Not so long ago, just about everyone in the internet industry was talking about the value of purpose built online communities for online brands. Just in time for the dot-com crash, books like Cluetrain Manifesto taught us (and our venture… Continue Reading
At the end of last week, I found myself running another half day editorial workshop for people who are or will soon be writing or managing a BBC blog as part of our currently trial. This time I was helped… Continue Reading
I’ve recently been looking into how to cut the costs of the various services I subscribe to: 4 megabyte broadband, hotbird satellite with channel package, mobile phone with data add-on, international calls from said mobile and landline (yes, I know… Continue Reading
Del.icio.us, diggtailrank, furl, reddit, shoutwire and other “link aggregators” and “social bookmarking” services have been compared by Lycos Webmonkey. Never heard of any of them? It’s time to try. The results? Lycos reckons that shoutwire, which I’d never heard of,… Continue Reading
MTV news (yes, there is such a thing) reports that having a myspace profile is the latest recruitment method deployed by the US Marines in a bid to counter the declining numbers of new recruits. Five months after its launch,… Continue Reading
Dr. Nora Barnes, Director of the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has recently published a paper about blogging based on interviews with 74 "authors and managers of blogs". Behind the Scenes in the Blogosphere: Advice… Continue Reading
I was just having a discussion on the phone, with my editor from work, about the key reasons journalists might want to make use of blogs (not to write them, but as a source). I needed to condense the whole… Continue Reading
BBC News Online is looking for internet users with interesting stories about how the internet has changed their lives to be a part of a panel for a feature on the website. I guess that just about anyone who has… Continue Reading
A power outage at a data center used by myspace is reportedly the source of the site’s current downtime. There is likely to be quite a backlash from myspace users who will be wondering why myspace doesn’t have redundent systems… Continue Reading
Earlier this week, I was interviewed by Graham Holliday for a feature at journalism.co.uk. One of the key points I tried to get across in responding to Graham’s questions was that, these days, everyone who works in industry, journalism or… Continue Reading