my slideshow from the press gazette media law conference
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social software
video: behind the scenes at a leading moderation provider
This morning I had the pleasure of interviewing Dominic Sparkes*, Managing Director of Tempero, one of the leading online content and community moderation providers. Other UK based moderation providers include ChatModerators and eModeration Ltd. In the video, Dom provides insight… Continue Reading
press gazette media law conference
On Wednesday (25 June) I’ll be at the Press Gazette Media Law conference in London, delivering what will be my last conference presentation as a BBC person before I leave (on Friday) to join Headshift. I’m going to be speaking… Continue Reading
leaving the bbc to join headshift
For a couple of weeks I’ve been dropping hints, via tweets and facebook updates of course, that I would soon be leaving the BBC. Now that everyone who really needs to know has been informed of my departure, I can… Continue Reading
twitter europarty – a model for broadcasters
Last night I went to a Eurovision party. It’s something people all over Europe do – often dressing up in strange outfits to support the underdogs in the European Broadcasting Union’s annual music competition. But the party I went to… Continue Reading
twitter proves itself for breaking news again – jaipur blasts
As soon as I saw the news of explosions in Jaipur, India, I headed off to tweetscan to see what it pulled up, finding yet again that twitter is becoming an indispensible tool for journalists and others seeking immediate first… Continue Reading
dopplr adds carbon calculations
dopplr adds carbon calculationsOriginally uploaded by robinhamman Perhaps I’m not the first to spot this, but dopplr, a social networking service that allows users to store and share their trips, has added a carbon footprint calculator (here’s mine). The flaw… Continue Reading
blogging takes all day, blogging takes no time at all
I’ve posted a few times before about turning processes into content but wanted to try to pull it all together in a new way – combining it with the presentations I give that talk about unsustainable models of audience engagement… Continue Reading
breaking news social media search tool for journalists
Today I’ve been working on a tool – I’ve dubbed it UGC Finder – for journalists that uses Yahoo Pipes to aggregate and filter the results of keyword searches for tagged content and conversations in social networks and media sharing… Continue Reading
the end of search? ask a friend…
This morning I spent an hour and a half showing a group of journalists at the BBC World Service how I use RSS, social networking services, social bookmarking, my blog and other tools. As I did, it dawned upon me… Continue Reading