It’s a rare day when I embed a youtube video into a post here but this one, from the dailyshow, discusses CNN’s citizen journalism project (which is more about gathering audience contributed images and video rather than proper “citizen journalism”)… Continue Reading
Lisa Williams has posted an invitation for a sneak peek under the hood of placeblogger, a project she’s been working on. Placeblogger will be a searchable directory and aggregator of placeblogs which she explains are: Placeblogs — sites that focus… Continue Reading
The Press Gazette picked up on my recent post where I quoted research suggesting that bloggers earn more (£21k) than journalists but significantly less than holders of Bachelors degress (£29.6k). In response, Guido Fawkes, the most high profile political blogger… Continue Reading
As you’ve probably read just about everywhere, Google has bought Youtube for $1.65 Billion in stock. Murdoch spent $580 million on MySpace in July 2005. Hmmm… I have to agree with Ian at CubicGarden who reckons the deal makes little,… Continue Reading
I’m about halfway through the process of moving Cybersociology Magazine, the loosely peer reviewed online journal I ran from 1997-1997, before there really was such a thing as a peer reviewed online journal, from my old Demon Internet webspace to… Continue Reading
The Manchester Blog Awards will be take place on Monday the 16th (October ’06) at Urbis in Manchester. Shortlists for the four award categories (political, personal, arts and culture, and blog of the year) are available on Manchizzle, which has… Continue Reading
Last night I was out for a meal and drinks with some friends and started explaining how I’d recently installed some code on my blog that allows me to track visitors like I’ve never been able to before. A few… Continue Reading
For those who aren’t familiar with it, BBC Backstage is a service that gives developers the opportunity to build stuff with BBC feeds and content. Backstage has been pretty quiet for the past few months as a replacement was found… Continue Reading
According to a new salary search tool, people employed to blog can now earn more than journalists. I figured that the research was based on one or two job ads for bloggers compared to thousands of jobs for bloggers but… Continue Reading
Greater Manchester Police have reportedly posted a video appeal on YouTube for information about a murder. 15 year old Jessie James was murdered on the 9th of September in Moss Side.