Social Networks
Negative emotions are the most powerful inner trigger for habit-forming actions: «When we're depressed we go to Facebook. When we’re bored we go to YouTube. When we’re stuck, we Google it – these are all responses to internal triggers.» So, how can we design for it? The
Blogging
A decade or two from now I suspect people will look back with amusement and incredulity on how once upon a time revealing online that you had opinions or flaws could get you fired. In a world where most everyone who is someone has said and done plenty of stupid
Blogging
Are you a journalist 24/7? Does the company you work for own you? Does it harm your credibility as a journalist if you share personal opinions online? Are some opinions more appropriate to share than others? These are just some of many questions raised by the recent debates on
Blogging
Evidence suggests navigating the social web can be a bit of challenge for journalists, but does that mean we need a new set of ethical guidelines to safeguard their conduct? Last week, while organising a debate on whether we need rules for journalists’ use of social media, I asked friends,
Blogging
Jodi Williams from the Obama Campaign Team was in Oslo last week to talk about lessons learnt from the 2008 presidential campaign. Here's a few quick highlights I took away from her talk (I'd have posted this sooner if it wasn't for ongoing computer
Blogging
Here's a golden chance to get two hours of consulting services from social media veterans Adriana Lukas and Chris Heuer for a bargain. Adriana emails to say they are currently auctioning two hours of their time on eBay. I'm a bit late to this story as
Blogging
Here's something which, despite all the current doom and gloom, makes me both hopeful for the future of the world at large and despondent about my own industry (and if you'd rather focus on the former, feel free to jump past my chronology of frustration:-)
Blogging
What if we were to look at mainstream media's response to social media, such as blogging, thorugh the prism of disruptive technology? This is an issue I've been mulling over since I heard Espen Andersen's talk on disruptive technologies, open source and mobile at
Catching up with some of the many unread posts in my newsreader yesterday (busy days), I found this interesting Bloomberg-interview with ContentNext founder and publisher Rafat Ali, well worth listening to. Paidcontent sums it up neatly as as Ali "giving a frank forecast of the climate for media and
Blogging
I'm so happy to see so many find their way to #socialweb so early a Saturday morning (see previous post for twitter feed). Using Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 tools for investigative and in-depth research Colin Meek: Web 2.0 tools fantastic tools for journalists to
Blogging
I came across two posts today that brilliantly spell out how web 2.0 is a blessing for journalists Of course, those of you who've spent a lot of time using social media might be familiar with a lot of this, but the posts summarise the headlines of
Marketing and PR
In this day and age it sometimes feel like every website, product, gadget is being communitised, that community is the marketing bandwagon of our time. Still, some attempts at making "community" part of ones marketing strategy are arguably braver than others. One of the very bravest I'