Monthly Archives: June 2008

Where do people find the time?

Posted on June 23, 2008

Clay Shirky: I was being interviewed by a TV producer to see whether I should be on their show, and she asked me, “What are you seeing out there that’s interesting?” I started telling her about the Wikipedia article on … Continue reading →

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Community Blogging workshops

Posted on June 16, 2008

[Update: the sessions are fully booked now but we're looking to do more in the future.] As part of Digital Birmingham’s Get Into Digital month I’m running a couple of blogging workshops on June 26th. Titled Community Blogging they’re aimed … Continue reading →

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Content < Conversation

Posted on June 12, 2008

Cory Doctorow: Content isn’t king. If I sent you to a desert island and gave you the choice of taking your friends or your movies, you’d choose your friends — if you chose the movies, we’d call you a sociopath. … Continue reading →

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Getting the naysayers on side is the answer. How is the question.

Posted on June 12, 2008

If there’s an overriding aim to what I’m doing it’s to convince people that digital forms of communication are as important as what we might call traditional ones. That communities and relationships that are formed online are as important as … Continue reading →

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Trust is the best tool

Posted on June 11, 2008

A Twitter update from Rory Cellan-Jones asked “what are the best web tools for journalists? I’m giving a seminar for colleagues tomorrow – so what do you find most useful?” I seem to spend a fair bit of time watching … Continue reading →

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