From Sunday Star Times on Stuff.co.nz – and I’m gonna say up front: there is no point being a prophet if you do not use every means available to be heard, and understood. Wayne Lachore… … emerged from the Coromandel to warn the world of a looming catastrophic collapse of western economies, and the US in particular. Freddie Mac and Fanny Mae were disasters waiting to happen, he wrote in a series of email essays to big-hitters from Prime Minister Helen Clark down. The hugely indebted US was effectively bankrupted, sufficient to cause a global financial vortex. but no one Continue Reading…
Oct 262008
Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:45 pm Tagged with: chief economist, consumer economy, economy, Fanny Mae, Freddie Mac, Helen Clark, Monetization, Morgan Stanley, Online Communities, peer2peer, Prime Minister, social media, social networks, Stephen Roach, United States, Wayne
Oct 232008
Comparing mashup (real/fake footage) videos of the last election to this election. The one that finishes in a week or two. Yep, that one. YouTube was created in February 2005. Three and half years ago. This quick post is about the fact that although we (creators of user generated content) start off amateur and mimicking traditional media, we evolve. So does the technology. And we evolve fast.JibJab was formed in 1999 (wikipedia) and in 2004 (the last election) this was their video This Land featuring George Bush and John Kerry. This Land! | Funny Jokes at JibJab Funny, if a Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:47 pm Tagged with: Animation, George Bush, International Space Station, John Kerry, machinima, mashups, Online Communities, social networks, USD, user generated content, We Can, youtube
Sep 082008
Well, that didn’t take long. Google’s free service Blogspot is hosting Whats Sarah Thinking – a faux Sarah Palin blog. What’s Sarah Thinking?Sarah Palin’s secret diary of her life as a babe, mom, wife, and political animal Sarah Palin, in case you missed out on recent news, is John McCain’s choice as running mate and possible Vice President in the upcoming American elections. Nicknamed Sarah Barracuda she is a funny mix of seemingly opposing ideaologies and activities. It occurs to me that this is the user generated content version of political satire. Yes, I know it was obvious – I’m Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:24 pm Tagged with: Alaska, Facebook, Google, Identity, John McCain, Margaret Thatcher, mate and possible Vice President, mayor, Online Communities, Paul Keating, Republican Vice Presidential candidate, reputation, Sarah Barracuda, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Well, Sarah Thinking, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks, Twitter, user generated content, Wasilla
Sep 022008
I work with government departments on their social media policies. Both politicans and public servants have some of the same issues. Often showing them case studies of other immigration, tax, heritage, whatever in other countries or other States can help them see how they can sell the idea of conversation into their risk averse cultures. It’s all about knowing the fears then gently leading the fearful through the issues, which include staff doing inappropriate things online (get a policy), how to handle negative user opinions, staffing and resource issues (how much time do we have to dedicate), what if no Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:44 am Tagged with: Akira Amari, ambassador, ambassador for your organisation, Ambulance Driver, Anonymous UK Magistrate, barack obama, Building Democracy Ministry, civil service/public service social media, Commission of European Communities, Commissioner, Congress, Craig Thomler, department manager, external communications, external social media participation policy, firewall, Indonesia, internal social media participation policy, Islamic Republic of Iran, Juwono Sudarsono, leader, magistrate, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Margot Wallstrom, Melbourne, minister, Minister for Economy, National Heritage Board, NHS, offline communications, Online Communities, online participation, Politics, President, Senate, Senator, Singapore, social media, Social Media Australia, social media gov, social media participation policy, social media policies, social networks, staff member, Thomler eGov and Child Support Agency, Twitter, UK Government, United States
Jul 152008
Will social media change how we commit events to history from now on? From the About Page: Ushahidi.com is a tool for people who witness acts of violence in Kenya in these post-election times. You can report the incident that you have seen, and it will appear on a map-based view for others to see. We are working with local Kenyan NGO’s to get information and to verify each incident. What you can do is get the word out about Ushahidi so that it’s utilized to it’s full potential. This especially extends to talking to the people that you know Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 9:50 pm Tagged with: Africa, government, Kenya, Online Communities, Politics, report acts of violence in kenya, social media, social networks, South Africa, Ushahidi, widget, youtube
Jun 262008
From today in The Australian: Net activism rattles ArabsFacebook, a site that offers a platform for the advancement of causes, political or otherwise, is quickly turning into a hotbed of activism: a cause for alarm to many autocratic regimes in the Middle East that attempt to curtail its reach by blocking it.(and) In Syria, the Government banned Facebook after an anti-regime email spam campaign was channelled through the site last year. But savvy Syrians, assisted by cyber colleagues abroad, succeeded in breaking through the censorship. Indeed, last November, when Facebook was blocked, it had 28,000 registered Syrian members. Five months Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:22 pm Tagged with: Association of Arab Gays and Lesbians, Centre for Freedom, Facebook, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, internet bandwagon, Middle East, Nir Boms, Online Communities, Saudi Arabia, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks, Syria, vice president, vice-president in the Middle East, women
Jun 082008
Gary (that would be Mr. SilkCharm to you. Heh.) Hayes is off to Korea with Minister for Broadband and Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy (Personalize Media): Gary Hayes will be speaking and representing LAMP and AFTRS at the The 2008 KANZ Australia Korea New Zealand Broadband Summit on 19-20 June 2008 in Seoul, Korea. The ten or so Australian speakers at the two day summit will be led by Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and will be hosted by the Korean Minister, Mr See-Joong Choi, Chairman, Korean Communications Commission (KCC). The summit will Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 8:01 pm Tagged with: analog, broadband, broadband infrastructure, Broadband Technologies, Chairman, collaborative tools, Gary Hayes, Korea, Korean Communications Commission, minister, New Zealand, Safety, security, See-Joong Choi, Senator, Seoul, Social Media Australia
I’m just really bookmarking this wiki for my own future reference. Pass it on to those Melbournites that a) might want to be involved and b) might have a clue, willya? Recent news The first round of collaborative drafting in the Future Melbourne wiki has now finished. Over the coming months the plan will continue to evolve under the guidance of the City of Melbourne’s Future Melbourne Team. During the public consultation period, 17 May to 14 June, there will be a further opportunity to help draft the Future Melbourne Plan online. During this period we encourage you to log Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 9:03 pm Tagged with: city of melbourne, Future Melbourne, Future Melbourne Reference Group, government, Melbourne, Melbourne Councillors, online collaborative process, Online Communities, Politics, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks, user generated content, web 2.0, Wiki
Apr 202008
I received the usual Twitter email today: Well, I don’t blindly follow people so I went to check out PodBlanc. The first thing I check when joining or inviting someone on a social network is their profiles. Then I check friends. Then content. That is: Profiles (who are they?) Friends (how are we connected?) Content (what do they say and do online?) In this case podblanc’s profile said eugenicist. No clue what one of them is. Friends following 567, followed by 37. Not a great sign, I prefer a smaller ratio of difference. Content? Ah this is where it gets Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 1:08 am Tagged with: Chief Content Officer, Craig Cobb, leader, media outlet, one of the founding members, Online Communities, online video, Podblanc, Purpose, social networks, values
Apr 092008
This one’s doing the rounds of online communities, so you might see it in a few places:Not quite Yes We Can by Obama but interesting use of YouTube by John McCain The Daily Dish likes it. Slate calls it the Barney the purple dinosaur ad. One of the commenters at Ross Douthat said it reminded them of 6th grade sex education films. Me? It starts off well – contention and debate is good – then gets subverted into a support for the military actions overseas. What’s our (Australia) most powerful and charismatic political message by a politician? Will watching and Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:27 pm Tagged with: hunky tutor, John McCain, Online Communities, politician, Republican Party, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks, We Can, youtube
| View | Upload your own Barry’s presentation on social media and citizen journalism and how it shapes up online to activism (to PHD Royal Inquisitors and Torturers). Barry Saunders is such a clever clogs: The consensus from the panel was drop the politics, focus on the data analysis – basically I have to develop a working methodology for determining the shape of political discussion online. That might sound boring to one or two people out there, but to me, it’s sex-on-a-stick. Can’t wait to find out what he finds out. Technorati Tags: social networks, Citizen Journalism, web 2.0, Politics, Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 9:46 pm Tagged with: Barry Saunders, Online Communities, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks, web 2.0
Mar 042008
There t’was I, minding my own business in World of Warcraft, when suddenly, out of the blue, up jumps Labour MP Keith Vaz (from ITWire) British MP: In modern games you “can rape women” A member of the British parliament has decried modern gaming as a way to live out humanities darkest endeavours. Another example of blatant, ignorant, public stereotyping of the video games industry? According to this report from MCV via Spong , Leciester East Labour MP Keith Vaz has launched a somewhat wobbly attack upon the state of modern gaming during a Private Member’s Bill debate session. In Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:41 am Tagged with: British Board of Film Classification, British parliament, Conservative MP, Julian Brazier, jumps Labour MP, Keith Vaz, Leciester East Labour MP, Leicester, MP, Online Communities, Online Games There t'was, Private Member, social networks
Sometimes the first 2500 experts you ask are wrong. Particularly if you only pull in the usual suspects. It might be time to avoid the ones who wrote a book as a way of self promotion and who rely on past glories, and look beyond the first 2500 that spring to mind for the 1000 Summit Nominees. Trevor Cook: If you have a blog post your own issues and ideas and let’s try and stop this from being a club for the usual suspects. Don’t forget to nominate unusual suspects over at Bloggerati. I’m about to list a huge swag. Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 11:40 pm Tagged with: 2020 summit, Social Media Australia, trevor cook
Feb 052008
Putting to music Barack Obama’s wonderful speech (extend the About window to read the whole Yes We Can speech)hat tip: rosshill.com.auWhich Australian politician, or which Australian speech would you choose to make a mashup of? Anyone seen a good one? No? The above video is an example of why American’s ‘get‘ collaborative communication and our election was ‘the internet as just another marketing channel’. There is a difference but it’s hard to articulate until you start to notice the absences. The black holes. Stuff that announces itself by simply not being there. We know the battle ahead will be long, Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 11:18 am Tagged with: America, barack obama, Charles Ommanney, Newsweek, Oz, politician, Social Media Australia, Toby Zigler, We Can
Feb 032008
EDIT: See the Internet’s votes for the 1000 strategists here on Bloggerati.com.au and add your own vote. Also nominate someone yourself (Submit tab): it probably won’t do anything but at least you feel like you had a say Glyn Davis Summit Chairman and Kevin Rudd Prime Minister 2.0 is looking for Australia’s brightest and best to talk about the decade ahead and strategy. Video here that I can’t embed. The Australia 2020 Summit announced by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will examine 10 issues facing the nation: • Future directions for the economy, including education, skills, training, science and innovation • Continue Reading…
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