Welcome to DanPatmore.com

Mar 03 2012

Hi and Welcome to danpatmore.com!

The first post on this site did a job of introducing what this new version of the site was all about. Essentially, rather than bumbling around the internet on lots of sites, I am now bumbling round the internet on one site. You can find out a little more about me on the about Dan Patmore page

My Creations

Where you will find my kitchen ukulele sessions, poetry, spoken word, flash fiction and art and whatever else I try my hand at

Ideas for Dads

A blog with my meandering experiences in parenthood and list of ideas for dads of stuff to do with their kids

Sharing Cool Stuff

Simply sharing some of the stuff I’ve found that I think is cool, I’ve split it into a few sections, such as ted videos, personal development  etc..

Search Engine Marketing

I am a bit of a search geek, as I work in Search Engine Marketing , so through this section I will share any articles, ideas and stuff that I think are worth a look

Hope you enjoy some of what is here, if you do would be lovely to hear from you (dan@danpatmore.com).

Peace, love and respect

Dan x

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Started playing with meme generators today

May 19 2012

Started playing with meme generators today…….

Todays plan is world domination

Todays plan is world domination

Thinking Baby Meme - Let me make this clear, you're an idiot

Thinking Baby Meme - Let me make this clear, you're an idiot

Thinking baby meme - I'll have the milk

Thinking baby meme - I'll have the milk

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Parenting Guest Blog

May 07 2012

A quick post. I just wanted to share with you all that Parenting Guest Blog is back up and running. It ended up having an extended hiatus, but in the past few days two new posts have gone live. Please check it out, and feel free to get in touch with your guest post.

www.parentingguestblog.com

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Cannonball by Damien Rice

May 07 2012

Hope you are having a good bank holiday. Here is the other song I recorded whilst playing around the other day. Here is my cover of Damien Rice’s Cannonball. It’s from his debut album ‘O’ and this song as a single catapulted him into the limelight in the UK. It was covered by X-Factor winners Little Mix… Surprisingly, I did not enjoy their version?

Anyway, please enjoy. I’m quite excited to say I have just ordered a new Uke as a birthday present, so pretty soon the sound quality of the ukulele won’t be as terrible – however sadly, it will not improve my playing.

 

Cheers
Dan x

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Milton Keynes Attachment Parenting Group

May 06 2012

Thought I’d drop another quick note to let you know about Milton Keynes Attachment Parenting Group (MKAP).

What is attachment parenting I hear you cry? Well, you could also refer to it as natural parenting,(for me personally, that’s how I’d define myself). The sorts of things natural/attachment parents may do are:

  • Breastfeeding
  • Co-Sleeping
  • EC
  • Babywearing
  • Baby Led Weaning
  • Gentle Discipline
  • Anti-Sleep Training

However, this isn’t by any means an exhaustive list, and most people in the group don’t tick all of the boxes, lots of them only one. But if you feel like you are doing things a little bit differently to alot of parents (our lack of naughty step always stands out) and want to talk with some open-minded parents, I suggest you may be interested in having a look.

It’s an informal group, there’s alot of peer support that goes on and you can find them on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/190010061034072

Even if you aren’t in the Milton Keynes area why not take a look, see if it’s your kind of thing and then see what’s about in your area? You could always start your own group? My wife and friend kick-started this and it’s going fro strength to strength

Peace

Dan x

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2 for 1entry to UK Gardens

May 06 2012

I get the money saving expert emails, but don’t often pay all that much attention. As it was I only caught wind of this by hearing Martin Lewis on BBC Five Live, but it’s a great offer and well worth a look.

Buy May’s edition of Gardeners’ World magazine, and inside you’ll find a card which entitles you to 2 for 1 entry to some top UK Gardens like The Eden Project.  It lasts for a year and can be used as many times as you like! A cracking offer and well worth having in the wallet as part of your parenting arsenal!

Full offer details can be found here: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/cheap-days-out/gardeners-world

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Ukulele cover Volcano by Damien Rice

May 05 2012

So as one would expect with paternity leave, I’ve been doing the family thing on acid. Quite by surprise I got a bit of time to play the ukulele (it was magical time) and even managed to get a couple of songs recorded! So here is my kitchen ukulele session of Volcano by Damien Rice.

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Walk off the Earth – Gotye Cover

Apr 19 2012

Hello. How are you?

It’s been a while since I’ve shared any cool stuff so I thought I would. If you use youtube, or facebook, or twitter, or the internet, there’s a very good chance that you are one of the 92M people that have watched Walk off the Earth’s Cover of Gotye’s (pronounced  ”Gaultier” apparently) “Someone that I used to know”. Just stunning.

What this did was finally get me to download an album of his, I’ve had a random track for a few years but had never got round to looking for anything else (“Learnalilgivinanlovin”  from Like Drawing Blood if you’re interested – it’s a great song to dance to).

Anyway, incase you aren’t one of those 92M people, have a listen to these very, very talented people.

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The art of linkbuilding

Apr 17 2012

Like it or not, linkbuilding is an important part of an SEO’s work. What  I enjoy about it is the constant challenge to change your game, your focus and approach. But then I’ve always liked generating and trying new ideas.

Last week I read to great posts about linking which really dovetail nicely into one another which is why I thought I’d share them together.

The first was non-google link strategy by Eric Ward.  The focus was very much on linking for people and very much on linking without Google. The example he uses is really interesting, and worth considering for your business, easily so if you are local, but even in an online world, non-competitive synergies are there if you go looking.

E-Consultancy then followed up with an article by Shelli Walsh, in which she even quotes ward. Her article was focused on new school link building and posing the challenge of are you a linkpreneur?

Non-Google Link Strategy

Linkpreneurs: the new school of link building

http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2155903/Non-Google-Link-Strategy-An-Example-of-Stealth-Link-Marketing

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Ukulele Cover Starlings by Elbow

Apr 16 2012

Mondays can be hard, but playing Ukulele in the kitchen at the end of them can be fun. It was welcome relief tonight.  Played around a few ‘new’ songs tonight. And also revisited a favourite.

Starlings by Elbow is massively important to me. I was still big into ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’ when the bear was born, and will never forget listening to it whilst rocking her to sleep in the hospital. It has seen become an album I associate with her. It gives me goosebumps even now thinking about that moment.

For about 18 months before stories were on the agenda, I used to sing her to sleep at night. I’d always start with starlings. It used to be magic at calming her, it certainly calms me and I love singing it.

This is one of the first times I tried to destroy with my piss poor ukulele playing

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2nd Law – Tom Mcrae

Apr 15 2012

As part of this festival of a weekend I embarked upon another kitchen ukulele sesh amidst the general fuck-uppery of the whole jaunt I did record another Tom Mcrae tune. A few weeks back I posted my version of  Bloodless by Tom Mcrae. I’ve taken another track from his debut album, this time 2nd Law.

Hope you enjoy my cover of it, but I recommend you check out the original recording. Any thoughts, drop me a shout on dan@danpatmore.com,

cheers

Dan x

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