Messageboar and comment spam is at an all time high, says MessageLabs anti-spam expert Matt Sergeant. Silicon.com reports: "… [Sergeant] told silicon.com he’s seen a real increase in levels of message board spam, which he attributed in part to the… Continue Reading
eModeration provides twenty-four hour community management and moderation to clients in the entertainment and digital publishing industry and blue chip clients hosting online communities. eModeration draws on the expertise of global freelance moderators covering different time zones and with specialist… Continue Reading
Apple’s Steve Job announced a new Powerbook today. Running on an Intel chip, the MacBook Pro will supposedly be 4x’s faster than my little G4 Powerbook (yes I am jealous since you’re asking!). The Apple Website says that the built… Continue Reading
The Future of Web Apps: One-day conference focusing on the development technology you’ll be using tomorrow (London, Wednesday 09 February, 2006) This one-day conference brings together those pioneers in the web development industry who are setting the agenda for tomorrow’s… Continue Reading
The 2006 Oxford Media Convention (19 January, Oxford, England) will focus on the role of public service broadcasting and media regulation in a digital age. Convergence, which has been talked about for so long, is finally upon us, as the… Continue Reading
Because the internet is a global network, accessible anywhere, one of the questions I often hear when training online community hosts and moderators is "which country’s libel laws apply?". The BBC World Service is a perfect example of how complicated… Continue Reading
A colleague of mine just pointed me towards an online video, recently produced by BBC News Interactive, exploring the theme of citizen journalism (primarily the use of cameraphone photos and video footage): Version for RealPlayer (256k) Version for WindowsMedia (256k)… Continue Reading
Sulake, a games development company specialising in massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) and communities, is currently seeking two experienced online community professionals to oversee their new multiplayer online community game for children: Community Operations Manager Site Producer/Content Manager The roles… Continue Reading
This week, the Chartered Institute of Journalists (in the UK) warned media organisations against encouraging people to put themselves or others at risk whilst taking photos on their camerphones: “Since the July bombs in London it has become common practice… Continue Reading
Howard Rheingold has made the syllabus available for a course on digital journalism that he’ll be teaching at Stanford University. Students will be asked to blog and post or edit a wikipedia entry as part of the assessment – nice… Continue Reading