Amsterdam blogging workshop tomorrow

Amsterdam blogging workshop, originally uploaded by Cookiemouse.

Cookie Mouse will be hosting a series of blogging workshops this fall. The first one starts on Sunday, November 9 at 3pm in
the OBA Leescafe in the central library. I decided to swap the copy of net magazine for a fairtrade organic banana, to keep the flyer simple. We shall be looking at blogging from a hands on perspective, and will be starting a new Amsterdam Apple blog. Also we hope to link live with a few of our blogging friends around the world. It has been a momentous week. The universe decided yesterday that I should find an old copy of Marshall McLuhan's classic "Understanding Media", while sorting out some boxes of old books. This paperback is a time capsule from 1964, one year after Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous "I have a dream." speech to the civil rights movement. Blogging has played a big role in many of the changes that have taken place in the years in between. Let's hope we are entering a new age of fair trade and fair politics, as well as a better deal for those worse off. Independent media has changed the world and its going mobile. As McLuhan said, "The medium is the message."