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crowd pleasers: #cmLDN - the first Community Manager London meetup

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:22:28 +0100

crowd pleasers: #cmLDN - the first Community Manager London meetup:

January 25th 2011 - the first cmLDN meetup for community-minded folk working in and around London hosted by the lovely team at Crayon:

What was it?

A chance for people working with online communities to get together and swap stories, knowledge, advice and support. This time around…

Digital.Leben on ORF

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:25:09 +0100

Digital.Leben on ORF:

If your Austrian is up to it, on January 2nd there is an interview with me about my work at the Guardian which was recorded during EuroIA in Prague.

"6. Bragging by proxy. Signing up to The Guardian’s Facebook app and then clicking on all the..."

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:20:48 +0100

“6. Bragging by proxy. Signing up to The Guardian’s Facebook app and then clicking on all the posh articles, just so your friends will receive the notification: ”Justin Kington recently read the article ‘God Particles and their role in the ontology of Julian Assange’.” We know the truth: a full log of what you’ve been reading on the internet would not look so pretty.”

- This will wipe the smile off anyone’s Facebook

2011 Tech Rewind: This Year in Media

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:30:17 +0100

2011 Tech Rewind: This Year in Media:

Mentions lots of the things I care about: Facebook, ebooks, phone hacking, Storify, aggregation and WikiLeaks

The Top Ten Media Apps of 2011 | The Next Web Media

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:18:25 +0100

The Top Ten Media Apps of 2011 | The Next Web Media:

includes Facebook’s media partnerships (with the Guardian amongst others), and FT breaking away from Apple.

UXmas at the Guardian

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:20:50 +0100

UXmas at the Guardian:

Last night we threw open the Guardian’s door for “UXmas” - a chance to meet people from the UX and design teams, hear a couple of talks, and eat some mince pies before retiring to the pub.

Karen…

“Presents for all!” - my festive #jcarn post

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:43:15 +0100

“Presents for all!” - my festive #jcarn post:

I’m hosting December’s “Carnival of journalism” on the Guardian Developer blog, so it would be a bit remiss not to join in myself. As neither a hack nor a hacker, I thought I’d take the liberty…

Why I’ve closed comments on my blog

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:47:52 +0100

Why I’ve closed comments on my blog:

I’ve switched off comments for the time being on this blog. Despite having lots of anti-spam measures in place (including Akismet before you ask) there is a particular breed of comment spam that…

"One story that I have heard time and time again, is that these genius kids are failing in ICT at..."

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:54:53 +0100

“One story that I have heard time and time again, is that these genius kids are failing in ICT at school, because their teachers cannot mark their work. I mentioned this in the Guardian Tech Weekly Podcast and I am often asked to back up my claims!”

- My ICT teacher can’t mark my homework | Emma Mulqueeny

“The psychology of engagement” - Mo Syed at UX People

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:14:04 +0100

“The psychology of engagement” - Mo Syed at UX People:

At the end of November Kings Place hosted UX People, organised by Zebra People. Here are my notes from one of the sessions…

“Design is complex in a mathematical sense. You could…

BBC homepage redesign - behind the scenes 2002-style

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:02:20 +0100

BBC homepage redesign - behind the scenes 2002-style:

The user comments about the BBC homepage redesign have been scathing…

“What the hell are the bbc doing messing with the website. I hope it was done in house and did not cost hunderds of…

"Andrew Miller, chief executive officer of Guardian Media Group, said: “In just over two months..."

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:23:27 +0100

“Andrew Miller, chief executive officer of Guardian Media Group, said: “In just over two months the Guardian’s Facebook app has been installed by nearly four million Facebook users, generating, on average, almost a million extra page impressions every day. As well as increasing traffic, the app is making our journalism visible to new audiences. Over half of the app’s users are 24 and under - traditionally a very hard-to-reach demographic for news organisations. The Facebook app is one of a number of successful launches by the Guardian in recent months as our digital-first strategy gains momentum. We’re delighted with the results.””

- Facebook research finds social and personalised news receives most engagement | The Drum

A Newspaper For The Twitter Age: The Size Of A Sales Receipt, And Edited By You | Co. Design

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:32:00 +0100

A Newspaper For The Twitter Age: The Size Of A Sales Receipt, And Edited By You | Co. Design

“Hacking the rendition flights” - Stephen Grey at Hacks/Hackers London

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:11:54 +0100

“Hacking the rendition flights” - Stephen Grey at Hacks/Hackers London:

“I didn’t have a clue about how to take on the world’s biggest intelligence agency and prove what they were doing in secret” - Stephen Grey at Hacks/Hackers London

At last week’s …

‘The Umbrella Man’ - NYTimes.com

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:49:15 +0100

‘The Umbrella Man’ - NYTimes.com:

Absolutely loved this - six minute video on why reading sinister things into the random patterns of life might just be pointless, with the JFK assassination as backdrop

Gary Speed

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:38:48 +0100

Gary Speed:

Like many people today I was shocked by the awful news of Gary Speed’s death. I watched him play for Leeds United nearly every game of their 1991-92 campaign that saw them win the title.

There…

December’s “Carnival of journalism” is on the Guardian’s Developer blog

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:24:20 +0100

December’s “Carnival of journalism” is on the Guardian’s Developer blog:

I’ve only joined in the Carnival of journalism once this year, back in March, when I wrote “News innovation isn’t just about writing code, it is about how we use that code to tell stories.”

…

The Closed, Unfriendly World Of Wikipedia

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:44:05 +0100

The Closed, Unfriendly World Of Wikipedia:

A great rant from Danny Sullivan about the UX of Wikipedia if you are trying to question the deletion of a page when you are an expert in the subject area

“Sex, lies & instant messenger” - Alec Muffet at Hacks/Hackers

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:33:01 +0100

“Sex, lies & instant messenger” - Alec Muffet at Hacks/Hackers:

Tonight is the last Hacks/Hackers London meet-up of the year, featuring Stephen Grey and Dan Mcquillan, but delving through a folder of notes the other day I find these I made on Alec…

Want to speak at London IA?

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:56:41 +0100

Want to speak at London IA?:

We are planning to kick off 2012 with a different format for January’s London IA event - we’d like an evening of four talks, no more than fifteen minutes each, on a varied diet of topics. As…