It’s how the speed, screen size and controlled environment of the iPad now means that content design on screen can finally come of age and grow some balls. It’s how the speed, screen size and controlled environment of the iPad now means that content design on screen can finally come of age and grow some balls. Your content isn’t the same as my content Or so I tweeted whilst watching the recent Apple keynote. A

On my return I turned to my three favourite sources for getting up to speed quickly on what’s been happening: BBC News, Twitter and Google. Both the aftermath of the Iran election and the death of Michael Jackson have highlighted the role that users can play in generating  news content. Tags: Matt Rhodes Social Media BBC News Crimean War freshminds FreshNetworks Google Iran Los Angeles Michael Jackson On the Web online communities Image by tibchris via Flickr I’ve spent the last ten days with no Internet and very little access to English-language news sources.

There has been mixed coverage of this in traditional media - with many criticising CNN for its coverage , and the BBC seemingly blocked in Iran as a result of its reports on what is happening. YouTube is a source of video content from inside Iran , often in a raw and unfiltered manner. People are creating content and, thanks to efficient search, others are able to find Image by youngrobv (Rob & Ale) via Flickr There has been a lot of talk over the last year of Obama’s election as the first social media election .

illumio – a Smart Content and Request Filter for Enterprise 2.0 by Bill Ives October 16, 2007 at 3:48 pm · Filed under Enterprise 2.0 I recently spoke with David Gilmour, CEO at Tacit, about their new web 2.0 The illumio client downloads your selected RSS feeds, visits the underlying pages and extracts keyword phrases to determine whether each feed’s content is a good match for current concerns. tool, illumio . I have known about Tacit for some time because of their ActiveNet™ application that works inside the firewall to enable connections

And so whether it’s allowing you to personalise a site’s homepage (as with the BBC ), tag content in a way that makes sense to you, or choose what you want to see when, personalisation is key. However, it is important that some degree of control and personalisation is given to the user - be that letting them arrange their own profile page, choosing which view they see when they join the community, or just giving them an easy and simple way to navigate the site according to the content that matters to them most. Image by iwona_kellie via Flickr We’re

According to the Guardian (see BBC tells news staff to embrace social media ).  0160;   BBC news journalists have been advised to use social media as a primary source of information by Peter Horrocks, the new director of BBC Global News. For BBC news editors, of He took over

BBC Staff Editorial Guidelines Personal use of Social Networking and other third party websites   [link] LiveWorld Social Media Content Guidelines  [link]    Managing staff who participate in social networks. This list also includes policies called; Staff blogging policies, enterprise social network guidelines, Employee Blogging Policies, Staff engagement in online communities, and so on.

The World Bank and the BBC are running a live debate online and offline tomorrow, April 23 on the global economic recession. (FYI It will be valuable if they also capture the debate content and play it back out via Live Interviews Online text and YouTube - giving the debate a long life online. BBC World Debate titled "Global Recession: A Developing World Emergency" will be held on April 23rd at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, FYI - The online component of the debate is using Forum One's very cool Live Interviews Online service.) I I

Last week, the BBC Trust gingerly announced provisional approval of the BBC’s Project Canvas . Content providers such as ITV, Channel 4 and 5 are enrolled within the organisational structure of Canvas itself, as are broadband providers such as BT, TalkTalk and Carphone Warehouse. One organisation we wont see supporting the project is BSkyB who claim the proposal is anti-competitive and not within the remit of the BBC. The aim of Project Canvas is to define a set of standards for set-top boxes that will allow integration of web and TV. Although, it isn’t

Before joining the Guardian, he worked at the BBC for eight years. He joined the BBC in 1998, as their first online journalist based outside of the UK. From their flagship Washington bureau, he covered the US for the BBC’s award winning news website , while also providing politics and technology coverage for BBC radio and television. About Us | RSS | Advertise | Contact Us Home > Weblog Columns > Strange Attractor Weblog columns [select a blog] [Corante Blog] BETWEEN LAWYERS: technology + culture + law BRAIN WAVES: neurons, bits & genes COPYFIGHT: the politics