Archive for 'Social Networks and Communities'
Opening up The Social Graph
Here’s a little nugget which could turn out to be something big. Google have announced their new Social Graph API. In layman’s terms the social graph is the representation of me and my contacts, and how we relate to each other (the friends list on Facebook is a good example). Problem is, you build one [...]
Full Story4Talent: Serious Virtual Worlds
Last week I caught the last afternoon of the Serious Virtual Worlds conference in Coventry. Here’s a short piece I wrote on the conference for 4Talent.
Full StoryLibrary Thing
If you’re interested in reading, take a look at Library Thing. It’s a social networking site based around books, enabling you to hook up with others who are interested in the same sorts of things as you are. One nice feature is that they’ve encouraged a number of authors to sign up. A good example [...]
Full StoryNew Media 4Casts Episode 3: Film, Documentary and the Internet
This month’s show is for Film and Documentary makers and looks at how new internet technologies are changing the landscape of this industry. Includes interviews with Patrick Walker from Google, Fabien Rigall from Future Shorts and Emily Renshaw Smith from Current TV. For more information on the shows and to subscribe to the podcast, please [...]
Full StoryGet your name in lights
A great example of how to mix online and offline elements to create a great participative project. Check out the website and tell them who you think should be projected in gigantic letters across Birmingham City Centre.
Full StoryBrightcove: Set up your own online TV channel
I’ve just been having a play with Brightcove, a system which allows anyone to set up their own online TV channel. It’s quite like YouTube but much more geared to content producers who want to charge for what they want to do and make a business out of it. It has other advantages over YouTube. [...]
Full StoryHow to make money when people copy your stuff
99% of everyone I’ve spoken to over the last year still doesn’t believe that anyone’s going to make any money out of peer to peer content sales over the internet. (i.e. I cheaply make some video, music, e-books or anything else and sell a copy to you directly and cheaply over the web without there being a [...]
Full StoryOnline Communities for Creative People
This article will be published in the forthcoming edition of TEN4 magazine. One of the Internet’s biggest success stories in recent years has been the rise and rise of online communities – sites that allow anyone, technically able or not, to communicate with each other and publish their own content. Many of these websites centre [...]
Full StoryPlyometrics through Paypal
This is the rough draft of an article I’ve written for the next issue of TEN4 magazine. I’d like to know what people think about this subject and of the article. All comments appreciated as usual! Thanks to Dan O’Connell for the interesting title. — Plyometrics through Paypal Digitalization has profoundly altered the creative industries. [...]
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