Category: Social Media

  • What it takes to be a citizen journalist

    Google just launched the YouTube Reporters Center. Ever captured a natural disaster or a crime on your cell-phone camera? Filmed a political rally or protest, and then interviewed the participants afterward? Produced a story about a local issue in your…

  • Mashable’s one-stop guide to Twitter

    Pete Cashmore of internet news site Mashable asks: Where’s the user manual for Twitter? Where do new Twitter users go to learn about Tweeting, retweets, hashtags and customizing your Twitter profile? Where do you go if you want to know…

  • Impressions of TweetCamp

    An extremely enjoyable day is how I’d sum up my overall thoughts about TweetCamp London 09 which took place yesterday, June 27, in Richmond. I reckon there were well over 100 people at this event, superbly organized by Farhan Rehman,…

  • Twitter connections in real life at TweetCamp

    I’m going to be at TweetCamp London 09 in Richmond tomorrow, June 27. In common with quite a few others, I want to see what an unconference that focuses on the cross-over of relationships developed primarily on Twitter into the…

  • An anti-Outlook groundswell that’s hard to ignore

    It’s a hot topic, it involves a product many people hate, and it’s from a company that many love to hate. It’s about Outlook, the ubiquitous Windows application from Microsoft for email, contacts, calendar, etc, a new version of which…