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Posted by: David Logan

27 June 2011

Skylab Win Big Chip!

Manchester based innovation studio Skylab are celebrating the win of their second Big Chip Award.

The Big Chip 2011 ‘Best Not for Profit’ Award was awarded to Skylab for the Swimfit project.

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Posted by: David Logan

07 July 2010

Skylab Support The Northern Lights Programme

Being a friendly kind of bunch here at Skylab and always keen to help out, we’ve been doing just that with Phoebe Quayle supporting her on a work experience placement at Skylab.

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Posted by: David Logan

06 July 2010

A Big Thank You To Everyone Who Attended Manchester’s First Social Media Day

Manchester’s very own social media day was organised by the team at Skylab in just over a week and all done through social media. Speakers, guests, and even gifts for the prize draw were gathered through Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin (and a few phone calls but don’t tell anyone ..)

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Posted by: David Logan

28 June 2010

Join Us In Manchester To Celebrate Mashable’s First Global Social Media Day

When: Wednesday 30th June at 7pm
Where: ‘The Study’ which is upstairs @ The Living Room, Deansgate, Manchester

At the last count over 525 events are happening on the same day with over 6,500 people taking part in 87 countries around the world. Come and join us to celebrate Manchester’s social media scene and be a part of history!

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Posted by: David Logan

04 June 2010

This Week In Twitter

Highlights from Studio Skylab staff on Twitter this week…

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Posted by: David Logan

10 May 2010

Four Square Fever

Not ones to let the latest technology pass them by - the Team at Studio Skylab have gone foursquare Crazy.

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Posted by: David Logan

28 January 2010

Fish Where The Fish Are! Brands Favour Social Over Traditional Campaign Sites

Brands are abandoning campaign sites in favor of long-term community engagement platforms.

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Posted by: Nigel Collier

23 January 2010

RAW2010 - Inspiration From Kanya King, Founder Of The MOBOs

“Creating The MOBOs From Nothing”: Kanya King’s speech at the RAW2010 event in Manchester on Wednesday 20th January.

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Posted by: Nigel Collier

08 January 2010

Happy New (Media) Year - The power of the internet in 2010 and beyond

2009 was a very busy year for Skylab’s social media team… building Facebook applications, creating Twitter accounts, building blogs, online apps and huge websites with social media woven into their DNA. 2010 will be an even bigger year for social media as businesses and organisations start to appreciate the inherent power of social media. Here are a few observations that mark the dawning of a Happy New (Media) Year.

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Posted by: David Logan

24 November 2009

MediaTank 1.0 our Brandable Video Platform

Studio Skylab are very proud and excited to announce the launch of our first product. It’s called MediaTank and it’s rather awesome!

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Posted by: Nigel Collier

24 November 2009

Thank you Nel… You are the daddy!

Well today is a big day for Studio Skylab. Not only is it the day that our Design Director Neale ‘Nel’ Johnson becomes a father for the second time, but it’s also the beginning of Nel’s last few weeks with Skylab. After four years helping to found and grow the business, Nel is making the very personal and entirely understandable decision to focus on life as a parent rather than as a partner at Skylab.

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Posted by: David Logan

02 November 2009

No website is an island

How social media is constantly raising the bar for designers and developers.

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