MA Online Journalism: Law for bloggers and journalists with Paul Bradshaw
Warning: this is a long post, get yourself a cuppa before you start…. Last week I popped along to the Coffee Lounge in Brum for one of Paul Bradshaw‘s open MA Online Journalism sessions. This one was about the law & blogging, something I obviously need to be aware of with The Lichfield Blog. As [...]
Read MoreThe Twitter settings update as a lesson in web usability
Twitter went a bit potty today over a change made to the services settings. Yesterday, Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, blogged the change saying, “Based on usage patterns and feedback, we’ve learned most people want to see when someone they follow replies to another person they follow… however, receiving one-sided fragments via replies sent to [...]
Read MoreThe internet will make you accountable for your actions
I wouldn’t normally advocate reading The Sun, but as much as it pains me to do so I need to make a point. A woman has apparently initiated divorce proceedings against her husband after spotting his car outside another woman’s house, on Google Street View. “Top media laywer Mark Stephens” was quoted saying, “I suspect [...]
Read MoreHow MPs can use Twitter to their advantage
I’m pleased to say that my local government is pretty good at this whole internet thing. The Lichfield District Council web site should definitely be looked up to by other councils and they’re also on Twitter along with the tourism folks. But as recent talk has shown, some MPs don’t quite get social media and aren’t quite [...]
Read MoreReasons to use Twitter: Real life user experience feedback
This is the first of (hopefully) many posts highlighting ways in which businesses can use Twitter. I’ll be trying to use examples whereever possible. First: Real-life user experience feedback. Frustration at Google AdSense led @tonypiper to tweet, Adsense has got very confusing recently. A great opportunity for the AdSense team at Google to get instant [...]
Read MoreDisabling Vista's "Cancel or Allow" Thingymajig
It’s so very annoying and I just found out how to get RID of it!!! So I’m sharing… Open up the Control Panel (Start > Control Panel) Open up User Accounts Click “Turn User Account Control on or off“ Click Continue (yet another dialog!) Uncheck the check box Click OK You’ll need to restart [...]
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