Bernie J Mitchell


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"Delivering the Digital Economy" W/ Joe Kelly - Director of BT Wholesale #llbs #140conf

BT is quite possibly one of the most loathed and needed companies on the face of the planet at the same time, like a rich Auntie with hairy teeth you have to tolerate, because when they die you stand to inherit half of Mayfair in London. Joe Kelly first alerted me about ‘delivering the digital’ economy at the Europe #140conf Meet Up earlier this year, as well as being 'right on current issue’ (unlike Mashable at the time) what motivated me to ask him into my corner of the earth is that I consta
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In the East London Business Place is the London Development Agency still half baked?

Of all the half arsed LDA (London Development Agency) ideas in the last decade the one that I like the best is East London Business Place. It started life as an attempt to bridge the gap between the huge sky scrapers suddenly popping up in Canary Wharf and local businesses. It then morphed into a way to engage local businesses in the 2012 games. Sure it has its faults, however, over the years it has supplied what businesses in the East London Boroughs need to engage in the 2012 games. I have
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Top 10 Reasons NOT to go to the London @MeetUp Organisers Group - EVER!

Hello London Meet Up Organisers This is a heads up about the Organisers Meet Up next Monday in the Talk Talk customer experience centre in Soho from 6:30pmPlease don’t come if you don’t need to otherwise it will be a waste of your valuable time and Talk Talk's tasty coffee and cakes.Top 10 reasons why you don’t need to join in:-1.    You can always can find a venue with no problem.2.    Have a less than 30% no show rate to your Meet Up.3.    You have too many people in your Meet Up and you like
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The London Team Part 2 with extra weight

Getting the backing from the community on such a project has been so pleasing, so many good comments and well wishes has made this a joy to work on, but getting the message out to London is a tough challenge you need the heavy weight of our social space to help with this If only we had the massive support of @LDN and @Londonist.  In my view the 2 social goliaths of this city.  Well not only are they BOTH supporting the London superswarm attempt but are fully partnering with us to make sure we sp