Welcome to this long overdue blog.

As Blogactiv Director, I shepherded the site you’re looking at now through its launch phase (August 2007-February 2008). While I left to join GOPA-Cartermill in March 2008, I’ve been keeping half an eye on Blogactiv from its Board ever since. And hasn’t our baby grown?

But we don’t want to be complacent, so - as Blogactiv’s first birthday approached - the board thought it’d be a good idea to have a place where we could experiment a little in the ever-evolving world of what is loosely called the Brussels Blogosphere (hate that phrase, actually - it’s the first word that kills me).

While the focus will be on ‘the EU and the Internet’, I’ll probably post on anything I feel like. The one thing I do know is that the ideas we have now will evolve and change. So tell me, what do you think this blog should be about?

Mathew
October 15, 2008

PS Who am I? This blog’s not about me - check out my LinkedIn profile if you must know more, but it’s basically just a boring CV, and you’ll have to log in to get the (very) long version.

PPS Update (March 2009): I keep getting people saying they don’t have access to Linkedin, so here’s a summary.

PPPS Update (October 2009): as this blog approaches its first birthday I’ve taken stock and realised that the overwhelming focus of this blog has become the exploration of the European Public Space (tag: publicspace), which I guess I’ve been focusing on since my first website back in 1995. At least we’re not calling it ‘Brussels Blogosphere’ anymore, which is a minor victory of sorts.

PPPPS Update (March 2010): I am no longer on the Blogactiv board by mutual agreement with EurActiv.com.