This has to be one of the most wonderfully useful (not to mention altruistic) things I’ve come across online recently: Martin Belam at CurryBetDotNet has compiled two massive lists (available as OPML files – more on that in a minute)… Continue Reading
Siobhain Butterworth, the Guardian’s Readers’ Editor, recently posted about the flow of comments into the Guardian and the legal responsibilities which stem from moderating and publishing this content: "It has never been easier to become an author – the web… Continue Reading
Biving’s: An Explanation of the Usefullness of Facebook’s News Feed Biving’s reckons the news feed feature of facebook will keep them in touch with the news that’s relevant – things that their friends are doing. (tags: socialnetworking SocialSoftware facebook onlinecommunity… Continue Reading
The BBC and media organisations from around the world will hold vigils today to mark abducted reporter Alan Johnston’s 100th day in captivity. The events will include a show of solidarity by Johnston’s BBC colleagues at 2.15pm today and a… Continue Reading
Media Shift: Collaborative Radio Shows Invite Listeners into Creative Process A number of radio programs in North America are inviting their audiences to get involved in the production process (tags: citizenjournalism crowdsourcing mediashift blogging blogs collaborative Journalism journalisttraining) Facebook and… Continue Reading
The Association of Online Publishers (AOP) has added Online Community as a category in it’s annual awards competition for the UK online publishing industry: "This award will be given to the host of an online community that has had particular… Continue Reading
One of the responses I often get from people who don’t really get the whole social media thing is that it takes a lot of time. They’ve got a point – I do a lot of things online, using a… Continue Reading
I still haven’t had the time to properly explore Jaiku but have spotted this comprehensive video review of it over on atmaspheric:
When twitter can save your life A long post about the RSA thing I went to the other week – search the text for twitter and you’ll find the interesting bit about activists in Egypt using twitter to keep track… Continue Reading
BBC World has launched some inventive new advertisements. The billboards, appearing in city centres, give passersby the opportunity to cast a vote via SMS with the running tally of votes visible to all. The topics tend to be quite provocative:… Continue Reading