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
Saturday’s Guardian (08.12.07 – p. 9) contained Maev Kennedy’s interview with Doris Lessing, who was presented with the Nobel prize for literature on Friday. Kennedy describes Lessing as "profoundly pessimistic" about our "fragmenting culture" and what she sees as a… Continue Reading
Three potentially interesting conferences coming up in the first half of next year, with paper submissions in Dec 07 / Jan 08. I’m likely to be speaking at the event in Skopje. Futuresonic 2008: The Social – Online, Mobile and… 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
Last week I was interviewed by Valeria Maltoni for her marketing blog, Conversation Agent. We spoke about finding inspiration for blogging, the BBC’s blog strategy and how blogging is changing the work that journalists and editors do. The post ended… Continue Reading
kitbag for Cardiff trip Originally uploaded by robinhamman If you’re close to Cardiff University on Wednesday you might be able to catch me giving a presentation at the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies (Bute Building) from… Continue Reading
This week I’ve written a two part series of posts about the first 18 months of the BBC Blogs Network . The first, on Monday, gave a brief history and provided some insight into the technical issues we’ve had to… Continue Reading
The BBC Blogs Network has been up and running for 18 months. This milestone provides a good opportunity to give you some insight into what we’ve been doing, how we think our efforts measure up, and where we might be… Continue Reading
Yesterday a student from the University of Westminster sent me a message via facebook, asking whether I thought social networking sites are a threat to "old media". I’m posting the response here: Last month I was speaking with Glen Drury,… Continue Reading