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About Davy Sims
Here's some biog material should you need it. "Davy Sims is a multi-award winning media producer specialising in radio and web production." Read on ...
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Album of the day – 19 October 2020 – INGANEKWANE by Zoë Modiga
Started strong, hailed as something special by critics. I didn't like it.
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Balkans: “Media has a significant role in the theatre of the absurd”
Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Ilcho Cvetanoski reports on journalist safety in the Balkans By Ilcho Cvetanoski / 18 September 2015 From Index on Censorship
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Bled, South Africa, Uncategorized
Abavuki at Okarina
Read more at LakeBledNews.com It was like this —- but even better. Hot African vibes meet damp #Bled weather, but the show must go on, so we are inside for […]
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Blogging
So, after my good intentions about blogging more, I just don’t have the time. Or I could have the time if I spent all day in front of a screen. […]
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Never Fear Your Ambition
I will be/have been (depending when you read this) at Create2014.co in Derry on 17 Sept. I will be filling in the blanks here afterwards. Here are some of the things […]
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Done properly you only have 93 characters
The question was “What can you say in 140 characters?”. In reality, you only have 93 characters. Not every tweet is perfect and tweets really should not be uniform, but […]
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When is the best time to post on social media?
When is the best time of the day to post on Social Media? Short answer: it depends. Who are you trying to reach? Where are they? (Home, work, mobile, UK, […]
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Socila media policy – how to deal with comments
I have been trying to write a guide for organisations who want to use socila media, or are using it, but have not got a social media policy. I will […]
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10 of my favourite hotels
These are some of the most memorable hotels I have stayed in. They are not always “the best” and neither are they the cheapest or most expensive. Just 10 places […]
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airports, Travel, Uncategorized
Airport Lounge: No 1 Stansted
Now don’t get confused. There are two No 1 Gatwicks; domestic and international. If you are on a domestic flight and go to the international, it causes all sorts of […]
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Discrimination is illegal – except against young people – and you. It’s your age.
I don’t usually blog about work. But this is something that 24 hours ago I didn’t think about too much. Now I am outraged. Yesterday I was at a meeting […]
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Sitting in the office trying to do stuff
listen to ‘Sitting in the office trying to do stuff’ on Audioboo
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String Theory and the Decade of Anniversaries
This is a longer blog post that I would even read – let alone write. So here is the headline. The past is important we should learn from it. But it is the past. We need to think more about the future … We can learn from that too. I know something ...
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Crisis of Leadership
I think we are facing a crisis of leadership in Northern Ireland. Here’s my (unfinished) thinking. I once went on a two day course on decision making. It was very good, but I remember little about it apart from an off side conversation with the tu...
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Blogging and archive
There is never too much choice, but there are limits on the amount of time available to indulge all those choices. So I need to focus on fewer platforms. This Posterous blog has been competing with davysims.com for my time, as has davysims.tumblr....
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Off to the States
Some of the WIMPS Crews are heading for the US of A at the end of the month. Members from 3 of the Belfast Crews, Banbridge, Coleraine and Craigavon will […]
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Thoughts on that beach – newspapers
listen to ‘Thoughts on that beach – newspapers’ on Audioboo
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Social Media, Twitter, Uncategorized
Confidence and Social Media
Some things don’t work without confidence. Economies collapse without “confidence”; for example. Investors will not invest without “confidence”; for example. If athletes set out to compete in the Olympics, are they likely […]
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Confidence as an aspect of social media
Confidence as an aspect of social media (mp3) For a strong economy, there has to be "confidence" in it, for an athlete to win s/he must have "confidence" to win. Social Media is a public act - for which you need confidence to do it well.