Archive for the ‘Events and happenings’ Category

 

Onlineability commissioned to produce National Libraries Day website

December 21st, 2011

We’re very proud here at Onlineability to unveil our latest web project – producing a website for the National Libraries Day event on February 4 2012.

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Onlineability team to tackle immersive writing challenge

October 11th, 2011

A competition being run this autumn by writing agency Circalit in partnership with the BBC is providing a great opportunity for the Onlineability team to get creative in an emerging entertainment field.

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Lisa and Andy launch We Heart Libraries

October 11th, 2011

Regular readers of this blog will know that, if there’s one thing we care about very much here at Onlineability, it’s that people should have good access to the information they need to make decisions and live their lives well.

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Superleague success for Duncan Tappy

June 7th, 2011

We were delighted this weekend after Duncan Tappy, whose website we look after, scored a victory in the first Superleague Formula race of the season and found himself leading the championship as a result. Duncan, who hails from West Ewell in Surrey, got a last-minute call-up to the football-themed series in which he has raced [...]

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Why limiting access to libraries is a very bad idea

February 11th, 2011

A lot of our time and energy is going at the moment on the campaign to defend local and nationwide library services against swingeing local authority cuts that threaten the basis of the entire institution in the UK. But why do we care about this in the first place?

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Online Information 2010: a small-business perspective

December 7th, 2010

As every information professional who hasn’t just given up on this frigid winter season and gone into hibernation with a tin of Roses and a bottle of sloe gin will tell you, London has just played host to one of the biggest meet-ups in the industry – Online Information 2010. We went along – and this is what we did there.

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Happy third birthday to Radio Riel

June 2nd, 2010

And now a word from our sponsor… Internet-based public radio station Radio Riel is three years old.

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A whole world of racing in miniature

May 24th, 2010

The Donington Park racetrack, in the east Midlands, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons for the last year or more after a failed bid to host the British Grand Prix saw it left in a condition unsuitable for use.

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A racing fix for fans that trains the professionals too

May 23rd, 2010

One of the best things about being a journalist is the fantastic opportunities you get to walk in other people’s shoes.

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Secret Lewis: where sport meets online gaming in an unusual way

March 25th, 2010

Something rather amazing has happened. The exclusive, self-absorbed and frankly new media-shy world of Formula One has signed up to an absolutely cutting-edge form of marketing and promotion – the Alternate Reality Game or ARG.

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