I’m one of the half dozen BBC people attending The Social Impact of the Web event today at the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce) in London. The central theme is: “With e-democracy and new… Continue Reading
(note: I’ve just posted the following entry on the BBC College of Journalism blog. The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are NOT official BBC policy. I’m reposting here, outside the BBC firewall, so that you can… Continue Reading
This was my view from the podium as John Patrick introduces me at the BBC’s Internal Management Conference, “The Future of News”, where I was giving a presentation about blogging to a group of around 80 senior BBC managers. Of… Continue Reading
medborgarmedier Originally uploaded by robinhamman. I’m not exactly sure what the title means, but I’m in Karlstad, Sweden – the self proclaimed, and currently somewhat overcast, “city of sunshine” – where I’ll be giving a presentation tomorrow morning. I’ll post… Continue Reading
This morning I’ve been testing kyte.tv, a new – quite revolutionary – service that allows me to stream live video from my 3G cameraphone (Nokia N70) to a flash video player embedded into any website or blog (see below). A… Continue Reading
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks mulling over three presentations I’ll be giving over the next two weeks: 09/10 May: Karlstads Universitet in Sweden – I’ll be giving a 45 minute presentation at Medborgarmedier (flyer pdf) as part of… Continue Reading
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 past few days have pointed to a future where audiences are likely to look first to blogs and other forms of participatory media for first hand accounts of emerging stories before turning to the mainstream media. Of course mainstream… Continue Reading