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
The (G)Local 2.0 Conference, which I recently attended at New York University, Skopje, Macedonia brought together academics, bloggers and members of the mainstream media from across former Yugoslavia and from further afield. It was a fascinating conference for me because,… 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
I’ve posted a few times before about turning processes into content but wanted to try to pull it all together in a new way – combining it with the presentations I give that talk about unsustainable models of audience engagement… 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
The BBC’s Jeremy Paxman doesn’t think very highly of his Editor, Peter Barron’s, attempts to gather content from Newsnight’s audience: "… it’s all available again on the website along with our editor’s pathetic pleas for you to send some of… Continue Reading
I’m going to be speaking at quite a few conferences and events over the next few months. Do drop me a note if you’re speaking at or planning to attend one of these: 17 April – BBC World Service, Spanish… Continue Reading