Earlier this week I installed an application that turns my mobile phone into a highly portable, live broadcasting device. There are plenty of video sharing services that can accept uploads via mobile phone including youtube, blip.tv, kyte.tv and others. But… Continue Reading
The BBC’s Chris Vallance is a great example of a journalist who uses social media tools to engage with his audience and turn his ordinary production processes – things he’d do anyway whilst researching, planning, and creating the radio programmes… Continue Reading
My friend Olivier Creche at Six Apart has a job opening that would probably suit a reader. He’s looking for a UK Professional Product Sales Representative, based in either London or Paris, for the full time, salaried position: "Six Apart… Continue Reading
After three or four months deliberating over which new mobile phone upgrade to, a process that’s caused me to realise that there is no single solution that does everything I require, I’ve finally managed to get a new phone. The… Continue Reading
David Brain writes, "in this years’ Edelman Trust Barometer we asked opinion leaders in 18 countries about the news sources they rely on most for information on companies. Not surprisingly, local sources dominated, but three global brands appeared regularly among… Continue Reading
I haven’t had the time to test it properly (although setting up a channel took just seconds), but it looks like Yahoo Live, now released in beta, offers the same sort of functionality as Seesmic and Kyte.tv – easy to… Continue Reading
One of the bigger stories today in the blogosphere is that Robert Scoble has had his facebook account blocked after running a script to scrape the data out of his account so that he could take it, and one assumes… Continue Reading
In an article by Guy Clapperton, the Guardian has recently listed the top 5 "liveliest cities in the UK for blogging": Brighton Cardiff Edinburgh London Manchester A further 9 "blogging cities on the up" are listed, including: Milton Keynes, Bristol,… 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
Below are the full 2007 statistics, by month, for cybersoc.com as reported by statcounter: In previous posts I’ve explained that, whilst I do pay attention to these statistics (and couldn’t resist sharing a bit of stats porn), I’m much more… Continue Reading