Monthly Archives: June 2009

7 wonders in 7 days – tweetup and charity auction

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Updated 26 June 2009: check out Chi-chi’s report of the tweetup and some early video from the event!

By now, I’m sure you all know about Chi-chi Ekweozor and her epic journey to travel to all 7 wonders of the world, in just 7 days.

Tonight, she’ll be hosting the 7 wonders in 7 days charity auction and tweetup at Manchester’s swanky Living Room, on Deansgate. The event will feature a ‘fun charity auction to live music from award winning cellist and pioneer of contemporary music, Peter Gregson’. Continue reading →

The Spectator | Status Anxiety | Toby Young

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I would like to take this opportunity to apologise unreservedly to Twitter. Like many of my colleagues, I unfairly characterised it as a vacuous expression of our narcissistic age. In fact, it turns out to be the most effective tool for advancing freedom and democracy since the invention of the internet.

via spectator.co.uk

Perhaps over-egging it slightly, but you get the picture.