What will these boys see yet refuse to tell? Uh Oh. Could Twitter become terrorists’ newest killer app? A draft Army intelligence report, making its way through spy circles, thinks the miniature messaging software could be used as an effective tool for coordinating militant attacks. (Wired) Well, if a bunch of daft marketers can co-ordinate a collaborative agency – Twitter Agency – one assumes a group of guys with bombs might also see Twitter’s benefits.Taken from the How To Do Terrorism on the Web guide kindly published by 304th Military Intelligence Battalion. This recent presentation — put together on the Continue Reading…
Oct 282008
Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:11 pm Tagged with: 304th Military Intelligence Battalion, Army, Department of Internets, Federation of the American Scientists, GPS, mobile, mobile phones, Online Communities, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks, stephen conroy, Twitter
Oct 212008
How I blog, usually under 20 minutes – the process, the pain, the glory. Heh. Maybe it’s interesting, maybe not. First, most ideas have been lurking in my brain for a while. Some years – I’m a bit slow. If you are a regular reader, you’ll see I approach the same questions from different angles time and again. How do we monetize (show value) for user generated content? How do I balance a business need with a customer need in social networks? What happens when people with similar purpose but different value systems meet online? How do companies so easily Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 5:07 pm Tagged with: Google, laurel papworth, mobile, news search, normal search, Online Communities, pain, social media, social networks, Twitter, user generated content
Oct 132008
*pats on head* so cute, with their little anxious yet eager faces. Will anyone talk to them? Will they make new friends? Will they make an ass of themselves? Anyway some tips – you might want to do these step by step. I wrote them that way: What is Twitter: Twitter is a place for testimonials (status updates about themselves “I am shopping”). No response required. What is Twitter: Twitter is a place for distribution of information (links to others “here’s a cool blog post http://tinyurl.com”) – also automated bots e.g. @ABCNews What is Twitter: Twitter is the place for Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 1:48 pm Tagged with: Facebook, iphone, mobile, Online Communities, real time, resources applications, sms, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks, telecommunications, Twitter, United States, web 2.0
Sep 262008
election.twitter.com My guess is that we will start to see sponsored by corporate twitter landing pages, with custom look and feel like this election one. It’s one business model for Twitter I guess! Fashion week might pay, for example. The feed updates dynamically, unlike current Twitter. Twitter is the most phenomenal news source on the planet. Bar none. Australian newspapers aren’t aware of it, but my god, switched on global news have cottoned on: CNN CNET New York Times and a rather spammy ABC Australia (fix your cron jobs!) that uses Twitter to *push* content out automatically- in a deluge, Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 11:25 am Tagged with: ABC Australia, cellular telephone, content creation network, mobile, Social Media Australia, social networks, Twitter
Sep 242008
Here’s how I explain Twitter – testimonials, filtering and conversation. Twitter hitting the mainstream? Surely not? Twitter Up 518.2% in Australia – Is Twitter Relevant for Your Brand?Twitter, a micro-blogging platform that allows users to share short activity updates, has picked up significantly in Australian usage, with a 518.12% increase in web visits comparing the weeks ending 01/09/2007 and 30/08/2008. Hitwise Session Duration data suggests that use of Twitter is addictive, with an average visit time of 30 minutes 8 seconds, compared to the All Categories average of 11 minutes, 34 seconds. Twitter allows users to share their collective knowledge, Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 5:21 am Tagged with: AMP, communication tool, mobile, Social Media Australia, social networking, Twitter, web visits
Sep 092008
Google has gone into partnership with the ubiquitous cable magnate John Malone and the bank HSBC to give internet access to people in Africa and other nations via LEO satellites. Financial Times: They will today announce an order for 16 low-earth orbit satellites from Thales Alenia Space, the French aerospace group, as the first stage in a $750m project to connect mobile masts in a swath of countries within 45 degrees of the equator to fast broadband networks. Larry Alder, product manager in Google’s alternative access group, said the project could bring the cost of bandwidth in such markets down Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:25 pm Tagged with: access group, aerospace group, Allen & Company, broadband, broadband networks, Google, Google’s mission, Internet use, Larry Alder, media advisory boutique, mobile, Online Communities, Product Manager, Thales Alenia Space, USD
Aug 302008
The virtual world, Twinity, is still in Alpha – not even Beta yet, I think. If you want an invite to join the virtual world, email me (laurel at world.com.au) and I’ll send you a beta test invite. And you can facemap yourself onto your avatar. On second thoughts, nah, don’t do that. heh.video: Spot the brands and… never get between SilkCharm and her chocolate. Did you like the movie Run Lola Run? Well, Run SilkCharm Run was filmed by Gary Hayes entirely in Twinity (Berlin). Machinima is a brilliant way of encouraging user generated content – and don’t forget, Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 8:28 pm Tagged with: Avatars, Berlin, cellular telephone, Facebook, mobile, Online Communities, Run Lola Run, social networks, USD, user generated content
Aug 152008
I have created a new site called Mobile Social Networks at mobilesocialnetworks.com.au – it’s a bit useless at the moment as it only has 38 mobile social networks on it, and I haven’t really found my voice or format yet, but I will fix that. I do have a list of around 240 or more mobile device and cell phone social networks to add, but it’s slow going. Wanna help? pffft go away, it’s quicker if I do it. It will be the definitive source of information on social networks on mobiles and cellphones, a top directory of user generated Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:51 pm Tagged with: cell phone social networks, cellphone, cellular telephone, iphone, location based services, mobile, mobile device, Mobile social networks, Online Communities, Social Media Australia, social network applications, social network site, social networks, user generated content
Aug 102008
This is my response to Freesouls meme on Slideshare – snapshot of yourself and a quotable quote. Freesouls Laurel Papworth View SlideShare presentation (tags: freesouls freesoul laurel papworth) I believeI believe that as society moves towards a peer production economy, what we contribute will mean more to us than what we consume. (foto by GaryPHayes) You can see the original slides, put together by OliverDing Freesouls View SlideShare presentation (tags: joi_ito book photography creativecommons) in response to Joi Ito’s book: This slideshow was created for Joi Ito’s CC photography book Freesouls. The book includes essays from Lawrence Lessig, Howard Rheingold, Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 1:57 am Tagged with: consumer economy, Cory Doctorow, economy, howard rheingold, Isaac Mao, laurel papworth, Lawrence Lessig, Lawrence Liang, Marko Ahtisaari, mobile, Mobile social networks, Monetization, Oliver Ding, peer2peer, Slideshare.net, Social Media Australia, social networks, Yochai Benkler
Aug 062008
Imagine: you just found out your kid is being cyberbullied. You want to take away their mobile phone and laptop, but you know that’s a hiding to nowhere. So you give them the ‘talk’ about sticks and stones. But you find out they are up at 11pm and 2am checking their messages and refreshing their profile pages. What to do? Well first, stop doing this: I’m just picking on this poor guy. (Flickr: ExaltHim) In the good old days, when you got home from work, your partner was waiting with slippers and a pipe for you (yes, for them mothers Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 5:35 pm Tagged with: cellular telephone, mobile, values, youtube
Aug 032008
MoMoSyd is on tonight and I’m going: Introducing XumiiFounded in San Francisco by Australian entrepreneur Jennifer Zanich, Xumii was an award-winning mobile internet application before it’s beta version was even launched. One of this year’s VentureBeat DigitalMedia “Mobile Beat” Top 30 picks (along with another early MoMo Sydney guest Mig33), Xumii “gives you a centralized way to aggregate contacts and feeds from your social networks and IM, and stay connected by sharing messages, widgets and photos via IM, threaded chat, groups and mobile walls.” (more here) I joined Winkspace late last year. Not sure how this one compares… Guess I’ll Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 11:53 pm Tagged with: cellphone, entrepreneur, Jennifer Zanich, mobile, mobile internet application, Online Communities, SAN FRANCISCO, Social Media Australia, social networks, Sydney
Jul 242008
Social Network Telecommunications view presentation (tags: open-mesh fon telecommunications to) Whew, I just got home from presenting on Social Network Telecommunications – the Consumer as ISP at Broadband Australia 2008 conference. Anyway, I thought I’d take you through the slides (above), which develop further my other open mesh blog posts. The First Bit (up to slide 6) Click or got to Flickr for full view of diagram I wanted to show that currently social media is still very 2.0. Locked down content. The user generated video or podcast or photo or mix of all goes in the content box. It’s Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 10:43 pm Tagged with: ad-hoc network, Adelaide Uni, analog, British Telecom, broadband, consumer economy, economy, free/cheap wireless solution, ISP, John Lindsay, Kentucky, mesh network routers, mesh networking, mobile, Monetization, New Zealand, normal router, open source router, peer to peer, peer2peer, social media, Social Media Australia, Social Network Telecommunications, social networks, telecommunications, telstra, United Kingdom, user generated content, video, vodafone, web 2.0, Western Australia, wireless devices, youtube
Jul 242008
… or, are blogs dying/dead?Click for readable diagram: Any content site that is pre-prepared content, single channel, little crossover, lecture style etc. The problem with blogs is they aren’t collaborative. Yes of course it’s possible to have a conversation. People can leave comments on your blog – the Dine In version. Or they can comment in their own blog post, linking back to yours (Take Out or TakeAway). Or a mashup of the two, by commenting on an RSS feed about your blog. But it ain’t collaborative. I’m speaking here specifically about Blogs. Blogs are portals for content you create Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 9:45 pm Tagged with: Bloggerati, broadband, consumer economy, content site, coughs, economy, mobile, Monetization, Online Communities, peer to peer, peer2peer, producer, social media, Social Media Australia, social media content, social network, social networks, telecommunications, user generated content, video, youtube
Jul 242008
I said on the 2WebCrew podcast ages ago that YouTube was dead and just didn’t know it. I got poohpoohed. But I think my points were valid. YouTube is trapped content. It’s not peer-to-peer, but hosted ‘static’ content. It’s like a traditional broadcast channel online. Look at how the politicians used it in the last Australia election. That’s not Social Video. It was great, for us to create content at home and then publish online, but it’s not collaborative.Enter Qik.Use your mobile phone and stream LIVE to their site. Not ‘film with your mobile and then upload, at your leisure, Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 8:52 pm Tagged with: broadband, broadcast, cellular telephone, designer, Facebook, innovation, mobile, Mogulus studio, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks, Twitter, video, youtube
Jul 212008
BUMP: I’m bumping this cos I’m speaking on Friday at Broadband Australia 2008, about Community Wireless and peer-to-peer telecommunications and the implications to the digital economy that customer (social) networks with a business model will have on the Australian digital economy. If you are going to the conference, come up and say hi? Citizen telecommunications provider. Imagine signing up to BigPond or Optus broadband networks. You get sent a modem from Netcomm or Cisco or Motorola and in it is a tiny 25c chip. When you run the installer, one of the questions is: Would you like to make revenue Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 4:33 pm Tagged with: British Telecom, Digital Garage, EUR, FON Wireless Ltd., Germany, Google, Internet access, internet connection, Internet giants, mobile, open mesh, private network, public internet access point, Sequoia Capital, shared wireless networks, Social Media Australia, USD, venture capital, wireless internet connection, wireless networks, wireless router
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