One of the best things about my job is that I have various opportunities to inform and enthuse people about the benefits of using social media tools and services to support their existing processes. In order for social media to… Continue Reading
Slideshare doesn’t seem to like the Below you’ll find the presentation on mobile journalism I’ll be delivering to students on the MA Magazine and Newspaper Journalism course at City University, London on Thursday. The presentation looks at: • service… Continue Reading
This Thursday, and next Tuesday, I’m going to be doing a series of lectures and workshops with my City University MA Journalism students on using mobiles to capture and share content. In preparation, I’m seeking some editorial and technical help… Continue Reading
It appears that conference season has begun. On Tuesday I moderated a panel about using social media to have "difficult conversations at Social Media Influence in London with panelists Headshift's Lee Bryant (my boss), Andy Hobsbawm from Agency.com and Paolo… Continue Reading
I'm taking part in a panel discussion about Twitter at DNA2009, being held in Brussels on the 4th and 5th of March 2009. I enjoyed it last year and there are, for me at least, some even more interesting people… Continue Reading
Over the years I reckon I've tried hundreds of social networking sites, blogging and micro-blogging tools, online participatory spaces, and content sharing services. In most instances I register, set up a profile, have a look around, and abandon all in… Continue Reading
UK internet measurement agency Hitwise recently announced that Twitter's traffic has increased a staggering 1000% over the past year and now exceeds that to Digg. The Hitwise report reveals something far more interesting, in my mind at least – the… Continue Reading
Much has been made of twitter as a tool for finding eyewitness accounts and tracking discussion of breaking news and yesterday's airplane crash in the Hudson River was just one of a growing number of instances – along with earthquakes,… Continue Reading
At last month’s New Media Event in Dubai I was interviewed by NewzMakerz, which describes itself as “an online broadcast platform with a focus on enhancing business and economic ties between the Middle East and the rest of the world.”
Last December, in a guest post I wrote over on the Telegraph's Technology Blog, I gave some of my own predictions of social media trends I think we'll see in 2009. Along a similar line, Trendspotting has shared an interesting… Continue Reading