From the monthly archives:

November 2005

Integrating offline/online – citizen journalism

by Laurel Papworth on November 28, 2005 · 0 comments

I spent some time fishing around for an example of a newspaper of the *future*. Well ok the future ain’t here yet and nor is the technology, not fully but there are some good attempts. I have covered a few user generated newspapers in the past; today lets look at Greensboro101 .com (Citizen’s media) as [...]

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Help! Fashion advice needed! DESPERATE

by Laurel Papworth on November 28, 2005 · 4 comments

It’s that time of the year again. *gasps in dread* Christmas party time. And my haute couture wardrobe of t-shirts (mostly black) with cool slogans (mostly geeky) just ain’t gonna cut it. Next Tuesday I’m off to the Initials Xmas Party. Initials being a combined party of AEEMA, AIIA, AIMIA, ATUG, EJV, IAA -whew! I [...]

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The Key is in the Keywords

by Laurel Papworth on November 28, 2005 · 0 comments

Talking of the Seek Jobs, the new site which focuses on personalisation has improved keyword search technology. ’bout time. Still no user collaboration tho.But lets look at Trellian which uses seek.com.au (amongst others) to compile data to then sell as a keyword research tool.Discover the best keywords to target on your websiteKeywordDiscovery compiles keyword search [...]

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Web 2.0 Online Community

by Laurel Papworth on November 28, 2005 · 0 comments

When I get time (later in the week probably) I’ll simply have to submit WireClub.com to the “Laurel Papworth Online Community Worthiness Test”. At first pass its pretty good. Totally collaborative main portal page, a newbie tour, aggregation of chat rooms, social networks, fotos and blogs, clubs, dating service and so on and so forth. [...]

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Boozy lunches

by Laurel Papworth on November 28, 2005 · 0 comments

w00t I’m having lunch at Zinc with Erietta of Cyberworx and Josephine Sabine of Spot Wireless tomorrow.
Erietta is mastering Drupal at the moment. Drupal is an open source content management platform that handles the collaborative modules very well. Plus it has a nice online community of developers who also happen to be a bunch of [...]

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There’s Gold in Them There Rivers!

by Laurel Papworth on November 28, 2005 · 0 comments

Fer Shame. Mr Murdoch from Newscorp talking to, I think, his son-in-law’s press paper thingie, is giving up already on his mastheads. Pffft.Rupert Murdoch has forecast a gloomy future for newspapers with the growth of the internet, saying he doesn’t know “anybody under the age of 30 who has ever looked at a classified ad”.The [...]

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Gen Y and Facebook…

by Laurel Papworth on November 28, 2005 · 0 comments

My final comment on Facebook. I promise. This time from the Rocky Mountain Collegian:A message post on these online communities is the lowest form of communication known to man… With too many marketing gimmicks and annoying pop-up ads, the Facebook with its superior format easily overtook Classmates.com… After the move from the Facebook to Myspace.com [...]

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*hic* *hic* *burp*

by Laurel Papworth on November 28, 2005 · 0 comments

Gal pal, Jo G and I committed a cardinal sin at lunch in Wooloomooloo a few weeks ago; we put ice in our pinot noir. We got soundly told off by the guy (Robbo from Broads2go) at our table and a lovely lunch ended in tears. What can I say? It was warm and icky [...]

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Centres for Higher Learning Now an Access Node

by Laurel Papworth on November 28, 2005 · 0 comments

Yeah yeah this report has been around for a while, but it has new meaning now with collaborative user generated education just around the corner:The public directly accesses dot-com or dot-org information sources far more than those of higher education institutions…The college or university has gone from the “center” to an “access node” on the [...]

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Got milk?

by Laurel Papworth on November 28, 2005 · 1 comment

I just adore finding obscure online communities.Dairy.com of Dallas, TX, has announced plans to acquire DairyCareers, the leading online recruiting solution for the dairy industry“We are extremely pleased to be a part of Dairy.com,” said Lentsch. “By combining our online communities we have over 2000 registered users across nearly 300 dairy manufacturers, cooperatives and transportation [...]

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Controlling Brand Image

by Laurel Papworth on November 28, 2005 · 0 comments

… or not. How do you present your image as a College of hardworking studious ummm … students, when all the students want to do is get drunk and then have the temerity to upload images of said drunkeness on the ‘net? The Northerner Online (student newspaper) reports:Facebook postings, photos incriminate dorm party-goersUniversity students caught [...]

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IGN: Tech of the Month – Xbox Live

by Laurel Papworth on November 27, 2005 · 1 comment

Gerry Block of IGN:
Like many other revolutionary concepts in the tech industry, online-multiplayer gaming has progressed though a number of iterations to reach the critical mass it carries today. Over the course of more than a decade (remember Mplayer and Heat.net?) hardware, software, and infrastructure have finally progressed to the point that a seamless and [...]

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GiveMeaning and CSR

by Laurel Papworth on November 21, 2005 · 0 comments

I’m mad keen on online communities being used for philanthropic ventures. CSRwire is the Corporate Social Responsibility NewsWire Service.

GiveMeaning Introduces GivingProfiles, a New Way to Showcase Corporate Social Responsibility(CSRwire) Vancouver, BC – The GiveMeaning Foundation, in partnership with Plenteus Technologies, is pleased to announce that GiveMeaning is the first site to feature GivingProfiles, a new [...]

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For Auld Lang Syne

by Laurel Papworth on November 21, 2005 · 6 comments

I’ve been playing with LinkedIn! recently. I must say, it seems like a lot of work, I’m not sure if it will be worth it. I actually joined a few years ago but never bothered with it. But as a business tool, its the best on the market, or so I hear. If that ain’t [...]

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