I love Edinburgh as a city. While it doesn’t have the buzz of Glasgow, it is far more relaxed, like a Brussels without the bars. Or diamonds for that matter. But one thing it has plenty of is social media activists and practitioners. It also has a stonking huge festival or two. And now they’ve all come together for the good of Scotland. Or to fight evil. Or something. What it won’t be though is dull…

First up, the far-too-talented Ewan Spence has brought back his popular almost-daily Edinburgh Festival Podcast which, last year, pulled in more than 100,000 downloads and listens, beating The Guardian’s Edinburgh efforts (which were also very good to be fair, but Ewan’s had far more content). He’s already reposted some greatest hits from last year and a preview for this year.

Secondly, Mike Coulter, the gentlemen of Scottish Digital Communications (and a top husband as well it has to be said) has announced the Edinburgh Coffee Morning meetings are going daily. Now I have never made it to a Friday EdCM – and being quite blunt, the odds are against me getting to the daily ones either are slim (the official line is that it’s a hell of a time to travel through to Edinburgh and I have the school run, both of which are true but also many things have been said about me, being a morning person is not one of them) but they always get great write-ups so if you are in Edinburgh, I can’t say enough good things to encourage you to get along.

And while we’re talking about Edinburgh, I can’t suggest Illegal Jacks (disclaimer: client) enough for food and drink – and if you are a blogger or journalist who will write a review, then you can eat free!