James Thornett The views and opinions expressed here are my own and not those of the BBC, my employer.
Posts Tagged ‘social media’
Thoughts on Local Social Summit 2009
Last week I attended the first Local Social Summit in London – a day aimed at exploring the space where local content meets social media with attendees from a range of start-ups, directories, media companies, advertisers and media owners. If you’re interested in any of this type of stuff then all of the days presentations [...]
The Perfect local Media Company in 2014
Tomorrow’s Local Social Summit ’09 in London promises to be an interesting and thought provoking day. I’m speaking in a panel discussion on Local Content & Monetisation although coming from the BBC angle my focus will be more on local content and social opportunities rather than commercial monetisation. Some key questions I’d like to discuss [...]
4iP funds local community website project
Talk About Local is aiming to “empower 3,000 people directly in 150 places across nine English regions with a focus on the most disadvantaged areas.” by offering free advice, training materials and support to anyone who wants give their community a voice online. Run by Will Perrin, the project is starting up in the West [...]
Finally… Twitter has ‘got’ me
It was really only a matter of time and two days ago, on Wednesday 28th January 2009, it happened. I finally ‘got’ Twitter. Or Twitter finally ‘got’ me, I’m not sure which is more correct. I signed up with a Twitter account some time ago but have never really understood why it was deserving of [...]
How friendly is Facebook?
The Register has a post from last week under the headline ‘Facebook Fatigue’ kicks in as people tire of social networks. In a comparison with the usage trend witnessed on Friends Reunited, where users appeared to sign-up, log in a dozen times to catch up on a few ex class mates, then forget about the [...]
