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The London freesheets and the web - Part 3: Voting - currybetdotnet - 24 September, 2007
The London freesheets and the web - Part 3: Voting - currybetdotnet - 24 September, 2007
The next part of Martin Belam’s series on participatory aspects of London’s freesheets.
Voting’s a funny one. A lot of people seem to be mad for the web voting as a way of getting users to interact with websites, but most [...]
The London freesheets and the web - Part 2: Films and Celebs - currybetdotnet - 21 September, 2007
The London freesheets and the web - Part 2: Films and Celebs - currybetdotnet - 21 September, 2007
Martin Belam is doing a series of posts about the use of User Generated Content (should that even have caps? I doubt it) in the London Freesheets. This one is about movie reviews. It’s a fascinating topic because [...]
PubDef.net - St. Louis Politics
PubDef.net - St. Louis Politics
An interesting story where YouTube took down videos in response to complaints of copyright infringement by a TV station. The first video removed and about which the complaint was made was a story about that very TV station and their failure to follow up a story involving political corruption. One might [...]
PressThink: Consent Decree with the Open Web Shuts Down Times Select
PressThink: Consent Decree with the Open Web Shuts Down Times Select
Jay Rosen on the New York Times decision to shut down Times Select, the subscription-based part of their site. Nothing to add.
onesmallproject.com
onesmallproject.com
This is a call for submissions fascinating-looking project looking at the built environment of slums/shanty towns/squats, basically people not in “authorised” accommodation.
AfricaNews - Mobile reporters in Africa - Videos
AfricaNews - Mobile reporters in Africa - Videos
Mobile phone video used for reporting in Africa. This is really interesting (well to me at least, given my thesis on wee videos). The quality of the small videos is excellent. I came across this in the Rocketboom episode of Wednesday September 5th.
