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Surf & turf in a winter wonderland (I mean, UK)

It was 4 degrees (both air and water) when I did my first ever winter surf last Saturday in The Witterings. Crazy? Ha! Suicidal? Nah. Frustrated? Yeah, I’m so crap at surfing I didn’t even manage to properly pop-up. And I ended up looking like a puffy eye dragon following the session (still not sure [...]

I admit defeat

3 blogs, 2 Ning networks, 3 meet-ups and 3 Twitter accounts later, I admit defeat. It is folly. Something’s gotta give. Perhaps it’s a good time to kill off Girl about Web. Would I rather debate the London internet scene or the superiority of cowboy over English boots? You know the answer. See you at [...]

Ning vs Meetup

Building a casual riders social network on Ning – FAIL. Creating a horse riding weekend meet-up on Meetup – WIN. Silicon Stilettos on Meetup – 300 passive members, on Ning –  113, but it’s a vibrant community. Do I grudge paying Meet-up £50 every six months? I don’t. Small price to pay to ‘eliminate the barriers [...]