Flickr: The Commons – Collaborative tagging of public photos The key goals of this pilot project are to firstly give you a taste of the hidden treasures in the huge Library of Congress collection, and secondly to show how your… Continue Reading
BBC NEWS | Magazine | What happened to the Branscombe booty? Containers washed from the stricken vessel delivered BMW motorbikes, pet food, anti-wrinkle cream, empty wine barrels, copies of the Bible in Xhosa – and a horde of scavengers eager… Continue Reading
More, more, more = Less? “In the past, having a TV was seen as an indicator of wealth and class. Now, according to a study carried out by marketing and information group CACI, the average UK home has 4.7 television… Continue Reading
BBC NEWS | Technology | Facebook asked to pull Scrabulous The Facebook add-on has proved hugely popular on the social network site and regularly racks up more than 500,000 daily users. (tags: facebook copyright bbcnews) BBC NEWS | World |… Continue Reading
Conversation Agent: New Media Influences Journalists “blogs are not only having an impact on the speed and availability of news, but also influence the tone and editorial direction of reporting.” (tags: journalism journalisttraining newspaperwebsites news2.0)
Pluck on The Block; Sale Could Fetch Around $75 Million | paidContent.org “It recently started powering social media tools on the redesigned USAToday.com, and on Monday it announced a similar makeover for Guardian’s website.” (tags: socialmedia socialsoftware newspaperwebsites new2.0) France’s… Continue Reading
Guardian Reader’s Editor on Mining Facebook for Content “While sharing information with your Facebook friends may feel cosy, it may be more like performing at a small venue than a private conversation.” (tags: privacy journalism facebook journalisttraining socialnetworking socialmedia guardian)… Continue Reading
I’ve been invited to do an hour long session on blogging and social media – paying particular attention to turning existing processes into content and integrating blogs into programmes – at the DNA 2008 conference in Brussels, 3-4 March 2008.… Continue Reading
25% of Entertainment To Be Created Within Collaborative Peer Groups “Circular Entertainment,” identified by Nokia as a result of a global study into the future of entertainment, predicts that up to a quarter of the entertainment consumed by people by… Continue Reading
Flickr has recently released a feature allowing users to see the usage statistics for their photos. It took a couple of days from when I signed up for the system to churn out my stats but it was well worth… Continue Reading