The (G)Local 2.0 Conference, which I recently attended at New York University, Skopje, Macedonia brought together academics, bloggers and members of the mainstream media from across former Yugoslavia and from further afield. It was a fascinating conference for me because,… Continue Reading
Last night I went to a Eurovision party. It’s something people all over Europe do – often dressing up in strange outfits to support the underdogs in the European Broadcasting Union’s annual music competition. But the party I went to… Continue Reading
glocal 2.0 – Skopje, Macedonia Originally uploaded by robinhamman I’m done giving my keynote at (g)local 2.0 in Skopje, Macedonia. I’ll upload my notes later but you can find my slides on flickr already. Paul Bradshaw also contributed… Continue Reading
I’ve posted a few times before about turning processes into content but wanted to try to pull it all together in a new way – combining it with the presentations I give that talk about unsustainable models of audience engagement… Continue Reading
In the run-up to the London Mayoral Election, BBC London has been giving Londoners the opportunity to submit their questions, via youtube video, to each of the main candidates. A selection of questions are then put to the candidates and… Continue Reading
Today I’ve been working on a tool – I’ve dubbed it UGC Finder – for journalists that uses Yahoo Pipes to aggregate and filter the results of keyword searches for tagged content and conversations in social networks and media sharing… Continue Reading
The BBC’s Jeremy Paxman doesn’t think very highly of his Editor, Peter Barron’s, attempts to gather content from Newsnight’s audience: "… it’s all available again on the website along with our editor’s pathetic pleas for you to send some of… Continue Reading
I’m going to be speaking at quite a few conferences and events over the next few months. Do drop me a note if you’re speaking at or planning to attend one of these: 17 April – BBC World Service, Spanish… Continue Reading
As part of the BBC’s White Season, a week of programmes on BBC2 as well as other BBC TV and Radio outlets, BBC News online hosted an online discussion asking if "white working class people [are] ignored in Britain?" The… Continue Reading
[note: I cross-posted the following on the BBC Manchester Blog a few minutes ago…] The BBC Manchester Blog will be closing on Sunday. When Richard Fair and I launched it in August 2006 we had high expectations, not just of… Continue Reading