Once again it's June the 25th. I spent most of the day doing the same thing I did this time last year and this time the year before last.. I had a picnic at the Grave of Eric Arthur Blair aka George Orwell. Today is his birthday and for the last couple of years I've met with Dr John Perivolaris to pay our respects to the great writer and talk about the years events around surveillance and civil … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday George Orwell
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Paul Carr – 140 characters conference New York
When I told people I was to be sat on a panel with Paul Carr from the Guardian a couple responded.. "Paul Carr? He's a bit of a dick." "What makes you say that?" I asked. "It says so on his twitter profile." Fair enough I thought, but when I met him he was just frank and very funny. The video of the panel we did at the #140conf is floating around somewhere in the ether. I may even drop it in a … [Read more...] about Paul Carr – 140 characters conference New York
Jeff Pulver – 140 Conference New York
Jeff Pulver, the chairman and founder of Pulver.com was the main man behind the 140 characters conference in New York that brought together Twitter users from all over the world. New york was the first of the 140 Characters conference and others are planned in both London and Los Angeles. Originally the event was to explore the effects of twitter on: Celebrity, “The Media”, Advertising and … [Read more...] about Jeff Pulver – 140 Conference New York
Aaron Greenberg talks to bloggers at E3 2009
E3 was a blast.. Loads of meetings, loads of gameplay, some Audioboo action and no doubt this will all keep trickeling into my feeds over the coming weeks.. On the last day at E3 we were ushered into a room within the Xbox Live stand and sat with Aaron Greenberg (Director of product management at Xbox). We were allowed to ask him anything, so i started the ball rolling with a question from avid … [Read more...] about Aaron Greenberg talks to bloggers at E3 2009
The Future Of Social Media
Whilst at the first ever 'Network of Networks' entitled Amplified 08. I took the opportunity to question some of the social media practitioners that were there. I asked.. "What is the future of social media?" Thanks to NESTA for hosting such a great event and for all the people who took part. I have embedded the film in Viddler so that if you see yourself you can tag tag your name or leave a … [Read more...] about The Future Of Social Media