My interview with Howard Rheingold appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Pods and Blogs last night. You can listen to it online. The programme is here and the interview, which lasts about 10 minutes, starts at 26:30. (While listening, do… Continue Reading
On Friday 22 September I’ll be interviewing Howard Rheingold for BBC 5 Live’s Pods and Blogs. Howard has done so much over the past 10 – 15 years of his career that I need your help coming up with some… Continue Reading
The Knowledge Tree has published a new article by Nancy White titled “Blogs and Community – launching a new paradigm for online community?” The abstract says: Online community has been an important part of the Internet, mainly forming around email… Continue Reading
If you’re seeking a no-strings attached sexual encounter – and thousands of people are – then there are worse places to look than the casual encounters section of sites like Craigslist or Gumtree. They offer anonymous users to post and… Continue Reading
A social networking site, xanga, will reportedly pay a fine of US $1 million after the Federal Trade Commission found they’d violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by “collecting, using and disclosing personal information collected from children under… Continue Reading
Towards the end of September I’m going on holiday and will be away from this blog for a week. I’m of two minds about telling you this – not because I think you might come clear my house out whilst… Continue Reading
Nico Macdonald has written an interesting analysis of the Guardian’s Comment is Free for the Online Journalism Review. Nico suggests that "The Guardian’s attempt to build an engaging group blog further illustrates the cultural differences between running a newspaper and… Continue Reading
Yesterday I made my first post over on the Pods and Blogs. It’s a whirlwind tour of the perception of online community as a concept, and development of the online community management industry, from 1993 to today. Here’s a quick… Continue Reading
Last month I had the pleasure of a spending a few hours with online community guru Nancy White who visited the BBC, and gave a presentation at e-mint, whilst in London. As I mentioned here previously, BBC Radio 5 Live’s… Continue Reading
As some readers will know, in addition to working full-time I’ve also been working on a part-time law degree ("PgDip CPE Law") at the University of Hertfordshire for the past two years and I’m presently one equity and trusts exam… Continue Reading