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Re:publica 08 #3 (Law)
One of the best panels My favorite panel at re:publica was Henning Krieg’s panel on law and blogging. At pretty much every other conference I missed out on Henning’s quite famous talks, and it was no surprise to find the room packed to the limits. Relaxed, informal and funny presentation, a lot of value for […]
Die Bedeutung von Weblogs für die Arbeit von Politikjournalisten: Meine Magisterarbeit ist online
Gerade habe ich die Nachricht erhalten, dass meine Magisterarbeit bewertet wurde. Das heißt auch, dass ich sie jetzt online veröffentlichen darf. Für die Arbeit habe ich Politikjournalisten interviewt, die bei deutschen Tageszeitungen (Print und Online) sowie bei Nachrichtenagenturen arbeiten. Thema: Welche Bedeutung haben Weblogs für ihre Arbeit und wie nutzen sie Weblogs? (Sie nutzen Weblogs […]
Must Read: Social Media 100
Social media allstar Chris Brogan has started a great series of posts on Social Media recently. By now, enough material has come together to dive right in. Every single post has one or more insights more than worth the time. Clearly, a must read for folks in the social media space.
You won’t be surprised I’m […]
Must-Read Books on Social Media
Taking a hint by Chris Brogan, who has compiled a great set of resources to show your bosses, colleagues or friends how the social web works, I’d like to give you my recommendations of must-read books on this topic.
If you are interested in social media, participatory media or conversational marketing, you might want to […]
How to build your own mesh network?
As you may know, I’ve been obsessing about the One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) for awhile, for both its aims and potential. Here’s another project that ties right in, a simple guide on how to build your own mesh network. (The OLPC laptops support meshing out of the box, but if there’s no network […]
Global Project Management
Global Project Management seems to be a really interesting project Jean Binder just pointed me to. It’s a whole collaboration framework, Jean is also author of a book on Global Project Management.
On GlobalProjectManagement.org, challenges, opportunities and techniques for cooperation and collaboration in a global environment are explored by five categories, or aspects: Global Teams, […]
Tim O’Reilly tells his parents: What’s Web 2.0?
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At Web 2.0 Expo Berlin, Tim O’Reilly kindly agreed to try solving the one issue all of us are sharing: How to tell our parents what we do? So here’s Tim, explaining to his parents: What’s Web 2.0?
“So Web 2.0: First off, it’s the idea that the Web, rather than the personal computer is […]
Do You Know How to Use the Web to Innovate?
The internet isn’t just a means to send email and look up information. It’s a powerful tool for all kinds of networked communication. But it’s also a great tool to innovate - in your product, your business, or your organization.
Lately, I’ve had a number of chats with my buddies and collaborators Max Senges and Thomas […]
Great presentation: Designing for Hackability
The podcasts aren’t up yet (but will be here), but judging from his slideshow, Brian Oberkirch’s presentation at the webmaster jam session 2007 rocked: Brian Oberkirch: Designing for hackability.
He nails it when he says: “It’s ok if you’re not the Master of Your Domain. (…) Let them play.” Openness is key for successful & […]
exPhone.org: How to create a simple but rich web application in just three days
Citizen Agency’s Chris Messina shares his story about a very cool pet project of his, going by the name of exPhone.org.
exPhone is one of those examples of how the web can (and should) be applied to find great, quick solutions for a problem.
Chris had a simple enough question: What to do with your old […]
New Study: Social Networks Around The World - How is Web 2.0 changing your daily life?
An De Jonghe of Belgium-based Ulysses Consulting has conducted a neat little study of the international social networking sphere in which I gladly participated.
The study doesn’t claim to be scientific, and it has a clear bias towards Belgium (nearly a third of the participants were Belgians), but there’s some pretty interesting stuff:
a whopping 89% put […]
Great guide by J-Lab: Journalism 2.0 - How to Survive and Thrive
University of Maryland’s J-Lab and the Knight Citizen News Network, who both focus on interactive journalism, have released a great hands-on guide: Journalism 2.0 - How to Survive and Thrive (Full PDF version here, print version available here).
There’s quite a bit material on this topic out there already, of course, but this report is really […]
Our Second Life book going into print soon
Together with Thomas Praus (aka DJ Stylewalker) and Max Senges I’ve recently got the chance to write a summer university school for Barcelona-based university UOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), as well as a book to go with it. Both the course and the book are all about virtual worlds, particularly Second Life.
I’ve always had […]
Social Networking in plain English (and plain German)
(with German subtitles)
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(undubbed English version)
This awesome brief video by the CommonCraft Show has been floating around the web for a little while now: Social Networking in Plain English explains, well, social networking. Quick and easy, in under 2 minutes. This is great stuff, really!
Thanks to Lee LeFever for releasing the video under […]
Web Strategy Show: Increase the mileage of your full-service Web Agency
The latest installment of Jeremiah’s Web Strategy Show (”white paper video”) features Rene and Aurelie of OX2 who discuss “what to look for in a full-service agency and how to maximize their value”. I really like the format of Jeremiah’s show: It’s brief, it’s dense, and you just feel like you’ve really learned something when […]
My name is Peter Bihr. I live in Berlin, Germany. As a freelancer, I consult on web strategies, communities, blogging and social media. In this weblog, I jot down random thoughts, ideas and news. Hopefully, you'll find some are interesting for you, too. 