A new study by Jupiter Research, as reported in yesterday’s Guardian, suggests that "bloggers and internet pundits are exerting a "disproportionately large influence" on society…" Ok, we already knew that, but the research is actually quite interesting because it suggests… Continue Reading
I’m always saying that mainstream media needs to start seeking out and embracing audience content wherever it might exist, even if that means just linking to it rather than supplying the platform and making claims of ownership over the content.… Continue Reading
People I meet are always telling me that they’re about to start a blog. Having sort of just woke up one day and started this blog, I’ve made my fair share of mistakes which, hopefully, this post might help a… Continue Reading
I don’t know more than four words of French so there’s always a risk that the blog post by Fabrice Epelboin that I just stumbled upon, L’infrastructure derrière MySpace, may actually be about photos of butts on myspace.com rather than… Continue Reading
Last Friday I received an email from a journalist writing a story about MySpace.com for The Independent on Sunday. Reading through the questions he’d emailed me, it was fairly obvious the article was going to be a hatchet job on… Continue Reading
3 mobile in the UK is offering users the opportunity to make money from cameraphone videos and images. According to the website, 3 subscribers can upload their video using the short code 32323. The Guardian reports that the service, which… Continue Reading
Carphone Warehouse is reportedly planning to launch a service that offers free broadband access. BBC News Online reports that Carphone Warehouse has announced a new service called TalkTalk that gives users unlimited local and national calls, unlimited calls to 28… Continue Reading
The World Health Organisation today released figures showing that “Zimbabwe’s women have an average life expectancy of 34 years and men on average do not live past 37”. Just an hour ago I was reading a letter, in the Guardian,… Continue Reading
We knew there was something in the works – the rumour that Craig, who wrote a guest post for cybersoc.com last week, had invested money in a “citizen journalism project” has been making the rounds for a few weeks now.… Continue Reading
A few weeks ago my 12inch powerbook, which had a little accident, died. Rather than waiting to hear back from the insurance company, I seized the opportunity to get a new 2 ghz macbook pro. It’s a lovely looking machine,… Continue Reading