The Knowledge Tree has published a new article by Nancy White titled “Blogs and Community – launching a new paradigm for online community?” The abstract says: Online community has been an important part of the Internet, mainly forming around email… Continue Reading
If you’re seeking a no-strings attached sexual encounter – and thousands of people are – then there are worse places to look than the casual encounters section of sites like Craigslist or Gumtree. They offer anonymous users to post and… Continue Reading
blogger Iain Dale on BBC News 24 Originally uploaded by robinh1973. A few weeks ago I fell asleep on my sofa and woke up at half past midnight to find political blogger Iain Dale on my telly, reading through the… Continue Reading
Here are my del.icio.us links for the first week of September 2006 – most of which I haven’t had time to blog about. If you are using del.icio.us please do feel free to add me to your network. You can… Continue Reading
A social networking site, xanga, will reportedly pay a fine of US $1 million after the Federal Trade Commission found they’d violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by “collecting, using and disclosing personal information collected from children under… Continue Reading
Towards the end of September I’m going on holiday and will be away from this blog for a week. I’m of two minds about telling you this – not because I think you might come clear my house out whilst… Continue Reading
I’ve been trying to find a list of the most used social bookmarking services. I’m guessing the top five has to include del.icio.us, digg, furl, newsvine and my yahoo but can’t find any publicly available statistics or comparisons of user… Continue Reading
HuckaBuck calls itself a “web 2.0 search engine… bridging the gap between traditional search engines and newer socially powered sites.” The owners behind the site explain their mission: We started Huckabuck in an effort to research, explore, and join the… Continue Reading
Most political campaigns aren’t exactly cutting edge or, at least they haven’t been until now. Over on Smartmobs they’re talking about the use of mobile phone technology in campaigning, having linked to a 30 page pdf on the subject the… Continue Reading
At 18.27 GMT +1 (that’s London time to you and me) today my blog started getting visits. Dozens and dozens – over 250 in two hours – all visiting the post I made on Wednesday about the guy who lost… Continue Reading