On Thursday I’m going to an away day at the Tate Modern that has been organised by the Arts & Humanities Research Council and the BBC to get academics and media practicioners working together. I had a look at the… Continue Reading
Imagine my surprise at discovering the following google ad in which ebay is apparently offering “New & used Hamman”:
I keep getting wheeled out in front of various audiences to talk about blogging so I figured it was about time I did a bit of digging around to see what academics are saying about it. Here are the gems… Continue Reading
We media fringe event Originally uploaded by cubicgarden. It’s been a few weeks and I forgot (which is somewhat typical of me) to pass on the stats for the wemedia fringe. * We had 150 on the guest list and… Continue Reading
For those of you who missed it, a few weeks ago Mark Thompson, Director General of the BBC announced reboot, a competition giving users the chance to redesign the BBC homepage. So far submissions include everything from the iPod influenced… Continue Reading
News International has a number of online community roles up for grabs including Community Editor (#2 in their departmental chart ) and a more general call for CVs. And no, I have no idea if you’ll be working on Page3.com,… Continue Reading
What do crime statistics, caravans, the Divinci Code, hotdog stands, and veggie restaraunts all have in common? Yep, they’ve all been plotted, usefully and otherwise, on google maps. GoogleMapsMania is a great place to look if you’re just discovering the… Continue Reading
I’ve just realised that my current mobile phone contract is up for renewal. I admit it – over the years, I’ve been a bit of network tart. I’ve been on Orange, O2 (BT Cellnet when I signed up), Vodafone, One2One… Continue Reading
Youtube has added a new feature that gives users the ability to send video from their mobile phone directly to the site. It works in the same way as flickr‘s mobile to web functionality for cameraphone images: users create a… Continue Reading
According to Nielsen/NetRatings, social networking sites attracted 45% of active internet users in America in April. (see article in TechWeb) MySpace: 38.4 million unique users Blogger: 18.5 million unique users Classmates: 12.9 million unique users YouTube: 12.5 million unique users… Continue Reading