A number of UK bloggers, including the Tory London Mayoral Candidate Boris Johnson, had their blogs taken down by their ISP Friday following threats of legal action by Uzbek billionaire and major Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov. The bloggers, who were… Continue Reading
BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Interviewing Michael Dell Jarvis is headed to interview Michael Dell and other folks at the company — bringing his Dell Hell blogging saga full circle… (tags: dellhell jarvis bloggerlynchmob bloggingtechniques) Press Gazette – Sky reporter… Continue Reading
flickr-phishing spammers have discovered flickr comments… (tags: spam flickr) BBC NEWS | UK | Are local papers in terminal decline? the Newspaper Society, which represents and promotes Britain’s local press says the market is actually thriving (tags: newspaperbusiness newspapers journalism… Continue Reading
The Radio 4 people liked my blogging session today… I went to see a group of presenters and producers over at BBC Radio 4. They really seemed to get enthused – which was exactly the point – and I’m delighted… Continue Reading
I’m at the 2nd European Corporate Blogging Summit where I kicked things off earlier with some opening remarks. As usual, I’ve uploaded my slides and my notes (Download bfiblogconnotescybersoc.rtf). Andrew Piper from IBM’s WebSphere Solutions team is now enthusiastically speaking… Continue Reading
Next month I’ll be in New York City to attend a Networked Journalism Summit that’s being organised by Jeff Jarvis, hosted at CUNY, and is funded by a grant from the MacArthur Foundation. The list of attendees is quite impressive,… Continue Reading
Software spots key players in online communities Then, by going through each message and rating their usefulness, they were able to spot patterns in the behaviour of different posters. (tags: onlinecommunitymanagement statistics academicresearch socialnetworking socialsoftware) Complete Tosh, by Neil McIntosh:… Continue Reading
Being bilingual ‘protects brain’ Being fluent in two languages may help to keep the brain sharper for longer, a study suggests. (tags: academicresearch) Cash reward for Facebook programs Software developers will be offered up to $250,000 (£125,000) to develop applications… Continue Reading
Chatroom warning after web death Mr Gwynne said: “The death of Kevin Whitrick should not be allowed to pass without someone seeing if it is possibl (tags: onlinecommunitymanagement onlinediscussion onlinecommunity) BBC NEWS | Technology | Facebook ‘costs businesses dear’ According… Continue Reading
Knight News Challenge This is year two of the Knight News Challenge, a contest awarding as much as $5 million for innovative ideas using digital experiments to transform community news. (tags: grants journalism knightfoundation journalisttraining local citizenjournalism)