Newbie Briefing – Digg is a service where you submit a pointer to an article or blog post with a brief description. If the community likes it, they vote your submission UP – enough votes you end up on the prime pixel real estate which is Digg’s front page. If you are there long enough and are sexeh enough, you feature on the Diggnation vidcast hosted by Digg founders. If your post sucks or is offensive or boring or incorrect, the community votes you DOWN into oblivion. Wiki Digg here.Traditional media, online news, hell the whole ‘net was posting and Continue Reading…
May 022007
Posted by Laurel Papworth at 5:55 pm Tagged with: Angus Kidman, disruptive technology, editor, Except Digg, founder and chief architect, Kevin Rose, online news, prime pixel real estate, reverse class action law, Social Media Australia, web 2.0
Huge potential to make a massive impact here – fundamentals of an offline community needing online tools, and peer-to-peer support. Heartfelt stuff: Digital Content Editor: Are you passionate about online delivery? Innovative new online project Targeted at a teen audience Bring your CMS expertise The Starlight Children’s Foundation is a leading national charity with a mission to brighten the lives of seriously ill and hospitalized children and their families across Australia. Starlight is supported through the generosity of Corporate and Community supporters and individuals. This is a new role for a new program which will be delivered on line for Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 4:09 pm Tagged with: Children's Foundation, content management, content management systems, Digital Content, editor, jobs, Jobs, on-line environment, Online Communities, online community, online delivery, online project, peer to peer, Social Media Australia, social networks, Starlight Children's Foundation, Starlight Children’s Foundation, Sydney, web content
Apr 232007
Are you a serious gamer? I can’t believe they are asking that in a job description. It’s like, ‘can you leave World of Warcraft or BF2 alone long enough to actually do some work?’ (I can’t talk, I’m blogging instead of writing a report). Associate Editor, GameSpot AU Are you a serious gamer with flair who wants to work on Australia’s largest gaming Web site? Do you have a background in journalism, with proven experience in news, features and reviews writing? Do you have a dynamic and outgoing personality with experience in multimedia reporting? Are you keen to work in Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 6:05 pm Tagged with: Associate Editor, CNET Networks Australia, editor, Game Spot Editor Sydney Australia Are, GameSpot AU, online journalism, online media company informing, Social Media Australia, Technology, user generated content
Mar 122007
Homeland Stupidity? I’m really intrigued. Not so much by sites with cool and irreverent names, but by their Gonzo Marketing techniques (I loved that book). I should link to the author but do I pick his evil alter ego Rage Boy or his grown up *boring* Wired magazine, Cluetrain Manifesto editor link- guess which one I picked? Not only does Homeland Stupidity have a funny Domain Name, but they also have anti-marketing on their site such as: “Entertaining and insightful” — Jim Harper, director of information policy studies, Cato Institute
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:58 am Tagged with: author, Cato Institute, Cluetrain Manifesto, director of information policy studies, editor, Google, HTTP, Jim Harper, Microsoft, multi-author-blog site, Online Communities, php, social networks, software, software packages, web 2.0
Jan 212007
One for the chix from my friends at LaVolta: Online Editor Wonderful opportunity to work with this start-up in building their Online Content strategy. The role reports directly to the MD and is responsible for the editorial voice and tone of the network of sites. It’s a web 2.0 publishing enterprise offering an online community for women and so much more. LaVolta is delighted to be working with this new Online business. We always find start-ups invigorating and good to see that they are back in vogue. The role is a senior editorial position created to drive editorial quality and Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 6:19 pm Tagged with: broader magazine, David Jackson, editor, finance content, HTML, lifestyle magazine, magazine web site, Maryland, media executives, mobile, online, Online Communities, online community, online content, Online Content strategy, ONLINE EDITOR, Online environment, online media industry, Online Publishing, overall editorial and product, s2m Executive, Sally Mills, Seek.com., Singapore, Social Media Australia, social networking, social networking mean, social networks, specialist consultant, sports video images, start-up, streaming video, user generated content, web 2.0, web publishing, web technology, weekly email communications
Jun 222006
2Spare.com (2 Much Time 2 Spare) have a list of the top 87 bad predictions in all sectors. The list has 590 votes. Let me extract out the ones of interest in computing and such – and I’ll add a few at the bottom of recent ones: «640k is enough for everyone.» William F. Gates III «I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.» IBM Chairman Thomas Watson, 1943. «Everything that can be invented has been invented.» Charles H. Duell, an official at the US patent office, 1899. «This antitrust thing will blow over.» Bill Gates, founder Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 6:15 pm Tagged with: actor, and studio founder, artificial intelligence, Bill Gates, British Post Office, Carnegie Mellon University, Chairman, chairman and founder, chance communications space satellites, Charles H. Duell, Charlie Chaplin, Chief Engineer, co-founder, Commissioner, communications satellite, data processing, David Sarnoff, Dennis Gabor, Digital Equipment Corp., director, e-commerce, editor, executive, Federal Communications Commission, founder, Herbert A. Simon, IBM, Kelvin, Ken Olson, Lee DeForest, mathematician and physicist, messenger, Microsoft, mobile, official at the US patent office, Online Communities, physicist and author, Popular Mechanics, Prentice Hall, President, producer, Robert Lloyd, Royal Society, Senator, Simon Cameron, Smithsonian Institute, Social Media Australia, telephone wires, Thomas Watson, United States, vacuum tube, Warner Brothers, Western Union, William F. Gates III, William Preece, wireless music box
Follow up to my bloglet rants on realestate.com.au (example from last year) – Glenn Roberts Jr. of Inman News (where Real Estate and Technology Connect) says: Editor’s note: Real estate agents are learning that online community sites can be useful in reaching their target audience. Agents can use community Web sites to raise awareness about their services and drum up local business, while consumers can use the sites to rate, review, recommend and reach agents in their desired locations. This three-part series uncovers how a few savvy agents are using these sites and building their own. I’m not sure about Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:02 am Tagged with: community Web, editor, Online Communities, Online Communities Follow, online community sites, real estate focus, United Kingdom
From Dion Hinchcliffe, Editor of OpenSource: I call the use of Web 2.0 for business purposes, both internal and customer-facing, Enterprise Web 2.0. At its core, Web 2.0 is about harnessing collective intelligence and most of the rest of the Web 2.0 ideas fall out from this concept. And that highlights a monumental difference between the way the Web was used in the past – and indeed is still largely used today – and the way it works best. Most Web sites still push content one way out to their visitors, don’t have any means to interact with them, or Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 11:29 am Tagged with: editor, Online Communities, OpenSource, web 2.0
Love what’s hapening over at CNet – they are slowly but surely evolving into collaborative shopping site. I had a brief (email) convo with Jeremy R., the snr Editor for Australia. With our recent 1 May redesign, we now offer users the ability to rate products on our site (whether they are reviews or previews of products). Users can give a numerical rating to a product, the pros, cons, bottom line and other comments. Users can also submit talkback for non-product articles to voice their opinion and interact with other users.We’ve got some exciting user generated stuff planned so keep Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 11:20 pm Tagged with: ABC, Carolyn Hough, collaborative shopping site, Digital Media, director, editor, Head, Hugh Martin, Ian Vaile, Manager, Mark Strong, Media Manager, Network Ten, Online Communities, Rohan Lund, Seven Network & Interim CEO, snr Editor, Social Media Australia, Yahoo!
Apr 262006
I did have high hopes for NowWeAreTalking (see my bloglet and subsequent comments) Telstra’s attempt to build an online community around it’s services. But. The Age (Helen Westerman and Rebecca Urban) has an article, Telstra makes a discourtesy call. TELSTRA’S online mouthpiece nowwearetalking.com.au likes to do some plain speaking.But a recent posting taking a swing at rival Optus regulatory affairs chief Paul Fletcher has caused some internal embarrassment for being a bit too unvarnished.The blog entry was apparently news to site editor, chief Telstra spokesman Rod Bruem, who has just returned from overseas. And he was not happy about it.“We’re Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:30 pm Tagged with: chief, David Havyatt, Director of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, editor, Helen Westerman, HomeLine Part, Kettle, marketing manager, mobile, New Zealand, Online Communities, online community, Paul Fletcher, Rebecca Urban, regulatory affairs chief, retail plan, retail rental plans, Rod Bruem, Singapore, Social Media Australia, spokesman, sydney morning herald, telstra, United States, user generated content, www.telstra.com.au, www.theage.com.au
Feb 052006
… is to freedom of speech or is it to not incite war? If we talk about ‘freedom of the press’ well, what is the ‘press’ these days? That naughty Tim Blair is at it again (the link is for his newish address, it would appear that he moves his blog every year or so – read on to see why. ) Ex-editor and current columnist, Aussie Timbo decided to post up those cartoons that caused a furore in the European Muslim community. Now if Alan Jones “leads the charge” (yep, I’m quoting Jonesy) currently with upsetting the Australian Muslim Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 9:44 pm Tagged with: ABC, Abu Ghraib, Alan Jones, craven media, David Penberthy, editor, editor and current columnist, editor and journalist, Europe, Hmmm, media baron, msm, NBC, Online Communities, Social Media Australia, Sydney, the Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald
Went off with Erietta and Jo S to The Sydney Institute tonight, and gosh! who would’ve thunk that journo’s would have a way with words??!!?? Great speakers, all 3 of ‘em. Matt Price from The Australian introduced the topic – The Gallery: Insular, Intrusive or Indispensable? – and very amusing he was too. No real reference to how media is changing, unlike second speaker Margaret Simons who really seems to get that the business model is not changing but HAS changed. Margaret Simons asked – where’s the money in newspapers? Are journalists and editors defunct? Advertising has been seperated out Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:04 am Tagged with: editor, Margaret Simons, Online Communities, online community, online content, second speaker, Social Media Australia, speaker, Stephen Matchett, user generated content
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