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Internet debate on TVNZ 7

Last nights debate was a fun event to watch and more importantly engage with. The use of twitter, irc, Facebook provided viewers with multiple channels to take part in the show. I can recall only 1-2 questions from the studio audience, such was the power of the net community in terms of the size of [...]

Social Media Revolution

I’ve seen this clip presented at two separate presentations that I’ve attended over the last week so I thought I’d share it with you. Nothing really new about what’s covered in it for me but for those who do not understand or appreciate the shift going on it’s an eye opener.

Sunshine & Portability

I’m composing this blog entry using an app on my iPhone while sitting in Dunedin’s Octagon in the lunchtime summer sun. It is now so easy these days to share your thoughts online from whereever. I now tweet and post multiple status updates daily without a second thought. My Iphone and it’s “always on” Internet [...]

WordPress 2.9

After updating my blog software to this latest release I have to say I’m very happy with it. There have been a few nice extra features added and a bunch of bug fixes as well. If you have not updated your blog software for a while I suggest you download this version and act now!

iPod touch – always on shuffle?

I’ve been a little quiet lately on the blogging front but that’s been largely due to a few things like work, university exams and birthdays. For the latter I was given an iPod Touch and have been enjoying using the device more for it’s online social networking connectivity than for its ability to hold and play [...]

The Digital Panopticon

Just came across a great bit on O’Reilly Radar by Joshua-Michéle Ross. The concept – ‘self regulation of behaviour due to 24/7 surveillance’ and linking this idea to the growth of the social web and the implications of this growth on the users who contibute to it.

Jackson brings down the internet

For several hours as folks first strove to hear the news of Jackson’s death then reacted to it by posting, blogging etc. the Internet slowed significantly. Sites like TMZ.COM and the LA Times fielded massive increases in the number of hits and slowed to a halt. I like this artists take on the Twitter ‘fail whale’