we were mentioned because the informal meetings of people interested in social media was one of the driving forces in starting [...]
20 May, 2009, 10:01 am
Michael Grimes, aka Citizensheep did a great job in setting up the live blogging stuff from the conference. As we’ve been slow in posting some form of response or update, here’s the blogging as it happened.
Digital Inclusion Conference: day 1
Day 2
Digital Inclusion Conference: day 2
15 May, 2009, 12:51 pm
8 out of 10 older people in the UK still can’t access online services - they aren’t media literate. SSD09 gives us all the chance to change that.
Media literacy, in today’s digital age, is more important than ever. It can facilitate a more convenient, cheaper, community-rich lifestyle. Older people, who have so much to gain [...]