Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

Online gamer punished with virtual crucifixion

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006What an amazing event. The bad guy in an MMROPG, gets crucified by the virtual community , because he is not playing by the rules.Good job nobody knows where he lives. :-)The report goes Banning online players for ...

The erosion of trust

Friday, March 31st, 2006The economic survey is undertaking tracking research on trust via the World Economic ForumFull Survey: Trust in Governments, Corporations and Global Institutions Continues to DeclineSince signaling the importance of trust in world affairs, the World Economic Forum has been ...

When push comes to pull: the new economy & culture of the networked society

Thursday, March 30th, 2006I have been reading the Aspen Institutes latest ouvre, entitled When push comes to pull. The new economy & culture of networking technologyWhich resonates deeply with Communities Dominate Brands.David Bollier the author states If the world seems a confusing ...

When push comes to pull: a new paradigm

Thursday, March 30th, 2006I have been reading the Aspen Institutes latest ouvre, entitled When push comes to pull. The new economy & culture of networking technologyWhich resonates deeply with Communities Dominate Brands.David Bollier the author states If the world seems a confusing ...

Business, society and the nuturing of communities

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006I was speaking at the Media Guardian Changing Media Summit yesterday.One of the topics discussed was "finding new ways to connect with consumers in a collaborative world."Unfortunately, there was not enough time to really get stuck into the topic.Its ...

Google is passé

Friday, March 24th, 2006Google is now in danger of being passé - as a purely mechanical way of finding informationSays Alan Rushbridger Editor of the GuardianFurther And just to be "really terrifying", hundreds of sites are scraping the ads out ...

The digital holes in the digital cheese

Friday, March 17th, 2006Rupert Murdoch talked about being either a digital immigrant or a digital native and then went and bought the holes in the digital cheese - though he did not realise it.I was thinking about the how an industrialised ...

Communities and web 2.0

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006What's accelerated Web 2.0 ideals more recently are new technologies. Implementing the movement's basic principles is less expensive and easier than it was several years ago because of the evolution of data storage and software, plus the wider adoption ...

Who owns the wisdom of the crowd?

Saturday, January 28th, 2006I stumbled upon this post Who owns the wisdom of the crowd? by Jeff Jarvis who quotes Yochai Benkler A whole set of other behaviors that have grown up in the household, in friendships, in communities, the ...

Chinese bloggers debate Google

Friday, January 27th, 2006Google's decision to launch a censored version of its search engine in China has drawn opprobrium from many bloggers around the world.The BBC News website spoke to bloggers in China and Hong Kong to get their ...

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