NB: There’s an EDIT UPDATE at the bottom about this debate. Click on it, I dare you. “Forget Objective Reporting” AFR Feb 2006 I feel sorry for The Australian Financial Review, I really do. Out of all mainstream media, they get this web 2.0 thing the least. And it’s our only daily financial newspaper. *sad* The poor poppets. That clipping above is from February 2006 – I wrote to AFR saying that (in case you can’t read the picture): “…aren’t collaborative journalism, web 2.0, user generated content , personalised media and so on and so forth, the buzz words for Continue Reading…
Some of Crimestoppers video footage about the Jesse James case has embed disabled (e.g. his mother’s appeal), but here is a CCTV one that isn’t. Added: December 21, 2006 From: jessiejamesappeal CCTV footage showing two young men wh… CCTV footage showing two young men who were seen riding to and from Broadfield park around the time that Jessie James was murdered. Do you know who they are? If you have information about the murder of Jessie James, please call any of the following numbers:Incident Room number: 0161 856 4343Confidential phone or text 07940 960215Crimestoppers 0800 555 111.People can also pass Continue Reading…
Dec 212006
From Time Magazine: Time’s Person of the Year: YouIn 2006, the World Wide Web became a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matterBy LEV GROSSMAN The “Great Man” theory of history is usually attributed to the Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle, who wrote that “the history of the world is but the biography of great men.” He believed that it is the few, the powerful and the famous who shape our collective destiny as a species. That theory took a serious beating this year. it continues Who are these people? Seriously, who actually Continue Reading…
Oct 242006
Some people remain unconvinced that it is not only media that benefits from passionate, committed, intelligent amateurs. But they ain’t gonna stop me. Both banking and medicine have a lot to learn from consumers as co-creators. Don’t believe me? Too bad, I’ve been doing some research… For some more background, you might want to read my old bloglet about Google setting up Google Health portal first. Or not, it’s up to you, and not necessary. Most of us know the story of Lorenzo’s Oil (from wiki) Lorenzo’s Oil is a 1992 dramatic film directed by George Miller. It is based Continue Reading…
Oct 062006
Al Gore, the guy who created the Internet, that one? Sky is to launch Al Gore’s US user-generated content TV channel Current in the UK and Ireland following a deal with the former US vice-president. The deal was announced today by BSkyB CEO James Murdoch and Gore. Gore is planning to design Current TV content specifically for the UK and Irish market, so viewers can submit their videos via Current’s website in the same way they do in the US. Plus some of the UK content may also be shown in the US and other international territories. Gore is eventually Continue Reading…
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