Ariana Huffington from the Huffington Post is standing a few feet away from me, addressing a standing room only gathering, primarily journalsts (that’s Chris Vallance from iPM and Pods & Blogs in the front middle with Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC… 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
As soon as I saw the news of explosions in Jaipur, India, I headed off to tweetscan to see what it pulled up, finding yet again that twitter is becoming an indispensible tool for journalists and others seeking immediate first… 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
Rangers in the Mara Triangle area of the Masai Mara are rather busy these days – trying to stop illegal poaching, worrying about colleagues shot by poachers and, now, twittering and blogging. Those of us who have been following them… Continue Reading
Two weeks ago, Mayhill Fowler, who had gained access to a fundraising speech by Barack Obama because she had previously donated to his campaign, rocked Obama’s campaign by posting audio of his controversial speech about blue collar Pennsylvanians. Fowler’s recording… 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
Click to Play Cameraphone video of a presentation on CNN’s iReport from the DNA 2008 Conference in Brussels. If you have problems with the embedded player you can view it directly on blip.tv or nowpublic.com [update: The presentation is by… Continue Reading
I used my camera phone, and a free service called qik, to stream live video of a panel discussion titled "God is a VJ". The panel included: • Pat Loughrey, Director, BBC Nations and Regions • … Continue Reading