The National Projects Programme is staging a coordinated programme of events for local authority officers designed to help you deliver Priority Outcome targets and meet the 2005 electronic service delivery deadline. 20-21 April – London The official local e-gov National… Continue Reading
RE:activism: Re-drawing the boundaries of activism in a new media environment Budapest, 14-15 October, 2005 Organised by The Budapest University of Technology and Economics, the Central European University, the Open Society Institute, and the Annenberg School for Communication at the… Continue Reading
The branding professionals seem to have figured out the value, and importance, of communities. It’s not exactly earth shattering stuff for those of us who already have an understanding of digital communities, but it’s sometimes useful to be able to… Continue Reading
I ocassionally give presentations (see links to left) about online community building at universities and non-profit organisations. One of the things that I can’t stress enough in those talks is the importance of discussion moderation and hosting. If you have… Continue Reading
The Eighth International Infonortics Forum on Virtual Communities London9-10 November 2005 Offers of presentations at this conference are now being invited. We can only accommodate a maximum of 18 full presentations during this two-day programme, so we shall need to… Continue Reading
Tagging sites, like del.icio.us and furl (bookmark sharing) and flickr (for digital photo sharing), are rapidly becoming the new-new thing of the internet world. For the uninitiated, these sites allow users to "tag" content with keywords, making it easier for… Continue Reading
The March 2005 issue of Wired proclaimed the "end of radio (as we know it)". In America, those with a digital satellite radio tuner are treated to around 130 channels with just under half of those broadcasting commercial free, for… Continue Reading