Many people are starting to create cool things by aggregating RSS [what?] feeds, applying rules to them, then outputting the content in useful ways. My favourite two examples of this are the Best of the Journalism Blogs meta-feed created by… Continue Reading
I’m often astonished to come across – still – the occasional journalist or editor who thinks that linking out from a news story or other page to third party content is counterproductive because, in their minds, it simply sends traffic… 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
posh wash Originally uploaded by robinhamman For a long time I’ve been using my cameraphone to take and upload photos, via zonetag or shozu, to flickr where I’m just days away from posting my 2000th photo. Many of… Continue Reading
I’m a long term, and fairly heavy, user of the photo-sharing site flickr although, over time, my usage of the site has changed from being a place where I primarily shared my best and most interesting photos to one where… Continue Reading
At last October’s Networked Journalism Summit, organised by Jeff Jarvis, I had the pleasure of meeting Micah Sifry of the Personal Democracy Forum which is described on their website as a "hub for the conversation already underway between political practitioners… Continue Reading
Every so often I come across a tool that will be useful for journalists and others looking for first hand accounts and viewpoints on breaking news stories. Today I came across David Sterry’s Tweet Scan which allows you to search… Continue Reading
new bbc homepage blogs widget Originally uploaded by robinhamman The new homepage for bbc.co.uk, currently in public beta testing, includes a user configurable widget for the BBC’s blogs. The widget like feature allows users to select which blogs… Continue Reading
Can we make valid and useful comparisons of blog traffic based on subscriptions statistics reported by rss readers and feedburner? Bloglines, just one of many popular RSS readers, reports that there are 182 of it’s users subscribed to the feed… Continue Reading
When I give presentations about blogging I’m frequently asked: "How much time does it take to have a successful blog? How much time do I spend blogging?" These are important questions but I find them almost impossible to answer because… Continue Reading