UK independent broadcasting company ITV has reportedly bought Friends Reunited for £120 million in cash with a further £55 million bonus possible based on performance to 2009. Friends Reunited allows people to find and make contact (if they pay the… Continue Reading
International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers Brisbane, Australia: 28-30 September 2006 Proposals by: 07 February 2006 (see conference website) The Internet works as an arena of convergence. Physically dispersed and marginalized people (re)find themselves online for… Continue Reading
28 June – 1 July 2006: University of Tartu, Estonia http://www.catacconference.org Conference theme: Neither Global Village nor Homogenizing Commodification: Diverse Cultural, Ethnic, Gender and Economic Environments The 1990s’ hopes for an “electronic global village” have largely been shunted aside by… Continue Reading
I’m going to be appearing live on Nick Lawrence’s radio programme on BBC Radio Norfolk tonight just after 7pm GMT (that’s 2pm EST). He’ll be asking me about the growing importance of online communities in our lives, internet activism and… Continue Reading
The Home Office (UK) has now published it’s non-binding guidance document on the moderation of online community and social software services for children. The document: describes the types of moderation that can be used informs organisations of all the issues… Continue Reading
With flickr like tagging of content ("folksonomy") all the rage at the moment, I’m surprised we haven’t seen this before but I think the project the BBC launched yesterday, and which I’m working on, is the first message board to… Continue Reading
One of the cool features of typepad and most other blogging services is that they give blog owners the ability to see where their traffic is coming from. Today I’ve had quite a few visits from users of the Daily… Continue Reading
According to a University College London review of 24 patient studies, patient participation in online discussions can have health benefits. BBC News Online reports that the researchers looked at "people’s use of interactive computer websites and programmes, which contained information… Continue Reading
I was just just updating some of my Amazon associates links and noticed that Amy Jo Kim’s Community Building on the Web: Secret Strategies for Successful Online Communities, which is now out of print, is being offered second hand for… Continue Reading
It’s been announced that the 8th Infonortics Virtual Communities conference, originally scheduled for November 2005, has been cancelled. It’s a real shame. The conference has always drawn some pretty high caliber speakers from around the world and, most years at… Continue Reading