The Five Questions Companies Ask About Social Media Great post from Jeremiah Owyang, thanks to Neville Hobson for the link (tags: blog business collaboration socialmedia research tips) paulcanning: Off with the pixies Paul’s typically vituperative take on Minister for the…

Georgina Henry: Welcome to the new Comment is free The Guardian’s Comment and blogging space has had a revamp. (tags: guardian commentisfree blogging politics media news journalism networkedjournalism)

Is Twitter Down? Does what it says on the, er, title bar (tags: twitter funny humor web2.0 mashup check internet down)

ICELE and how out-of-touch Gordon is with egov Paul Canning’s view on the ICELE business. (tags: ICELE slashgov lgedem localgovuk edemocracy egov) KnowMore Firefox Extension – Knowmore.org A firefox extension that helps you to shop ethically online. Hat tip: Tim…

rooreynolds.com: In search of the perfect blogging tool Roo Reynolds is looking for a Mac blog editor as good as Windows Live Writer. It doesn’t exist, frankly. (tags: blogging editor mac software windowslivewriter ecto marsedit) Do we need to better…

The Obvious?: Evolutionary zeal Euan Semple on social media and language (tags: euan+semple language socialmedia) Open Tech 2008 – 5th July in London. Open Tech 2008 is an informal, low cost one-day conference on technology, society and low-carbon living, featuring…

Socialreporting at Shine « Socialreporter David on his social reporting at the Shine 2008 conference, which I have been following this weekend. Almost as good as being there! (tags: socialreporter shine2008 david+wilcox)

Refresh Cambridge Interesting web community in Cambridge (tags: cambridge community css design html networking webdesign)

evoice home “evoice intends to enhance the interest and the engagement of European citizens in general political issues within a representative democracy.” (tags: edemocracy research europe engagement participation community online)

My little Asus Eee PC James Cridland on getting Ubuntu working efficiently on an Eeepc (tags: eeepc asus james+cridland) Is New Media Killing Journalism? Do you care? Charlie Beckett on a recent discussion on the role of citizen journalists. (tags:…