Trust in Web 2.0

Danah Boyd writes a post about a rather worrying occurence: a friend who had their Google account taken away from them: Earlier this week, an acquaintance of mine found himself trapped in a Kafka-esque nightmare, a nightmare that should make all of us stop and think. He wants to remain anonymous so let’s call him … Keep reading

William Shaw on Scientology

William Shaw is a great writer, and a great guy. He’s written a number of non-fiction titles, mainly on counter-cultural issues and is now doing some exciting stuff with social media, looking into stuff like uses the blog format to publish short non-fiction stories on UnMadeUp, posting stories around different parts of Brighton, and the … Keep reading

The value of online communities

Jeremiah Owyang posts about a report he has written for Forrester. The executive summary is all we really need: To host a successful community, think of it as you would product development: Start by focusing on objectives, chart a road map, assemble the right team, and plan to be flexible. Then build your success by … Keep reading

8 tips for beginner bloggers

I have been thinking quite a bit recently about what people need to do before they start a blog. I know that one should say that blogging doesn’t necessarily suit everybody, but, to be honest, if there is novel in every person then there should be a blog too. So, if you are thinking about … Keep reading

links for 2008-02-14

My Top 10 Essential Drupal Modules Steve Purkiss lists his favourite plugins for Drupal – some good stuff here. (tags: drupal modules)