September 2010
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“Advancing U.S. interests in cyberspace requires promoting Internet freedom”
– Shawn Brimley ‘Promoting Security in Common Domains’
Sep 14th
Paper.li puts Twitter to work
The technology behind paper.li is impressive but more important is how it harnesses your Twitter followers, lists and hashtags to create something of  low key beauty on your screen.   So many newspapers but not enough readers is a problem for Paper.li as more of these daily papers appear.  Paper.li may indeed be a fad but it does underline the power of Twitter as creator of conent.  In a sense...
Sep 12th
January 2010
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“The net value of social media has shifted the balance of power in the direction...”
– Clay Shirky writing in Prospect Magazine
Jan 8th
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December 2009
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“You never hear about Atheist Aid.”
– Roy Hatterlsey author of Blood and Fire: William and Catherine Booth and the Salvation Army
Dec 27th
September 2009
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Social Media Declinists
Picture: Life after social media Social Media Declinists, who are they? Well they tend to write blogs or tweet articles that herald the end of social media. Predicting the end is easy but predicting what comes next is pretty difficult. Ten years ago Bill Gates and some of supposed brightest minds got together but none would have predicted Twitter. So we are left with the social media...
Sep 16th