I’ve long enjoyed reading the CommonCraft blog, an excellent source of information aimed primarily at online community builders. Their recent focus has been a series of short videos that explain potentially complex and confusing web tools into plain English. The… Continue Reading
NCA Studio @ BBC Television Centre Originally uploaded by robinhamman At around noon today I’m going to be interviewed about social networking by BBC Radio York’s Elly Fiorentini. If you happen to be in York or the BBC… Continue Reading
my friendwheel Originally uploaded by robinhamman I’ve just discovered Friend Wheel, a new Facebook application that allows you to visualise your social network. Often times tools like this are just a bit of fun – last year I… Continue Reading
Siobhain Butterworth, the Guardian’s Readers’ Editor, recently posted about the flow of comments into the Guardian and the legal responsibilities which stem from moderating and publishing this content: "It has never been easier to become an author – the web… Continue Reading
The Association of Online Publishers (AOP) has added Online Community as a category in it’s annual awards competition for the UK online publishing industry: "This award will be given to the host of an online community that has had particular… Continue Reading
One of the responses I often get from people who don’t really get the whole social media thing is that it takes a lot of time. They’ve got a point – I do a lot of things online, using a… Continue Reading
I still haven’t had the time to properly explore Jaiku but have spotted this comprehensive video review of it over on atmaspheric:
Jyri Engestrom’s thoughtful presentation at the NMK Forum in London two days ago was, for me at least, the most insightful presentation of the day. Luckily, I’d recently heard Lee Bryant mention Jyri and, as Lee usually gives a good… Continue Reading
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Although packed to the rafters with good participants (too many of them?), the Media, Publishing and Advertising Panel was somewhat directionless for the first twenty minutes or so. Then they started talking about journalism – below are some rough notes:… Continue Reading