Monthly Archives: February 2009

Fun with Matt Jones at Webstock

By Julie Starr | Published: February 25, 2009
One of my favourite presentations at Webstock this year was from Matt Jones. Happily, he’s posted his slides on slideshare.net. Not quite the same without his animated presentation, but still good. Look out for the tweeting pot plant. The Demon-Haunted World View more documents from Matt Jones. (tags: sensors archigram)
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How niche social networks aid reporting

By Julie Starr | Published: February 25, 2009
A case study from the BeatBloggers about how Gina Chen, family life editor at The Post-Standard in Syracuse, NY, uses niche social networking tool Ning in her reporting.
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Online community management 101

By Julie Starr | Published: February 23, 2009
Here are some notes from a workshop I participated in at Webstock about managing and sustaining communities online. It was led by Heather Champ, community manager for Flickr, and Derek Powazek, founder of Fray and more recently MagCloud, a web-to-print publishing site I've been meaning to link to for a while (but that's for another post).
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I listen to the BBC on 810AM

By Julie Starr | Published: February 22, 2009
My frequent trips to and through Auckland are greatly enhanced by being able to listen to BBC World Service radio on 810am in the car.
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What would Jeff Jarvis do?

By Julie Starr | Published: February 22, 2009
If you're following the threads about business models for news, this post is too much fun to pass up.
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