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• 11.06.10
  Is it time to lay the term ‘social media’ to rest? Digital tech, Social media | (1)

  The web has always been social to me. One of the first things I did when I first started using it around 1996 was set up an email account with a small email service which was later going to be bought by Microsoft – Hotmail. Why? Because I wanted to communicate online with my friends who were also, around this time, setting up email accounts. One of our favourite pastimes in those days was to go to the computer room at school and login to Aftonbladet Chatt, an online chat rooom hosted by one of the largest tabloids in Sweden. We’d ...
• 11.16.09
  The power of blogging Africa, Digital tech, Social media | (0)

  So if the previous video was an example of how not to do it, here is an example of exactly how it's supposed to work. Make sure you watch to the end.
• 11.13.09
  The ‘fucking awesome social media guru’ Social media | (0)
• 10.16.09
  Trafigura, Carter-Ruck and the power of the blogosphere Africa, Social media | (1)

  On Monday 12 October a very strange article appeared on the front page of the Guardian. Apparently the paper had been prevented by a legal injunction from reporting a question that was going to be asked in the House of Commons later that week. In addition, not only was the paper not allowed to report on the question, but was also not allowed to report on why it wasn't allowed to report.  As the article so eloquently put it: Legal obstacles, which cannot be identified, involve proceedings, which cannot be mentioned, on behalf of a client who must remain secret. What the ...