Tomorrow I start to teach a new course at the University of Malta, focusing on production, content, participation, meaning and power in social media and 21st century communications. I teach because it is the scariest thing I know. I teach so I am out of my comfort zone and have no choice other than to […]
Curation is the new attention
My favourite curation site is Brain Pickings. It’s a labour of love, quirky, informative. It was via Brain Pickings that I came across the video I have embedded in this blog. In the old days, I would have bookmarked the link, using Diigo, perhaps. But I wanted to store it somewhere I could find it. […]
Say Everything
Say Everything is one of my favourite books. Not just because it covers the history of blogging, which is at the core of my doctoral research – but also because it encapsulates the empowerment we associate with the read/write web: freedom from intermediaries, access to the modern equivalent of a private printing press, the right […]
Waving hands, TV and Facebook
Convergence culture in Malta – Facebook on TV
So, where’s it going?
If you want to experience convergence, go on live radio and wait for the Facebook chatterers to engage.