If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know that I’m all for making the moderation process for message boards, comments, etc more transparent to the user. Spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, even “low quality” comments from users all have… Continue Reading
FlickrPeople Originally uploaded by mike1727. I attended my first flickr meet last Friday in St. Albans. The eight of us chatted about flickr, technology, house prices and all sorts of other rubbish for a good four hours. Had the beer… Continue Reading
The BBC has several online community roles available but you don’t have much time left to apply: Community Development Producer working for BBC New Media in West London (closes 19 January) You’ll be responsible for the day-to-day support and maintenance… Continue Reading
The Future of Web Apps: One-day conference focusing on the development technology you’ll be using tomorrow (London, Wednesday 09 February, 2006) This one-day conference brings together those pioneers in the web development industry who are setting the agenda for tomorrow’s… Continue Reading
Today I rediscovered the wonderful flickr mosaic maker and used it to create a sort of pictorial record of my 2005. Some of the photos are related to the events (London following the bombs of 07 July, the Buncefield Fuel… Continue Reading
Yahoo has added yet another "tagging" based service to it’s portfolio of websites by acquiring social bookmarking service del.icio.us. I’m a big fan of user tagging of content and hope that this development, along with Yahoo’s recent acquisition of flickr,… Continue Reading
A few months ago, a colleague of mine let it slip that the BBC News website was moving it’s "Have Your Say" section to a new discussion platform. The main point of this was to ensure that there was transparency… 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
Flickr, Buzznet expand citizens’ role in visual journalism By Mark Glaser, Online Journalism Review Traditional journalists and newspaper sites tap into online photo communities to gather visual research and allow readers to contribute and interact. It’s just the tip of… 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