A picture is worth a 1000 words or maybe more

by tom on January 18, 2007

Yesterday’s announcement that New York City’s 311 and 911 services are going to be picture capable has been picked up by Boing Boing and was the announcement also made it in to page B4 of the city version of the NYT. Now, I’m a strong believer that the visual image might be useful in illuminating [...]

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The internet is transpartisan?

by tom on January 18, 2007

I’ve just been scanning the content of the latest Pew internet and Life report. Can’t say I’ve read the details but the following chart and bullets caught my eye

49% said a major reason they got political news online is that they could get information on the Web that is not available elsewhere as a major [...]

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New Year’s Day – A resolution for 2007

January 1, 2007

Below is a video of four guys who have a talent for music. They are somewhat of an inspiration to me. Watching the Edge play guitar is a lesson in seeing someone doing what he loves. If there’s any sort of resolution I’m making for 2007 it is to be like these guys. A rockstar, [...]

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Breaching the Peace in Second Life

December 9, 2006

I’m not sure why something I saw related to Second Life provoked me to write the first post on this blog in more than 8 months but this post on the Official Linden Blog regarding abuse management did.

According to my notes, Linden Lab received a grand total of 43 Abuse Reports during my first week [...]

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Since I’ve not made a post for a while

May 4, 2006

I thought I’d mention other places I’ve been blogging…  SIPA’s Morningside Post  The post I’m most proud of is this one on Ambassdor Bolton unplugged   and I’ve contributed to The Third Siders Forum with a meta -post on blogrolls.
Other than that I’ve been finishing up at SIPA. When I finish next Tuesday I suspect this [...]

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Definition of social software

January 12, 2006

Since we all debated what it is, I thought I might throw up the original coining of the term. Clay Shirky, the perosn most responsible for the term said in 2002: "Social software lets people rendezvous, connect or
collaborate by use of a computer network" and social software is "stuff that gets spammed," though that last [...]

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OK…..so what should be added to this blog

January 9, 2006

After our discussions last Wednesday I’ve finally got round to tidying the blog up and removing things from it that don’t make sense as this blog morphs into a collaborative venture with multiple authors. The next question is – What should be added?
Drop ideas in the comments…….

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So… How is it possible to present random photos

January 1, 2006

See below… grab a flickr badge from here and if you click below you’ll see the outcome.

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Social Software in the Classroom

September 7, 2005

Using social software in the classroom is an interest of mine. What role can social software play in an educational environment? Can it aid learning? Traditional technology employed in the class room – the chalk and board, and more recently PowerPoint have all been focused on aiding the teacher in explaining , and teaching. [...]

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MMOGS – An important phenomenon

June 15, 2005

As the second post for this site it might appear to be a little odd to be thinking about Massively multiplayer online games but I think they are important for several reasons
1. They raise questions that blur the line between a real and virtual world. My understanding is that in some of these games, [...]

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