Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Social media surgeries
Orbit Business Centre, Merthyr Tydfil
8:30AM – 10:30AM session for businesses
12:00 noon – 2:20PM session for community groups

Friday 24th February
Social media surgeries
The General Offices, Steelworks Road, Ebbw Vale
9:00AM – 11:00AM session for businesses
12:30PM – 2:50PM session for community groups

As you can see above there are two dates, each of which has two sessions. You can find a whole lot more event info on the A465 site or have a look at the flyer for business and the flyer for community groups/projects. Book your free place now.

Ar hyn o bryd rydyn ni wrthi’n trefnu cymorthfeydd cyfryngau cymdeithasol ym Merthyr Tudful a Glynebwy. Gweler y digwyddiadau isod sydd yn cael eu cynnal gan A465.com, menter i bobol sydd yn byw ac yn gweithio ym Mlaenau’r Cymoedd.

Dydd Mercher 22ain mis Chwefror 2012
Cymorthfeydd cyfryngau cymdeithasol
Canolfan Busnes Orbit, Merthyr Tudful
8:30AM – 10:30AM sesiwn i fusnesu
12:00 hanner dydd – 2:20PM sesiwn i grwpiau cymunedol

Dydd Gwener 24ain mis Chwefror 2012
Cymorthfeydd cyfryngau cymdeithasol
Swyddfeydd Cyffredinol, Heol Gwaith Dur, Glynebwy
9:00AM – 11:00AM sesiwn i fusnesu
12:30PM – 2:50PM sesiwn i grwpiau cymunedol

Mae dau ddyddiad o ddau sesiwn fel y dwedais uchod. Rwyt ti’n gallu ffeindio mwy ar y wefan A465 neu cer i’r daflen i fusnes a’r daflen i grwpiau cymunedol. Archeba dy le am ddim nawr.

The presentation was livestreamed, and the video is available online here. If you’re interested, the software I used for the slideshow is Prezi.

Rydyn ni newydd dechrau tudalen NativeHQ ar LinkedIn. Rydyn ni’n wrthi’n profi’r gwasanaeth fel busnes er mwyn ymchwilio ei werth. Tanysgrifia os wyt ti eisiau dilyn ein cofnodion ynglyn a’r defnydd cyfryngau cymdeithasol yn y byd go iawn.

To make art with technology, one does not use it as a tool; one must understand it as a material. Technology is not always a tool, an engineering substrate; it can be something to mould, to shape, to sculpt with.

Materials have desires, affordances, and textures; they have grains. We can work with that grain, understanding what the material wishes to be, wishes to do – or we can deliberately choose to work against it. We must understand that grain and make a deliberate choice. [...]

Thought-provoking short essay about art and technology by Tom Armitage which I’m still pondering.

More info from director John McGrath on the community site.

Join the online chat and watch the live video stream, see Catherine Paskell’s blog post for info on that.