Category: socialmedia

David Byrne (yes, that David Byrne), on ‘social hateworking‘: "It seems to me that this was inevitable. Once you have the existence of social networking sites you have to take the bad with the good. While it might be nice to think that they are a place to meet “friends” and like minded folks, it…

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This quite astounding article in the New Scientist posits a fascinating theory. An analysis of 30 years worth of election results from all round the globe, conducted by Santo Fortunato of the Institute for Scientific Interchange in Turin working with Claudio Castellano of the University of Rome, has shown that voting follows the same pattern,…

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Are the British are more sociable? Or maybe we just prefer the informal, information-sharing type of socialisation characterised by social networking. Check out these stats from Comscore: Not only does a far higher proportion (78% compared to a European average of 56%) of the British population participate in social networking, but we outperform our European…

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Some of the models being adopted right now in book publishing are really interesting. HarperCollins have just announced that they are setting up an online community for aspiring authors (and avid readers) to create a profile and upload their unpublished manuscripts for it to be read, discussed and recommended. For authors it’s an opportunity to…

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I was pleasantly surprised to find out that David Miliband (our youthful-looking Foreign Minister) has started his own blog. Not only that, it’s part of a wider initiative by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office which incorporates no less than 6 new blogs including: Jim Murphy (Minister for Europe)Lindsay Appleby (First Secretary, Brussels Office)Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles…

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Aardman animations, the company behind Wallace & Gromit, have launched a virtual kids world called Webbliworld. You can use the ‘Webbli generator’ to make your own webbli, and then earn lots of ‘WebbliWonga’ to become ‘Webble’ millionaire if you’re so inclined.  There’s some nice embedded short animations on it and even some eco-content – but…

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I’ve used this cartoon from Hugh before. It’s one of my favourites because it says something which I think is fundamentally important but is sometimes forgotten in the rush to try and make sense of the technology-driven changes in communications and media. A couple of things I’ve read recently have echoed a similar point. The…

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