CommunitiesUK to continue tweeting?
Interestingly, it looks like the experiment with Twitter that DCLG have been undertaking as part of the Communities in Control digital participation drive might continue beyond the initial period. Great news.
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
The need for community managers
Marshall Kirkpatrick, at ReadWriteWeb wrote a piece that caused a certain amount of flurry yesterday, asking whether startups need community managers: A community manager can do many things (see below) but the most succinct definition of the role that we…
Thing are coming 2gether
I am looking forward to the 2gether festival this Wednesday and Thursday, lots of cool people coming, and lots of exciting sessions to attend. You can find out more at the event’s blog, or by looking around the associated social…
Getting wiki with it
Interesting stuff going on at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, with a wiki being built by Ben Hammersley using MediaWiki with a bit of skinning and the addition of a few plugins, like that which adds social network type features…
An EU Political MySpace?
From EU Observer: Plans are being developed to launch a social networking site for MEPs and MPs to boost contacts between politicians across Europe and promote a trans-European democracy. Myparl.eu – officially to be launched in October – is a…
Roles, Platforms, Worldviews – Processes?
David Wilcox twittered the other week: chat with @davebriggs making me think we need some way to reduce the networking overhead. Too much New: roles, platforms, worldviews… Which is an interesting point. There is a tonne of stuff going on…
Tracking conversations
Sounds like Fav.or.it is going to solve the issue of bringing my comments back to my blog, better than Co-comment does (which seems borked at the moment?). From Mike Butcher at Techcrunch UK: Fav.or.it is tapping into some powerful ideas…
Why I love web 2.0
Part of the joys of the social web and the community that has built up around it is the sheer informality of the whole thing. Take this, for example: a tweet from Loic Le Meur, CEO of Seesmic this morning:…
Downing Street is on Twitter
And you can follow the rather dull news updates at Still, well done whoever got this going!
AOL to buy Bebo for $850 millon cash
Here’s an interesting development: AOL have announced the purchase of social network Bebo for $850 million in cash. Previous coverage didn’t even mention AOL as a potential buyer. From BusinessWire: With a total membership of more than 40 million worldwide,…