Sep 242009
 

He should stick to politics – how quickly they forget! It wasn’t traditional media in the US that put Barack Obama in office, if I’m not mistaken:

Mr. Obama said he noted the trend. “I am concerned that if the direction of the news is all blogosphere, all opinions, with no serious fact-checking, no serious attempts to put stories in context, that what you will end up getting is people shouting at each other across the void but not a lot of mutual understanding,” the President said.”What I hope is that people start understanding if you’re getting your newspaper over the Internet, that’s not free and there’s got to be a way to find a business model that supports that.”

Pfft. Maybe it has to do with the fact that bloggers are starting to take on the role that journalists also do, which is undercover investigations – and it didn’t go well for Obama: barack Obama

Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s campaign has been in full damage control mode since the senator’s blunt remarks about the nature of small town Pennsylvania voters were secretly recorded by a Huffington Post blogger at a recent San Francisco fundraiser that was supposed to be off limits to the press. Read more

what do you think?

Mar 182009
 

Social Web for Social Good: Change the Web Challenge Calling all web developers! Create a web application by April 3, 2009 that draws on Social Actions’ open database of 60,000 + actions for a chance to win cash prizes: 1st place: $5,000 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000 Social Actions currently aggregates opportunities to make a difference from over 40 online platforms such as VolunteerMatch, Kiva.org, DonorsChoose.org, Idealist.org, and Change.org. We’re looking for applications that will share these opportunities to take action on the websites, blogs, and social networks that people visit every day. To be eligible to win, all Continue Reading…

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…

Jul 192008
 

First, the most important thing, from Read Write Web Article, BlogHer: Who Are Your Favorite Women Bloggers? (Thanks Marshall Kirkpatrick!!) Laurel Papworth, SilkCharm, a fabulous Australian social media consultant I’ve just recently discovered. Finally my fabulous-ness is recognised. Heh. Who do you think is an awesome female blogger – (that list is not only Australian females, so anywhere really)? Or, how about an Australian female blogger? No, dear, don’t tell me, go to ReadWriteWeb and tell them (hint: check out Meg Tsiamis site Blogpond Top 100 Australian Blogs andTop Australian Women Bloggers at CrazyMeezer or AllForWomen.com.au. I’ve shot up to Continue Reading…

Mar 292008
 

Seek.com.au have got a job advertised for Aussies, asking them to move to San Franscisco: Wikispaces Software EngineerWikispaces.com is looking for a software engineer to build and scale our quickly-growing web application. This position is full time.This position is in San Francisco. We’re a small team working on a big site, and we’re looking for a passionate engineer to dive in with us. Wikispaces is a wiki host, providing easy to use wikis for a wide audience. There’s lots to do: designing and building new parts of the application, working on our front-end javascript and AJAX, squeezing a few more Continue Reading…

Feb 122008
 

Are you going? Media 08 Australia’s Annual Report for Digital Professionals. Friday 7th March, 9.00am – 5.30pmJones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont, Sydney Australia’s leading digital media organisations, Fairfax Digital and X|Media|Lab, bring you a one-day executive briefing on all you need to know about digital media for the year 2008. “Media ’08″ brings together world leading experts from the UK, the US, India, China, Australia, the Middle East and Korea, to present on the most significant trends and innovations happening or about to happen across the spectrum of digital media: The Media and The Message; Generation Cellphone; Video and Interactivity; Platforms Continue Reading…

Nov 122007
 

Don’t be cross with me, but I feel strangely comforted by the thought of a higher authority (Google) watching over me, plumbing the shallow depths of my consciousness, listening to the household dramas (via their ambient patent on PC/mobile device) and sending me signs and symbols (oh, ok, Ads) that I need to hear and see. Now be honest, don’t you? So nice that someone cares and is concerned and interested. Someone who is Not Evil of course. Or Inept. Governments need not apply. “Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an Continue Reading…

Nov 112007
 

I am often asked at conferences what I think the future of defamation and copyright and privacy will be, legal-wise. I always feel like a right wally saying “the laws will change, I guarantee it”. It’s the one weak area of my presentation – people understand that change is coming but don’t believe that it will be that drastic. Maybe it will be individuals changing the laws, maybe a “higher power” like government. But I really want to yell out – FACE IT, PEOPLE, IT’S ALREADY CHANGED. We’re just waiting for the laws to catch up. Intel Official: Say Goodbye Continue Reading…

Oct 202007
 

Summary: Facebook profiles accessible externally, jobs at Facebook including incredible perks.A week ago in my post Facebook Doesn’t Suck I mentioned that profile information is accessible to any developer who wants to create an application for that purpose, but that no dev had, probably because they want to keep the member in facebook. Now, Linuxworld Australia reports: WEB 2.0 – Facebook wants to make members’ data portable Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service Facebook wants to make the data its members enter into the social network’s profiles portable, so that they can move that data to other online services if Continue Reading…

May 312007
 

SixApart Torn Apart?Here’s an example of situations to avoid in Online Communities (more at TechRepublic) Thousands of LiveJournal customers are rebelling against the company’s recent decision to censor hundreds of sex-themed discussion groups, a broad swath that has led to the removal of literary critiques and fan-written fiction about Harry Potter. LiveJournal, which is owned by San Francisco-based Six Apart, confirmed Wednesday that it deleted around 500 journals this week in hopes of better “protecting children.” It said the deletion was prompted by activist groups, including one called Warriors for Innocence that claims to track sites promoting pedophilia, the sexual Continue Reading…

Sep 082006
 

I’m guessing that when Second Life said they were activity encouraging user generated content and member software… Hello Second Lifers, As announced on our website at http://secondlife.com/corporate/bulletin.php and corporate blog at http://blog.secondlife.com/?tag=security, Second Life discovered an attack on our servers on September 6, 2006. The full security bulletin is reprinted below, followed by a FAQ that includes important security advice for our community. ===================SECURITY BULLETIN *SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (September 8, 2006)* – Linden Lab reported today that it is notifying its community of a database breach, which potentially exposed customer data including the unencrypted names and addresses, and the encrypted Continue Reading…

Jun 072006
 

Now that I have your attention. Cheryl Lead, Online Manager over at Virgin Money sent me this info: In June we are lucky to have Joseph Konstan, a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota and President of ACM SIGCHI talk to us about bridging computer science and behavioral science. Please note, as Joseph is only in Sydney for one day, this event will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month – which is Tuesday the 13th of June. Further details of the event are provided below. ‘Bridging Computer Science and Behavioral Science: Research Continue Reading…

Feb 052006
 

CBS 5 from San Francisco, has a report from San Jose Police Detective David Gonzalez about parental concern regarding links between missing teens and Myspace. He points out that predators troll the forums and blogs looking for targets and recommends the following: What we tell parents is that kids should not have a computer with Internet access in their own room,” said Gonzalez. “Computers should always be in a common area.”In addition, children should not be given the password to access the Internet from the family computer, according to Gonzalez.“The parents should log into the computer for the child,” he Continue Reading…

Oct 182005
 

Ok, this is more like it… participatory marketing, within a community, with a great feedback mechanism and some (hopefully) compelling content. Tribe.net One of the First Social Networking Sites to Offer Advertisers Branded CommunitiesAuto Manufacturer Scion First Advertiser to Sign-On for Innovative Online Branding Campaign SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ — Tribe.net, a free online destination where local people connect with each other about shared interests,announced today it is offering branded communities, which enable advertisersto harness the power of social networking to deliver brand messages and interact with consumers. Tribe is one of the first social networking sites to offer Continue Reading…