today’s office Originally uploaded by robinh1973. I’m sitting in the posh confines of the Groucho Club in Dean Street, London, listening to a presentation by Nico Macdonald. During the last hour and a half, I’ve been having lunch with Nico… Continue Reading
The Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society (CIS) is currently accepting applications for non-residential fellowships. CIS Non-Residential Fellows work independently and with CIS staff and faculty on projects related to CIS’ mission. These non supported fellowships allow practitioners… Continue Reading
Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired magazine and author of the soon to be released book The Long Tail gave a presentation at work today. The book is a full-length treatment of the article Anderson wrote on the subject back in… Continue Reading
What do the top five blogs, as determined by Technorati (about technorati), have in common? Well, I set myself the task of finding out. The top sites listed at 13.30 on Tuesday 13 June 2006 are: 1. Post Secret 5.… Continue Reading
I’ve been asked to give a presentation later this week about “blogging successfully”. First of all, I’m not so sure that my blog is all that “successful” but I think I have figured out a few things in my time… Continue Reading
Last October I had the chance to hear Robert Putnam, the Bowling Alone guy, speak in front of a small audience and, as it transpired, to ask a question at the end of his talk. I blogged about some initial… Continue Reading
According to the Guardian (01 June p. 12), more than two thirds of people don’t take part in any “community activity” and over half say they “would never even pass the time of day with a stranger in a local… Continue Reading
A while back I had a visit at work from Greg, Doug and Major – three students from the New Media Program at the SI Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University. They’d come to London in the hopes of… Continue Reading
mapping flickrs growth Originally uploaded by lynetter. Lynette Webb has used various publicly available statistics to map flickr’s growth [see image]. She’s requested help finding more stats to fill in the already interesting picture and I know that a few… Continue Reading
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