• Social networkers get mobilised

    (Don’t you just love journalistic technology writing? If you can get past the exploding mobiles and the Libertarian, techno-determinist fantasies of this type of on-the-run, passive writing, then there are some informative empirical ideas here) The social networking movement looks set to explode onto the mobile platform with a new generation of location, blog and…

  • CIA Intellegence Manual 1963

    (Some light reading on the history of prisoner interrogation; this is a de-classified manual published by the American CIA in 1963 and made public in 1997. Don’t you just love the openness of democracy?) KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation July 1963 Contents   Introduction Explanation of Purpose Explanation of Organization Definitions Legal and Policy Considerations The Interrogator…

  • Combating Mis-representation by Self-representaion

    What an excellent use of blogs. We all know about the potential for the web to distribute alternative political ideas outside of big media, but how about using blogs as an alternative way to represent yourself as an individual who is part of a minority group? There is some interesting stuff coming out of the…

  • Taking Sides: Isreal and Lebanon and Galloway

    This rather shallow, one-sided, and aggressive analysis of the Israel and Lebanon conflict is interesting; simply because it shows just how irresponsible some members of Parliament and media commentators can be. The conflict in the middle east is complex; yet this man ‘Galloway’ (admittedly I have never heard of him) makes it simple for a…

  • Media Analysis of the Big Brother Turkey Slap

    Media Analysis of the Big Brother Turkey Slap

    The Big Brother ‘ Turkey Slap ‘ incident is an interesting case study of how news travels on the Internet. The traces of this incident, both big media and small, can be found all over the Internet. Micheal Bric, one of the guys at the centre of the media frenzy, was a student of mine…

  • What is web 2.0 the Video

    This video about Web 2.0 is sort of cheesy and full of simplistic analysis (and annoying Californians) but there are some good ideas if you can sift through the fluffy West-Coast crap. But hey, lots of crap; isn’t this yet another definition of Web 2.0? Stick with the video; it does get better towards the…