Tag Archives: Social media

Curation is the new attention

by on 17 Mar 2012 in Social media

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. [...]

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Say Everything

by on 19 Feb 2012 in Academic, Blogging, Social media

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 [...]

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Waving hands, TV and Facebook

by on 30 Dec 2010 in Facebook

Convergence culture in Malta – Facebook on TV

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So, where’s it going?

by on 30 Nov 2010 in Facebook, Internet, Social media

If you want to experience convergence, go on live radio and wait for the Facebook chatterers to engage.

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Home Truths on Social Media

by on 10 May 2010 in Malta, Social media

Plain speaking advice on social media

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Company Blog for SMEs – worth it or waste of time?

by on 04 Mar 2010 in Social media

Do SMEs need a company blog? Tips for successful, small company blogs

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Ringing the changes

by on 31 Dec 2009 in Social media

I wrote this piece for Wired Temples, the blog run by Malta Media.  But I guess it fits in here – because it’s pretty much where my work and research interests currently lie. In December 2007, I wrote a piece about how the Maltese were embracing Facebook, using comments from my online friends as the primer [...]

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Reading the tea leaves

by on 02 Dec 2009 in Social media

Will Content always be free? Google is starting to limit free access to news sites. Will other content providers demand the same?

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Back to school

by on 11 Aug 2009 in Academic

It’s been on my mind for a while.  Like the past 15 years. One of the things about getting older and moving to a small place, is that you gradually become the peer group.  And that’s when you can do one of two things.  Cruise into your comfort zone.  Or look at the warning signs [...]

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Open Government: exploring the impact of social media

by on 20 Jun 2009 in Open Government

Yesterday, together with my friend Gege Gatt,  I gave a talk to a COMNET-IT workshop meeting in Malta.  It was interesting to see public servants start to scramble for their 3G phones and laptops at the end. Here’s the deck of slides we presented. [slideshare id=1613055&doc=opengovernmentslideshare-090620111349-phpapp02]

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