Over the past few weeks, I’ve been to a number of events and conferences where the privacy of social media users has bubbled up in discussions. I’m not one of those people who blurts out "but what about the privacy… Continue Reading
Yesterday a student from the University of Westminster sent me a message via facebook, asking whether I thought social networking sites are a threat to "old media". I’m posting the response here: Last month I was speaking with Glen Drury,… Continue Reading
At last week’s Networked Journalism Summit in New York I was interviewed by Alan Levy and John C. Havens for blog talk radio. I spoke about my role at the BBC, where I spend a lot of my time speaking… Continue Reading
In my preparation for the Networked Journalism Summit tomorrow, I came across a thoughtful post by Jeff Jarvis who asks, "So if news is conversation, then the question is, how do we teach the conversation?" It’s a good question, and… Continue Reading
The Google Monster has swooped again, this time devouring Jaiku, a social networking / microblogging service that’s a bit like twitter with a nicer interface. You’ll be able to see for yourself once the initial interest dies off a bit… Continue Reading
The Guardian’s Readers’ Editor, Siobhain Butterworth, has written an insightful post explaining why, in some circumstances, posts on Comment is Free don’t allow comments from readers. Online community managers will also find some sound advice here. Butterworth writes, "Last week…… Continue Reading
I’m at the 2nd European Corporate Blogging Summit where I kicked things off earlier with some opening remarks. As usual, I’ve uploaded my slides and my notes (Download bfiblogconnotescybersoc.rtf). Andrew Piper from IBM’s WebSphere Solutions team is now enthusiastically speaking… Continue Reading
Next month I’ll be in New York City to attend a Networked Journalism Summit that’s being organised by Jeff Jarvis, hosted at CUNY, and is funded by a grant from the MacArthur Foundation. The list of attendees is quite impressive,… Continue Reading
I’m at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) office in London where Howard Rheingold (who I’ve known online for many years and have had the pleasure of meeting, and interviewing, on a number of occasions) has… Continue Reading
A BBC News article justed pointed me towards a particularly interesting new facebook application: Cityware is an application that helps you explore how your real world and online social networks are intertwined. Using Cityware you will be able to explore… Continue Reading