Blogging
Video: Social Media Revolution
This video has been making the rounds of the company this morning: The pleasing thing is that it wasnāt me that started it, as it would have been 6 months ago. The times, they are aāchangingā¦
Social Media
Posts about social media platforms, how to use them and techniques for getting the best results.
conversation
The 3 Minute Guide to Social Media
This is an excellent summary of why you should care about social media: *(Warning: implied profanity throughout)*[What the F**K is Social Media: One Year Later](http://www.slideshare.net/mzkagan/what-the-fk-is-social-media-one-year-later "What the F**K is Social Media: One Year Later")View more [documents](http://www.
daily telegraph
Simon Heffer: Missing the Social in Twitter
Oh, yawn. Yet another newspaper columnist has a go at Twitter [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/simonheffer/5524402/Facebook-Everything-you-never-wanted-to-know....html] and social networking generally. Ā This time itās Simon Heffer of the Telegraph, and you can predict the main beats of the article: shallow, pointless, emptyā¦ At least
Blogging
The Importance of Disconnecting (Occasionally)
āModeration in everything,ā my late mother used to say, somewhat ironically given how much unused wool and unpainted china she left behind. But, like many clichĆ©s, it has a deep element of truth, as Iāve discovered by disconnecting somewhat from my normal blogging-twittering-photographing lifestyle. A quiet weekend with friends
Journalism
4 Steps to Social Media Heaven
There is, I think, a tendency for journalists to over-complicate social media and how they talk about it. Somehow they makes something which isĀ fundamentallyĀ just about talking to people, well, hard. Look at the recent kerfuffle about the WSJ [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_
BBC
Reporting the G20 Protests with Social Media
*Photo by [RachelH_ on Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/bagelmouse/3403502047/), used under a [Creative Commons licence](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en_GB)*My work schedule means that Iām sat in Sutton today, while all the reporting action is up in central London, as
conferences
Twitter as a Backchannel
Iām at the Social Media influence 09 [http://www.screenevents.co.uk/smi_09/] conference in London this morning. Lots of interesting stuff cropping up, but I did like Robin [http://www.cybersoc.com]ās use of Twitter as a back-channel during the Enterprise 2.0 panel. The technology
Blogging
NUJ: Response from a Union Official
I have been given permission to publish this response from Jenny Lennox, assistant organiser at the NUJ. The e-mail was broadly agreeing with another memberās post which stated that the member hadnāt come across any journalist who donāt believe that good journalism can happen online, and that
Blogging
The NUJ, Social Media and Video Conversation
Laura Oliver of Journalism.co.uk [http://www.journalism.co.uk/] has started a video conversation about the NUJ & social media over on video conversation service Seesmic: If youāve got a webcam, you can join in [http://seesmic.com/videos/DdZC1OmJRA].
digital journalism
NUJ: Still Not "Getting" Social Media
I have something of a love/hate relationship with the National Union of Journalists. Love, because I believe in the principle of unions, and because the NUJ has done good things for some of my former colleagues [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2003/07/unfair_dismissa.html]. Hate, because I
Journalists
2008, Journalists & Blogging: A Parting Shot
Reflections on a difficult year working on the intersection of journalism and emerging media.
Blogging
40 Signs That They're Not Ready for Social Media
Ah, I love it when my feed reader is just full of win. Today it contained: 20 Signs You Donāt Want That Internal Social Media Project [http://strange.corante.com/2008/12/15/20-signs-you-dont-want-that-internal-social-media-project] And that pointed me to: 20 Signs You Donāt Want That Social Media Project