From tonight’s RSS feeds:
The International Herald Tribune, the global newspaper owned by the New York Times, is to carry stories written by members of the public. A deal with a South Korean news website, OhmyNews International, could see so-called “citizen journalists” appearing alongside established writers. The agreement is believed to be an attempt to boost the Herald Tribune’s coverage of Asia. Spotted on the Online Journalism Review who quote this Guardian article.
mobotag reveals the hidden layers of a city through an active exchange of location based media and text messages via the cellphone. It’s collaborative phone tagging of the city. Part virtual graffiti, part walking tour, “mobotag” creates a spontaneous and easy way for tagging a neighborhood via the cellphone. Send and view messages, images, videos and sounds. See art, read stories, and watch a hidden layer of the city reveal itself. from Turbulence.org
A home made USB charger (plug in your iPod for extra juice on the go) created using a tin of the type that little sweets come in and AA batteries.
Nancy White has spotted a video where a guy asks people what they think of when he says “blog”. Hopefully none of the interviewees equated it with “dogging” as this BBC News Online article contends.
Graham manages to swear a lot and link to the Telegraph’s blogging guide.
480 feeds today and so little time, but that’s the most promising of the lot.