Blue sky not thinking

Top of first run of week in Serre Chevalier

Tech news links 19/01/08

According to Experian social networks account for 1 in 5 page impressions in the UK - from BBC's Darren Waters dot.life technology blog

More from Experian research on the power of the Web 2.0 superadvocate with large following and the power to make or break brands with their online comments - from Utalmarketing website

Jemima Kiss's PDA gives a great round up of this week's stories.

Also profile on YuuGuu computer screen-sharing business community here

Scrabulous-Facebook lawsuit brought by Scrabble games companies - some people just aren't happy with free global marketing - from BBC Online



Comment on Tom Hodgkinson's Facebook article in G2 section of the Guardian at the beginning of the week.

Most of the original article is based on this video posted on Youtube

While the article was written to be extreme, we should know the background and motivations of the people that hold our information (if we have chosen to post it truthfully). Personally I see the handing over of our personal data as a trade off for being connected 24/7, so that if I witness something I want to publish to friends and the wider world, I can do so instantly via a blog or social media platform. Everyone is accountable.


Guardian technology podcast with Bobbie Johnson reporting from Macworld

Twitter mentions for US elections candidates from Mike D at 1000heads

Delmonte example of using social media for research and product development from Wall Street Journal's Emily Steel

Tech news links 13/01/08

Social media

Wikia Search gets drumming - from Business Week's Brian Burnsed

TechCrunch UK's Mike Butcher's take on using Twitter for conversation

Business execs snub Facebook according to Silicon.com CIO jury with just one out of 12 using it for business, the rest preferring sites liked LinkedIn

Guardian's Kevin Anderson experiments with video discussion site, Seesmix, encouraging feedback on the US elections

From TechCrunch, LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman invests in discussion aggregator and management service, Grouply, with others

Research

Web 2.0 threats from Quocirca's Fran Howarth

KPMG and Economist Intelligence Unit research finds data concerns hold back Web 2.0 adoption on econsultancy

Social journalism

Guardian's Charles Arthur - "Distribution is king, not content"

Press Gazette highlights problem of young/new journalists been worked to the bone in quest for content

Top Digg stories from 2007 from Press Gazette

Chinese blogger trying to record protest gets beaten to death by authorities from TechCrunch - demonstrating citizen journalism's importance in some countries over others

Stuck at Swindon

Trying to get to Bristol in SW floods on Friday night. Commuters from London wait at Swindon station for news.

Tech news links 06/01/08

Social journalism

What makes an online journalist from Kevin Anderson – Guardian/Strange Attractor

Online figures for national newspaper sites for December from Press Gazette

dot.life blog launches on BBC with Darren Waters and Rory Cellan-Jones posting – Rory is off to CES

News

Guardian's Jemima Kiss' PDA roundup

Bebo named top social networking site by Which for privacy and security from Guardian’s Rebecca Smithers

Wika Search planned launch 7th January 4 as possible Google search rival from VNUnet

Scoble booted off Facebook for allegedly running scripts on his page – not so open a platform then from TechCrunch's Mike Butcher?

And the explanation why from Jack Schofield with more Plaxo PR further to up-for-sale stories

Cyber thieves target social sites from Mark Ward at BBC Online

Using social media

Future business uses for Twitter from JP Rangaswami

8 reasons to embrace WOM from WOMMA

2008 predictions

BBC Online’s Bill Thompson predictions for 2008 including Facebook location-based services

Library House social media big sale prediction

2nd Tech Weekly podcast from Guardian more predictions