Ben Werdmuller helps leaders at newsrooms, non-profits, and mission-driven organizations to navigate their biggest technology challenges.
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Thanks to everyone who came to the conference event yesterday, as well as to Andy Pryde for videotaping everything and Meri Tosh for invaluable organisational help. I'd like to plug the community I set up for attendees again - click here to continue the discussion. Couldn't
http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/09/01/celebrity-wtf/ First Samuel L Jackson uses the word “blogosphere” on the Daily Show, and now Paris Hilton’s hacking into Lindsay Lohan’s voicemail using Asterisk. Where will this celebrity-geek culture mashup end? When MC Hammer has not just a blog but also Skypecasts
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http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/08/30/knowing-knowledge-and-releasing-books-online/ George Siemens is about to release a book: Knowing Knowledge is an exploration of knowledge - what it is, how it is changing, and what it means to our organizations and society. Knowing Knowledge will be available for purchase (or download) by mid-September
http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/08/30/michael-de-kort-the-coast-guard-and-democratised-media/ The Washington Post features a report about Michael de Kort, a Lockheed Martin employee who - after getting no results from the usual channels - posted a whistleblowing video on Youtube about a set of critical security flaws in a fleet of refurbished
http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/08/30/web-20-job-boards-roundup/ The 37signals Job Board costs $250 for 30 days; jobs are divided into design, progbramming, business and miscellaneous. Given 37signals’ emphasis on design, most are design jobs. It’s hard to say how many there are a day, as dates aren’t included.
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http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/08/30/on-the-move/ Om Malik and Michael Arrington are pondering Dave Winer’s move towards mobile-enabling the blogosphere. Specifically, his product OPML Editor will allow users to view content they’ve subscribed to on their mobile phone. This is definitely a useful feature; I certainly spend
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http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/08/29/will-wright-computers-enhance-our-people-skills/ Bokardo.com highlights a Wired editorial by Will Wright, creator of SimCity, SimEarth, The Sims et al. I was particularly drawn by this quote: But the Internet has morphed what we used to think of as a fancy calculator into a fancy telephone
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http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/08/29/open-talk/ Skype and Google Talk are to interoperate. This is good news, not only for users of both systems, but for the Internet at large: Google Talk runs on open standards. Such a deal could mean Google Talk serves as a gateway between Skype
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http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/08/28/apps-for-your-domain-googles-office-suite-launches/ Google have released Apps for your Domain, which is more or less the long-promised Google Office. Gmail, Talk, Calendar and Page Creator are part of the suite right now, with Writely and Google Spreadsheet to follow. This is a pretty fully-featured web office
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http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/08/28/lonelygirl15-a-new-kind-of-viral-marketing/ There’s been some talk over the past few days about Lonelygirl15, a 16-year-old homeschooled girl called Bree who posts well-shot, entertainingly edited videologs on Youtube with her friend Daniel. It would appear, however, that all is not what it seems. Some of
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http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/08/27/taking-advantage/ Call me sensitive, but I think there are lines between information, entertainment and marketing that sometimes shouldn’t be crossed. Allowing users to download clips from a vast archive of video and use them for teaching and learning? Information. Hosting every music video
Dave and I spent a couple of days in Klagenfurt, giving a workshop on Elgg. It was a really positive session; most people hadn't seen Elgg before, but by the end of the workshop everyone was putting together profiles, uploading files and sharing with each other. I'