What does mainstream media do when it discovers user generated content? Try to build their own platform, assert ownership over content and sell it then sell the concept to other newspapers – of course. yourhub.com, the brainchild of the Denver… Continue Reading
Businessweek is reporting that Facebook is for sale. The owners of the privately held company have turned down a $750 million offer and hope to fetch as much as $2 billion in a sale – and Business Week reckons that… Continue Reading
Forum One is organising Online Community Camp , a gathering of online community practitioners — managers, developers, business people, tools providers, funders — to discuss experience and strategies in the development and growth of online communities. Those involved in online… Continue Reading
Early May is going to be a busy time for conference go-ers. Not only is wemedia (and possibly a fringe!) coming to town on the 3rd-4th, but the Association of Online Publishers is holding a two day conference, Tomorrow’s Web,… Continue Reading
I’m not doing a very good job of writing up some of the stuff I’ve been reading recently but still wanted to draw them to your attention: A behind the scenes look at the launch of The Guardian’s Free Your… Continue Reading
The We Media Global Forum (London: 03-04 May) brings together the trailblazers of the connected society – the thinkers, innovators, investors, executives and activists seeking to tap the potential of digital networks connecting people everywhere… but entry costs a whopping… Continue Reading
Scott Rafer is CEO of WINKsite.com and advisor to iUpload, Dogster, MyBlogLog, Delight, Digital Railroad and a couple other exploiters of the X in AJAX. Scott’s been helping Internet users find "What’s Right Now!" since 1998. He was most recently… Continue Reading
An online community consultant by trade, Luke Brynley-Jones has advised many of the UK’s largest non-profits about their online communications. Part of the team behind etribes, he recently oversaw the launch of etribes Life – their new personal publishing service.… Continue Reading
The following entry was written by guest blogger Nancy White of Full Circle Associates. Nancy is an internationally recognised expert in understanding and practicing online group facilitation of distributed work, learning and community groups – work which requires her to… Continue Reading
I’m pleased to announce that Matthew Allen, Associate Professor of Internet Studies at Curtin University has joined the list of guest bloggers. Matthew is President of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), an academic association dedicated to the advancement of… Continue Reading