Just goes to show quality matters just as much as quantity. A small group at Derby/shire Social Media Cafe last night but some excellent discussions across a whole range of digital, online and social media topics.
The conversation flowed all evening and we touched on online communications in the public sector; digital natives and how they approach privacy and online identity; blurring of lines between professional and personal online identity; online personas and being your own brand; viral, apps and the stupidity of the internet; micro-payments and cashing in on stupidity; ConkerTU and hyperlocal; Evernote; the battery life of the iPhone; iPads, Google Buzz and Wave.
We ended the night with a round of cheesecake and a chat about body modification for online life – bionic eyes, harnessing kinetic power to extend battery life of phone, solar-power jackets etc. All in all a great group of people and some really interesting topics and views.
Big thanks to sponsor Carl Bembridge for keeping the tab open and to Deda Derby for the venue again.
Attendees:
Sarah Lay
Carl Bembridge
Paul Cole
Nick Moyes
Richard Mackney
Martin Eady
Rob Beckett
Frieda
Emma Morley
Nik Hewitt
If I’ve missed you off or you’d rather I linked elsewhere just give me a shout 
What next?
I’m going to pull together a short questionnaire in the next few days to try and find out what YOU all want from this group in the future. When we meet, how often, whether we have set topics, where we meet – and whether you want / can be involved in helping to organise or sponsor!
I’ll send the link out when the survey is open and hope that you’ll fill it in so we can get organised with the next dates asap! In the meantime if you have any thoughts on the future of smcderby just get in touch with me through Twitter, commenting here or on the Facebook group!
