It seems everyone is jumping on the Second Life bandwagon. In the past few weeks, Wired and C-Net set up offices there, joining the BBC, who rented an Island to host a concert, and Reuters, who recently set up an… Continue Reading
Last week I got an email from Maggie Stiefvater who had seen a photo I posted on flickr and wanted permission to use it as the basis for a painting. The photo, which is of a few pubs, including the… Continue Reading
In past posts, I’ve written a lot about how journalists make use of blogs as a source of contacts, context and content. But how, I keep getting asked, can journalists – or anyone for that matter – go about finding… Continue Reading
This week I’ve spotted two instances of legal claims being filed not against the websites hosting content but against the person(s) actually posting the content. In one instance, a copyright infrindgement claim was made against a blog posting premiership football… Continue Reading
You know those times when you read a blog post and realise in the first paragraph, or maybe a bit further along, that the author has really missed or misinterpreted a basic point along the way? I’m not, I promise,… Continue Reading
Lisa Williams has posted an invitation for a sneak peek under the hood of placeblogger, a project she’s been working on. Placeblogger will be a searchable directory and aggregator of placeblogs which she explains are: Placeblogs — sites that focus… Continue Reading
AOL Europe is advertising for a social media intern. This might be of interest to someone looking for a good starting point for a career in social media, social networking, online community, “web 2.0”, etc.
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
It’s a rare morning when I come across not one but two interesting new websites / services that catch my interest enough to blog about them. The first is moo.com where you can order business cards created from your flickr… 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