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Posted on 30th June 2009
Old models can come back
It’s interesting to read that Dave Eggers is enthusiastic about print making a come back. As long as newspapers offer less each day- less news, less great writing, less graphic innovation, fewer photos- then they’re giving readers few reasons to pay for the paper itself. With our prototype, we aim to make the physical object so
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Posted on 23rd June 2009
Lewes Werks
Lewes Werks is a social and collaborative workspace in Lewes, East Sussex.
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Posted on 21st June 2009
Copycats
My younger son (aged 4) is such a copycat. He looks up to his older brother (aged 5) in adoration and will often mimic his every word and move. You may think this copycat syndrome is just for kids. It is clearly not. It’s visible all around the social web. It’s not a bad thing to adopt
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Posted on 20th June 2009
Shepherding Passionate Communities
Heather Champ, Director of Community for Flickr, shares her experiences in shepherding passionate communities at HICK Tech 2008 in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. In this keynote presentation Ms. Champ shows you how Flickr has learned their most valuable lessons: Own it; Don’t wait; Change is hard; Avoid creating super-villains; and Embrace chaos
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Posted on 15th June 2009
You shouldn’t have to ask
Are you doing something good or perhaps something that people (apparently) like. Perhaps you have a cool online community. Or a very useful blog. Or sell some nice products nicely package with top customer service. Should you have to ask people to spread the word for you? I recently got asked to RT (retweet) something on Twitter.
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Posted on 7th June 2009
Don’t forget the real world
The world often gets too carried away with the latest and coolest website getting all the attention. Facebook worked well initially because it was friends you already knew that you were connecting to. It probably doesn’t work as well (or is used very differently) for those that use it to keep in touch with anyone and
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Posted on 2nd June 2009
When Things Are Easy
10 years ago it was hard and expensive to create any decent kind of online presence. Now everything is so easy and minimal technical know how is needed to get things started. I remember working on projects that seemed to take forever to agree on, create and launch. They cost tens of thousands to make. The
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Posted on 1st June 2009
Free is not the only option
There’s a perception that everything on the web has to be big and mostly free to be a success. The problem with this is that with so many online communities fighting for your attention then nothing much differentiates them and it all becomes incredibly boring and saturated. So imagine online communities: that were private that were small where people actually
