When Gina Ford instructed her solicitors to send a letter to the ISP hosting mumsnet, threatening to sue them for libel if they didn’t cease hosting the community site for moms and expectant moms, she probably had no idea how… Continue Reading
Mumsnet is a site offering advice to expectant parents, support for those suffering bereavement following miscarriage, answers to obscure pregnancy questions, pushchair reviews and much much more. Sadly, it’s also a site that could find itself closed following legal threats… Continue Reading
The Bivings Report yesterday published the results of their study into ‘The Use of the Internet by America’s Newspapers’. They looked at the websites of the top 100 American newspapers (based on print circulation) and "evaluated them based on their… Continue Reading
Not so long ago, just about everyone in the internet industry was talking about the value of purpose built online communities for online brands. Just in time for the dot-com crash, books like Cluetrain Manifesto taught us (and our venture… Continue Reading
MTV news (yes, there is such a thing) reports that having a myspace profile is the latest recruitment method deployed by the US Marines in a bid to counter the declining numbers of new recruits. Five months after its launch,… Continue Reading
A power outage at a data center used by myspace is reportedly the source of the site’s current downtime. There is likely to be quite a backlash from myspace users who will be wondering why myspace doesn’t have redundent systems… Continue Reading
Earlier this week, I was interviewed by Graham Holliday for a feature at journalism.co.uk. One of the key points I tried to get across in responding to Graham’s questions was that, these days, everyone who works in industry, journalism or… Continue Reading
Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending much of the afternoon and evening in the company of Nancy White. She stopped by the BBC for an informal chat with a wide range of BBC people involved in building and managing… Continue Reading
Over the past month or so, the Washington Post has been quietly allowing users to post comments on articles appearing on it’s website. [Just in case anyone is interested in the technology they’re using, I’ve had a look and it… Continue Reading
Online community guru, consultant and blogger Nancy White will be giving a presentation – tentatively titled " What happens when you talk about Blogs and Community in one breath?" – at the next meeting of the International Association of Online… Continue Reading