my_telegraph_blog_small Originally uploaded by telegraph_media_group. The Daily Telegraph is set to become the first (as far as I’m aware) national UK newspaper to launch reader blogs. According to Shane Richmond, the Telegraph’s Blogging and Community Editor, “My Telegraph allows any… 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
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
Apologies to those of you who receive cybersoc via an RSS feed for the post spam this morning. A post that I’d intended to save as a draft published without my noticing and I tidied up a few other recent… Continue Reading
Sunday 1:55 pm 4/15/07 Originally uploaded by robinhamman. Coming from a place with “proper winters” and scorching hot summers, I rarely appreciate the English weather. When it’s not foggy it’s cloudy, when it’s not cloudy it tends to be rainy,… Continue Reading
17.50 Thursday: I’m on may way to The Daily Telegraph’s Blogging Open House, organised by Shane Richmond, the Telegraph’s Communities Editor and Blogger in Chief who announced the event – where else – on his blog. The evening will be… 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
Thursday 10:26 am 4/5/07 Originally uploaded by robinhamman. At this very moment I’m sitting at the table just inside the door at The Breakfast Club on D’Arlbay Street in Soho, London. You’d know this already if, like MisterSnappy, you were… Continue Reading