Brighton
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/01/brighton-digital-observer-3469.html] It was lovely to see the Brighton digital sector highlighted in The Observer [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/12/brighton-leading-tech-startups] a week ago. With all the fuss about Tech City, interesting online stuff happening elsewhere is all-too-often
articles
David Higgerson published an interesting meditation on comments under articles yesterday [http://davidhiggerson.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/here-come-the-angry-brigade-are-comments-on-stories-more-hassle-than-they-are-worth/] . “Are comments under articles worth doing?” he asks, and flirts with the answer “no”, without coming to a definitive conclusion. The post, and the comments underneath (ironically) are well worth reading.
new media
A neat quote that encapsulates where the divide between new and social media lies: > Adriana says: “I divide between old and new media on the one hand and social media on the other hand. New media is just digitalised old media. Social media are tools like blogs, tagging, podcasts,
mainstream
There’s an interesting post over on Kottke.org by guest blogger Aaron Cohen that points out that the speed from launch to mainstream media adoption of new social web tools [http://kottke.org/10/05/the-speed-with-which-traditional-media-adopts-social-media-platforms] is growing ever faster. I’ve been chuckling ever since I read it,
anti-social media
Social is the new default.
countryfile
3. The Atlantic [https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2008/04/The-Atlantic.jpg] I picked this excellent magazine [http://www.theatlantic.com/] up randomly when I was on holiday in Florida a few years back – and ended up taking out a subscription. I really wish there was