I’ve spent the last couple of weeks mulling over three presentations I’ll be giving over the next two weeks: 09/10 May: Karlstads Universitet in Sweden – I’ll be giving a 45 minute presentation at Medborgarmedier (flyer pdf) as part of… Continue Reading
In the Guardian today… twice Originally uploaded by robinhamman. Cybersoc.com is in the Guardian Media section twice today. Bobbie Johnson and Conor Clarke’s America’s first user-generated confession looks at whether the Virginia Tech shootings, and subsequent user-generated confession video, were… Continue Reading
(bringing new readers up to speed) When it began to become clear that a horrific tragedy was unfolding at Virginia Tech University earlier this week, I did what a lot of bloggers did and looked to the blogs. I quickly… Continue Reading
The BBC has created a button that you can add to your blog in a show of support for BBC Reporter Alan Johnston who was abducted in Gaza on the 12th of March. The button is being added to all… Continue Reading
Alan Johnston, a BBC journalist, was abuducted as he returned home from his Gaza office over a month ago, on the 12th of March (timeline). On Friday, over 30,000 people signed an online petition calling for Alan’s release following a… Continue Reading
Last week’s bloggers open house at the Daily Telegraph was quite interesting because much of the discussion ended up being about that achille’s heel of online community management: moderation. Participants in online discussions hate moderation. This is fairly easy to… Continue Reading
Justin Hall is often credited as being one of the first bloggers. Justin’s Links from the Underground, started as a sort of tour of the early internet turned into an intimate diary of his life. He stopped actively blogging because,… Continue Reading
Interview for BBC Radio Norfolk Originally uploaded by robinhamman. At noon today I’m going to be answering questions about blogging live on BBC Radio Norfolk. If you happen to be in Norfolk you’ll find it at 95.1FM, 95.6FM, 104.4FM and… Continue Reading
BBC relic Originally uploaded by dan taylor. Whilst cleaning out my rucksack this morning I came across this quote, neatly clipped from the Business and Media section of the Observer (01 April 2007 pg. 9): Those who suspected that former… Continue Reading
mmr07: Teckensprak Originally uploaded by robinhamman. Gunilla Wagstrom, the “world’s first deaf tv producer”, and Ingeborg Swartlingare from Swedish Educational Broadcasting are giving a presentation about a project called teckensprakswebben. They’ve created a website that helps people to learn Swedish… Continue Reading