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More on Digg – will business kill the community?

October 9th, 2008 · Comments

It’s been interesting following recent events concerning Digg, especially considering my previous posts outlining the personal and idealogical problems I have with Digg, and the alternative ways available to get crowd sourced news.
I just read a great summary post by David Chen on Mashable, ‘Digg’s recent bans and the limits of crowdsourcing‘ which is a [...]

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There really is nothing new in Web 2.0

May 22nd, 2008 · Comments

It’s been said before, but having chatted with some of my readers, and having been unable to quickly find a previous online example, I though it’s worth restating: There’s nothing new in Web 2.0.
And by that, I mean there’s nothing new about the facilities Web 2.0 offers. And now for some examples:
Tagging: Every time you’ve [...]

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An amazing piece of crowdsourcing by a newspaper/website

February 24th, 2008 · Comments

Just a short update, due to my need to finish decorating a nursery and cooking the evening meal. But I had to share one of the best examples of crowdsourcing I’ve seen, and by newspaper and website. (I picked this up via Jeff Jarvis)
Documents relating to the assassination of John F Kennedy have been discovered [...]

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The incredible secret of good posts

January 19th, 2007 · Comments

I don’t intend to turn this into a guide to blogging, as there are already plenty of sites that do a great job. I’ll admit to being an avid and fascinated reader of Problogger, and Blogging on Blogging.
But I do think there was one point missing from the recent post of great content at Problogger. [...]

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