links for 2008-07-30
Media face web censorship at Beijing Olympics (tags: guardian china freespeech law censorship journalism)
Media face web censorship at Beijing Olympics (tags: guardian china freespeech law censorship journalism)
BBC experiments with giving event participants nokia n95’s to film and upload video as they take part. (tags: bbc mobile mobilevideo nokia) Newsnight editor Peter Barron leaving the BBC to join Google | Media | guardian.co.uk It was obviously that… Continue Reading
Regret the Error » Paper misspells its name on front page New Hampshire and Vermont’s* Valley News could be a favorite for 2008’s Typo of the Year, thanks to it misspelling its own name on the front page on July… Continue Reading
BBC – Music – Shoot The Summer “‘Shoot The Summer’ is a film about festivals shot entirely on mobile phones… by our DJs and our artists at festivals this summer. You can get in on the action by sending us… Continue Reading
Robin refactoring client workshop outputOriginally uploaded by Larsz For the past six years, whenever someone asked my mom what it is I do for a living, she simply replied that I worked for the BBC. And then, I suppose, whoever… Continue Reading
I’m a big fan of the CommonCraft Show, a collection of short videos which make it easy to understand social media tools and techniques. This parody does the same for New Media Douchebag… [Link hat tip to Anne who pointed… Continue Reading
What ‘Facebook Connect’ Means for Corporate Websites “Facebook Connect will allow corporate websites to authenticate, interact, and share with their Facebook network –all without leaving the corporate website. Boring, static corporate websites can now become social.” (tags: facebook socialnetworking) BBC… Continue Reading
I don’t really know what went on behind the scenes, but my iphone has been returned to me by Carphone Warehouse. I got a call from the manager saying that they’d had a call from the headquarters and it was… Continue Reading
Last Friday I queued up with all the other early adopting Apple fan boys to collect my new 3g iphone on launch day. I took photos of it. I hyped it. I even taught my two year old to say… Continue Reading
Clay Shirky @ DemosOriginally uploaded by robinhamman Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody, spoke today at a free event organised by Demos. He discussed, amongst other things, my.barackobama which, soon after it launched, faced a backlash from within because… Continue Reading