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Plurk: 3 Week Verdict on MicroBlogging Service Paid Members Public
This way of accessing Plurk makes it a different experience for me than Twitter. I have Twitter running all the time, getting updates either through software on my computer, or my mobile phone. It’s firmly in the arena of ambient awareness. Plurk, on the other hand, is somewhere I
Hot Community Editor Action - Live! Paid Members Public
Today, from 9am, and all day, 3 of our community editors, alongside my colleague Andrew, our head of user content, will be using CoverItLive [http://www.coveritlive.com/] to talk about their day, what they actually do, and interact with anyone interested. You can follow the day’s proceedings, starting
Digital Journalism on FriendFeed Paid Members Public
I’ve been experimenting a little more with FriendFeed over the last few days. The fact I can follow my stream in [Thwirl](http://www.twhirl.org/) makes it much easier.The idea of [topic-focused rooms](http://blog.friendfeed.com/2008/05/get-room.html) on the service intrigues me, so
The Online Conversational Onion Paid Members Public
1. The Closed Space Closed spaces are where your conversations are as private as you want them to be. Dominated the by the social networks (Facebook, Bebo, MySpace) as well as the network-focused blog platforms (Vox, Livejournal), they are as much communication services as publishing platforms. You choose exactly who
The History of Online Communities Paid Members Public
This is pretty essential viewing, giving people some context on how online communities have developed. And no, it’s not just a Web 2.0 thing: [Via [Kristine](http://kristinelowe.blogs.com/kristine_lowe/2008/05/your-grandchild.html)] I was trying to work out the other day how long I’
Blog Azeroth: Mashing Blogging and Forums Paid Members Public
First up: what was the motivation for starting the site?“Well, [Bellwether](http://4haelz.blogspot.com/) was lamenting the fact that she and I kept writing about similar things and wished there were a way for druids to get together and talk once a month… I figured that gettng together
Le Web 3 Lost Posts 3: The Dark Side of the Web Paid Members Public
For an opening session focusing on eeeevil on the web, it proved to be rather quiet. I think everybody was knackered, thanks to the early start… Laurent Haug [http://www.liftlab.com/laurent/] of LIFT [http://www.liftconference.com/] kicked things off by asking if there is a thirst for
Why TV Doesn't Know How To Engage Paid Members Public
Those naughty folks at Computer Weekly‘s Downtime blog [http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/IT-downtime-blog/2008/03/comments-we-love-them-what-do.html] are taking the mickey out of one of my colleagues [http://engagement101.blogspot.com/2008/03/ribbed-for-their-pleasure.html] with this video: Now, I reckon that that they’re missing the point