13 Sep 2010

Dilbert satire on corporate use of social media

8 Sep 2010

Taking the Blitz out of its historical context via @mattbuck_hack

5 Sep 2010

If you visit Kew Gardens don't miss the ' Wild Kew' photo exibition

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Some stunning photos of pollination by Heather Angel and one of a wagtail apparently walking on water (by treading lightly over the algae).

25 Aug 2010

More twitter cartoon satire via @tweetsmarter

12 Aug 2010

Keen on… with Jeff Jarvis: “We Should Switch to a Default of Publicness” (TCTV)

Jeff Jarvis argues that the future of journalism is entrepreneurial journalism and that journalists need to team up with product, technology and business experts to learn how it all comes together. But while knowledge needs to expand the future is in more specialist content.

11 Aug 2010

Fascinating presentation on design and emergency response in Haiti via @PatrickMeier @lokmant

Detailed presentation looks at the challenges of information system design and in particular how the Ushahidi-powered emergency information system used in Haiti was put together with ease of use in mind.

11 Aug 2010

Clever video presentation on social media in the UK via @jemimakiss

A couple of lines stood out:

1. Social networking is now Britain's favourite passtime
2. A visitor coming to your site from a social network is ten times more likely to buy something than visitors form other sources

10 Aug 2010

Cartoonists poking fun at social media

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Not quite side-splitting humour but made me simile

9 Aug 2010

The econ blogosphere speaks

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This is what the voice of economics blogging is saying in aggregate about the state of the US economy. Perhaps the next step is to start charting such keywords over time to see when sentiment changes.

9 Aug 2010

The 2010 Social Networking Map / Flowtown (@flowtown)

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Good illustration that all that glisters in social media is not gold. I particularly like the 'Land of Defunct Social Networks' and 'Sea of Forgotten Memes'

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