By Ian, on December 13th, 2006 Updated: Sony owns up: From MediaPost: Sony Wednesday released a statement acknowledging that the blog was phony. “Sony Computer Entertainment America developed alliwantforxmasisapsp.com as a humorous site targeting those interested in getting a PSP system this holiday season,” it read. “We’ve now added a posting that provides this clarification to consumers visiting the site.” The company did not Continue reading Check It By Ian, on December 13th, 2006 The Attention Company has released details of a poll revealing that people are surprisingly relaxed about sharing information over the Internet. The company speculates that since the Second World War, privacy has become commonplace leading to a sense of anonymity and alienation in modern society. The Internet and blogging offers an opportunity for people to rescue their Continue reading So Where Was That Blogging Policy? By Ian, on December 12th, 2006 Something very odd is happening in Paris. A number of prominent bloggers (plus the likes of Ewan, Antony, Ian and Simon :-P) have all turned up for the Le Web 3 conference. But it seems that any talk about blogs, Web 2.0, startups and so forth has been curtailed by the Continue reading Le Web 2.0, C’est le Politique By Ian, on December 12th, 2006 There’s a report in the (London) Times about the sudden popularity of social networking site Piczo in the UK over a period of just 12 months: …since last December this networking website for teenagers has grown eightfold, increasing its number of users from 1.2m to 10.5m, with nearly 4m in Britain alone. Four million Continue reading Why People Pay for Piczo By Ian, on December 11th, 2006 Yes, I am posting about the meaning of Web 2.0 again. I’d stop if other people would. Promise. Anyway, Tim O’Reilly — someone I normally agree with — has posted a new ‘compact’ definition of the term. Strangely, this is actually a longer definition than the first one in some respects. That’s because it’s a prescriptive definition rather Continue reading That Old Chestnut By Ian, on December 10th, 2006 One of the finalists of the 2006 UK Weblog Awards is JonnyB’s private secret diary, a sensationally funny blog I really recommend. As Mister B says: I would love it — love it — if all the earnest blogging new meeja paradigm types saw the results and thought: ‘WTF? The best blog in the UK is some Continue reading Vote Billericay | About this BlogSocial tools, devices and web evolution are creating epochal change in media, society and business. The plan is to hide under the floorboards till it’s all over document some of the interesting parts of that change. More…. |
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