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Headshift on Al Jazeera News
On Monday I was interviewed by Al Jazeera about the use of social media tools, particularly twitter, by protesters in Iran. Here’s the clip:... read full post
Your corporate website is irrelevant
The days of the monolithic corporate website are numbered. Twentieth century corporate structures, which, to borrow sentiment, if not words from Lee Bryant, put the World's window upon your organisation in the hands of the IT guys in the basement... read full post
Society of the Technical: the common ground between art and social media
So, the first project I've been put to work on since starting at Headshift six weeks ago was the site for Anthony Gormley's One and Other project - a pretty massive undertaking that aims to put 2400 people on... read full post
User-Driven Companies Should Start from Within
My talk about user-driven companies and how we can go beyond surface-level user engagement from the Next09 conference in Hamburg. read full post
Going with the flow: whither enterprise RSS?
Reports of the death of RSS at the hands of Twitter are exaggerated, though they contain a grain of truth. Here's why I think we are yet to see its real value in the enterprise. read full post
UsNow Film to go on general (internet) release
Us Now - the film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the internet - will enjoy its public online launch in London on May 12th read full post
BBC London mention
I quite frequently give presentations and run workshops about blogging. For a taste of the sort I things I cover in those sessions, have a look at the series of 8 posts about using the whole web as your canvas... read full post
The impact of twitter on recruitment
About six hours ago I used twitter to announce the availability of a paid internship opportunity, being offered through the Channel 4 Diversity Production Scheme, here at Headshift. It's one of a number of internships made available through the scheme.My... read full post
Children in virtual worlds study
University of Westminster's Lizzie Jackson, an old friend who was my boss when I joined the BBC for the first time back in about 1998, and David Gauntlett have recently completed a wide ranging study on the use of virtual... read full post
Comprehensive study of user-generated content at the BBC
Returning to more familiar territory following last week's Eurasian Media Conference in Kazakhstan - more on that coming soon - today I'm at an event organised by the BBC, my former employer, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)... read full post
A visit to the R&D department of the New York Times
Recently I was fortunate enough to visit the Research and Development department of the New York Times thanks to the kind invitation of the people of Agency.com that I am working with here in NY. For many people the Gray... read full post
Amongst other things, we're connectors
Over the past few weeks two interesting things have surfaced time and time and time again in the client workshops, consulting engagements and pitches I've been involved in here at Headshift, namely that:the work we do behind firewall on the... read full post
The future of the media is social
In addition to doing strategic social media consulting, workshops and training days for clients, I've recently had the pleasure of teaching on several of the postgraduate courses offered by the College of Journalism at City University London where I'm a... read full post
Social media training - an online guide
One of the best things about my job here at Headshift is that I have various opportunities to inform and enthuse people about the benefits of using social media tools and services to support their existing processes. In order for... read full post
One conference, two conference, three conference...
Over the past week, I've spent more time at conferences than at Headshift Towers. Last Tuesday was Social Media Influence where Headshift sponsored, and I moderated, a panel on "Having Difficult Conversations". On the panel were our friends Paolo Valdemarin... read full post
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