About a week ago I woke up with an idea. Some of our most important memories are linked to particular places, so why not share your memories with others using a map? That idea that sparked a project I’ve been working on over the past few days.
I decided I’d take a walk around the village [...]
Let’s pretend we don’t exist – Does it matter if we’re being lied to online?
Apr 10 2009
Posted by Martin as Ethics, Internet, Manchester Social Media Cafe
As our use of the internet evolves, questions of online and offline identity become more important. Maybe a little mild deception might be fun?
Tuesday night saw the latest meeting of Manchester’s Social Media Cafe. One of the talks was run by Futuresonic festival founder Drew Hemment. Although the talk was supposed to be about the [...]
Hitting April Fool’s Gold – making a white lie work wonders
Apr 02 2009
Posted by Martin as Internet
Every year April Fools day seems to get more painful. As the number of media outlets increases through growing numbers of TV stations, radio stations and websites, not to mention personal blogs and Twitter accounts the number of April Fool jokes we’re exposed to increases. I certainly felt a bit over-exposed to poor quality April [...]
If you were launching a new service would you give it a name that sounds the same as a company already established in your chosen sector? Imagine launching a mobile phone company called ‘TeeMo Bile’ or a record label called Ee Em Eye. It’d be madness, right?
Well, a new player in the online video space [...]
“Twitter lessons” are one thing, but UK education needs to shake off its fear of anything to do with social media first.
The announcement yesterday that the UK government was planning to introduce “Twitter lessons” into British schools caused a bit of a stir online. Looking closer the story isn’t quite true, after all by the [...]
It’s not often I write about the same subject two posts in a row but AudioBoo has got me excited enough to do that. You see, depending on what’s happening in my non-blogging life I’m either a frequent writer or a sporadic one. This week, unfortunately, is a sporadic week. This thing is, I still [...]
We live in exciting times. It seems like every month a new tool is released that allows us to communicate online in new and exciting ways. 12seconds and Qik (which I’ve previously covered here and here) are two of my favourite examples from the past year and they both use video in different, exciting ways. [...]
“Hello, can you hear me?” The smartphone’s weak link
Mar 15 2009
Posted by Martin as Mobile Phones, Twitter
Mobile phones have come a long way in the past five years. From the basic communications devices of yore, they have evolved into what Nokia calls “Multimedia Computers” capable of web access, good quality photos, live video broadcasting and much, much, more. There is, however, a chink in the smartphone’s armour. Something that seems to [...]
How much would you pay to read your favourite blog? Chances are it wouldn’t be much. Blogs add value to our lives but few are essential reading. Chances are though, if you really liked a blog you’d pay a small amount – maybe £5 per month? That’s £60 (82 USD) per year.
Now, how about if [...]
Bloggers have something of a reputation for being sad losers who post their opinions into an online echo chamber when they could be outside in the fresh air kicking a football around with the other kids. Yes, many of the blogs out there have more value to the author than they do to any audience [...]
