Ben Werdmuller helps leaders at newsrooms, non-profits, and mission-driven organizations to navigate their biggest technology challenges.
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,
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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
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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'
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http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/08/22/nimbuzz-not-quite-enough/ Nimbuzz provides more communication power for your mobile buck, but it’s still the wrong approach. It’s definitely a cool service - instant messaging, worldwide SMS for pennies and an integrated messaging system - but it’s never going to become
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If you haven't seen it, Harold Jarche has posted a point-by-point comparison of the Blackboard patent and Elgg's features. It's a really good post and should leave you in no doubt about where we stand: Elgg is not covered by the patent
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http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/08/22/why-get-excited-about-the-social-web/ This weekend I found myself chatting to a friend over a few beers in Camden, far away from the glow of a computer screen. Outside the pub window, people walked to and from the market, and the
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I've just posted a message to the development list that might be of interest to more than just developers. Click through to read the full text, but a pertinent quote follows: I'm very keen, on the other hand, to establish open, standardised way to interface with
http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/08/18/debunking-the-googlearchy-beyond-search-engine-optimisation/ Ars Technica ran an article yesterday about the so-called Googlearchy: the tendency for search engine rankings to amplify the dominance of already-popular sites and essentially create an aristocracy of web services. This would seem to
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Edufilter is a weblog about educational technology; Dave has started it off with an interview with the EdTechTalk guys, with more in the pipeline. If you've got an educational project that you'd like to talk about, drop us a line. Together with The Internet is People
http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/08/16/the-new-model-for-media-consumption/ In the Independent this week, the head of web operations at the BBC discussed how he’d like to put the entire back catalogue online: By putting this content online, he says, the BBC will eventually allow users
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http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/08/16/the-wednesday-message/ A quick note from the organisation that pays the bills: The Internet is People is brought to you by Curverider Ltd, the open source web applications firm responsible for Elgg.net and the forthcoming Elgg Spaces community-in-a-box service.
Elgg is one of the most widely talked-about e-learning applications around, and Elgg.net is probably the most well-known Elgg community. Some of the most important people in learning - both educators and students alike - have accounts here, and the community is linked to from across the web.