Radius claims to be a “Social IM” tool – it allows you to know where your friends are, as well as integrating more than one IM accout. I’ve not yet tested it, so not sure if it works outside of the US. (Via: Profy) Evo is a Java based tool, developed by CERN, and seems…
Category: Communication and Communities
Web 2.0: Where's it all going .
Broadcasting House had an interesting discussion this Sunday, looking at how things are changing. They had Andrew Keen – who is pretty vocal in his antipathy towards blogs, RSS and podcasts – seeing it as killing culture. (The differences in the straplines on the US & UK books is interesting. US: “how today’s internet is…
Social Computing
Though I don’t generally read it, Slashdot has a good post about Social Computing. The comments are Slashdots usual range – the odd few gems in amongst the self opinionated drivel… however, the links that the first poster gives are useful. Jeremy Zawodny re-asked the “What is Web 2.0?” question and got a good range…
Some Reasons Why I Nearly Quit Blogging
No, not me … (yet!), but Jason Kaneshiro He’s makes several points, ones that I think that we can all identify with. The first point “Nobody reads my blog” is an interesting point. When I first started my blog, I wasn’t really expecting anyone to read it, I’d decided to use it for my own…
Social mechanisms of the Digg user revolt
Rashmi Sinha raises some interesting points about the recent events on Digg. She comments: Most noticeably, it fails the independence of members from one another test – one of Suroweicki’s key criteria for the wisdom of crowds to be effective. One wonders, also, how much Kathy Sierra’s recent experiences of being hounded on-line are also…
Setting up Communities – pros and Cons.
Konrad Glogowski looks at some of the issues surrounding setting up communities – and whether or not it is worth joining some of them (e.g. School 2.0 etc on Ning). I think that now I, like Konrad, would be “beyond” needing that sort of support, I’ve found people that I like to read. However, were…
MSG now with Google Maps, Moodle options
MSG now with Google Maps, Moodle options I’ve used BuddySpace in the past, just to test it (required a Jabber account), and have used FlashMeeting with students. The OU have now integrated Google Maps – and renamed BuddySpace. It’s looking good. Now, rather than having to find my Jabber details, it’s the login I have…
Ning
Build Your Own Social Network Ning is one of several Social Networking sites that is allowing users to create their own social network. I’ve been using Elgg for some time, on the Elgg.net site – now called “Eduspaces” – which reflects the number of Educational users. I’ve also set up a space on Elgg Spaces,…
Explode!
I’d read a little about Explode! last week, but hadn’t really had the chance to investigate until now, and it seems to be growing rapidly. Rather than trying to explain it myself, just search for “Explode, weekend, elgg” on Google. I’ve started adding a few friends. It uses OpenID – which seems like a good…
The importance of creating a network
Mark Berthelemy writes about Networks. He raises several useful points (as well as pointing to other work, including a post by Ewan McIntosh) One point particularly resonates: Most of us start by trying to maintain a network that is far beyond our capabilities to maintain. We end up with too much to read, and too…