Category: social media
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8) Morning coffee with Craig: the G20, the economy, and protest
OK, I have started my ‘morning coffee with Craig’ series again. Similar format and similar theme to the previous ones, but I promise something fresher soon. Here I talk about ‘globalism’ and the recent protests during the G20 meeting here in London. It is similar to another video diary; number 4 in this series when…
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From the official White House channel
The White House is active in the use of social media through setting up official channels on a number of popular social media sites. This is Vimeo, that has 1.3 million users, and of course there is YouTube, which also has an official White House channel (link). 3/28/09: Your Weekly Address from White House on…
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Living socially online…
I found this wonderful movie on a system I hadn’t yet used called Vimeo. Thanks to my friend Brian in Chicago for introducing me to it. Memory Bank 120394a from Karen Abad loves Dinosaurs. on Vimeo.
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Watch out Wikipedia, here comes Britannica 2.0
In a move to take on Wikipedia, the Encyclopedia Britannica is inviting the hoi polloi to edit, enhance and contribute to its online version. New features enabling the inclusion of this user-generated content will be rolled out on the encyclopedia’s website over the next 24 hours, Britannica’s president, Jorge Cauz, said in an interview today (link)
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Where to for Web 2?
Internet censorship is back again on the agenda; most notably in Australia where the government plans to install a Chinese-style firewall to block certain sites. Australia has often taken a draconian lead in this area and research and experience suggests that filtering doesn’t work on a state level (for a whole bunch of reasons). Filtering…
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What is Flock the social web browser?
Internet users spend a lot of time going from one site to the next, keeping up with a variety of friends and interests. Flock pulls all of your favorite people, places and content together in a convenient view and delivers a more personal experience of the web, where its users are more easily connected to…