real-time web

Hashtag Debate in London

by Brian on 01-13-2010

in london,web

• Don’t take it too seriously. There will never be consensus. Ultimately everything is decided by what people use. Debate about what we should use will just go on and on forever. • Sometimes the stupidest ideas (sometimes starting as jokes and accidents) turn out to be the most popular and effective. Think of LOLcats [...]

Tagged as: communities, folksonomy, hashtags, networks, open standards, real-time web, relationships, tagging, taxonomy

London Needs an Information Hub

by Brian on 07-13-2009

in civics,economics,london

These thoughts have been germinating for a while, finally coming together after reading this on Glen Pearson’s blog: I am learning that these people ["from all political stripes" who manage to work together] are looking for a “place,” a way of being that can reflect political differences while at the same time maintaining the deep respect [...]

Tagged as: blogging, decision-making, digital competence, hub, information, marginal utility, real-time web, social media, twitter, web

The Raw Feed of History

by Brian on 06-22-2009

in civics,media

As a journalist, I cannot say that what I have read and seen today is the whole story: everything is too piecemeal, too unconfirmable, too one-sided. But experiencing the raw feed of history has been chilling. As we try to carve out the truth from the speculation and relentlessly repeated reports of outrage, the overall [...]

Tagged as: crisis, history, iran, journalism, real-time web, web, writing