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| The Jazz and Blues Festival |
It's Friday again so time to sum
up the week and look at what Bristol has going on this weekend. The Bristol Radical Film Festival 2013 continues until Sunday 3rd March, so
if you are interested in socially and politically engaged documentary films, this programme offers a wide selection of screenings
in various locations across Bristol, as well as talks, workshops and
debates.
Jazz lovers will experience a
real musical extravaganza this weekend at the Colston Hall as the Bristol International Jazz
& Blues Festival kicks off - twenty four individual jazz and blues
concerts in 2 days!
This Sunday will also see the
opening of The Bristol Improv Festival,
a brand new artistic project intended as a hub for the Bristol Improv Network. BiF
2013 is hoped to gather local performing companies and entertain enthusiasts of
improvisation.
This week at GWS we've started on
a new app project and we've gone live with a new version of website for Bristol Opticians, Lynne
Fernandes. We'ree also excited to be working for the pioneering glove
substitute company, No More Gloves and Polar Bear Windows, a well known
local window and double glazing company.
Marketing & Social Media
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| Google lego via SocialMediaToday |
If you've been using Pinterest for a
while and are now looking for better results, Jeff Bullas has some useful tips for increasing engagement and interaction. When it comes to
Twitter, also suggests that new users should attempt to follow 'Twitiquette'
- i.e. not using too many hash-tags, and reporting spam
accounts. For a more comprehensive insight into using twitter for
business, check out the ultimate
guide from Tweak Your Biz.
If you're interested in video marketing, Twitter also has a new
video app. As with Tweets, the message needs to be short and simple - Vine records just 6 seconds of video on a
loop!
Messenger apps for Facebook are also becoming more multimedia
focused, this platform now offers an option to record a voice
message for your Facebook friends. If you're focusing on Google+, Social
Media Today has some suggestions on how
and why to schedule Google+ posts.
As YouTube celebrated
its 8th year a few weeks ago, here's a post on the facts and development of the
site, with a hefty infographic detailing YouTube's rise
to four billion hours of video being shared each month. Finally,
here are some tips
on how to make your own mark on YouTube.
Art, Design & Technology
We featured the famous Bristol Pound
designs in our blog last year, and this week came across a novel interpretation
- the Bastard Pound. Designed for Bristol band, the
note depicts the less glamorous and eponymous side of Bristol in a montage of
silhouetted images. Here you can decipher the A-X of this alternative Pound.
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| Cupp Tea Bar's new face via Bristol Culture |
An interesting idea, but we much
prefer looking at the bright side of our city and this cafe will definitely add
to it: Cupp
Tea Bar decided to swap their famous cafe van for this new
location - a recycled shipping container.
Reusing old containers as
premises almost seems to be becoming a trend in Bristol with the
twenty-six-container Hall & Woodhouse restaurant opened
in 2012 in Portishead and the Bearpit Social cafe launched in Easton
earlier this year.
And finally, a new-tech
gadget which caught our eye this week - 3Doodler. This not-so-ordinary 3D pen will take
your doodling to a completely new level. In fact, it can take it all the way up
into the air as it allows you to doodle right off the page. Like most 3D
printers on the market, the pen uses ABS or PLA plastic as its 'ink' and brings
your drawings to life.
You can watch 3Doodler in action:
It's your turn!
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