Crowdsourcing: simply a neologism or a true societal shift?
Until recently, I had never heard of SXSW. However, over the past few weeks, my Twitter account has been besieged by a seemingly endless stream of informative and thought-provoking soundbites, articles and ideas, all coming from this event. Now events aren’t new, especially those heralding the ‘must attend’ nature of content. Nor are the endless […]
Read MoreFriday mail: the inherent risk of using new technology
We talked last week about Twitter and it’s been in the news a lot this week. Firstly, the was the Stephen-Fry-stuck-in-a-lift escapade, where thousands of people followed the Tweetings of Mr Fry as he and some fellow visitors to Centre Point spent an hour stuck in a lift. Aleksander Orlov, the cute frontman (front-animal?) for […]
Read MoreFriday thoughts: it’s a funny old world
It’s been a while and a huge amount has happened since our last Friday mail. Given the amount of activity that’s been going on, the fact that next week sees the release of the much anticipated Digital Britain report and given the fact that I’m working with GSK on looking into Wikis, I’ve been looking […]
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