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Who am I? And why might you be interested in my bits? I've written a book about the Tube called One Stop Short of Barking - Uncovering the London Underground.

I've had other bits & pieces published online.

I work for Great British Chefs as Head of Social Media.

You can find out where I've worked in the past on LinkedIn I'm also on Google+ here

Some of the photos I've taken are on Flickr

Some of the music that rocks my world is at last.fm

I have other places where I have secret links but funnily enough, they're secret.

If you want to follow my tumblr'ing join tumblr & you' ll then see "Follow" in the top right when you next visit my page. Click it & you're done.

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Brands calling for user-generated content should remember these simple guidelines themselves:

1. Make it easy. Give users easy tools for connecting and uploading.

2. Give suggestions, but minimize rules. Users need some guidelines, but they should be more inspirational, not intensely restrictive.

3. Show diverse examples. It’s good to have the site seeded with your own content to give users a feel of what you’re looking for. Asking your team to help out by uploading amateur shots helps diversify what you launch with.

— Too Many Rules Around UGC Won’t Get You Much UGC (Three Minds On Digital Marketing @ Organic)