The Leeds Digital Festival last year was a great event and the highlight for me was listening to Ben Hammersley speak in a surprisingly intimate gathering where he blew me away with his talk of the digital revolution. An incredibly charismatic character, Ben had us all enraptured for a few hours as he told stories of wanting to be a war correspondent and being a Digital Ambassador for the UK.

The Digital Festival has arrived again this year with the bonus of Leeds Digital Conference on Friday 12 October 2012. I am very excited to have been asked to be one of the speakers and looking forward to my first appearance on stage. [Read more...]

I made the pilgrimage this month to one of the best loved conferences in the UK. And how pleased was I to go! On first joining the scrum waiting outside the Dome to get in I unsure what to expect, it almost felt like I was queuing to see some major underground band. In the main auditorium I half expected Mexican waves to spontaneously burst out as the atmosphere rippled through the crowd with a tangible feeling of anticipation and excitement. Organiser Kelvin Newman hosted the event through the day and this guy not only has incredible energy to organise the event but he has the personality thrown in. I have no idea how they manage to put this show on for free but the fact that tickets are sold out within 13 minutes of release confirms that this is THE hottest ticket for SEO. [Read more...]