Another batch of links to hopefully interesting things I’ve been reading.
- What We're Doing When We Blog – Short essay by Meg Hourihan from way back in 2002 which bears reading again. Sometimes the obvious needs re-stating.
- A load of Thunderer – The Sunday Times published a piece of high hackery about social media, as it seems to do every Sunday with weary reliability. This one is about Twitter. I idly speculated (on Twitter, natch) that it would be amusing to report on newspapers in the same way newspapers report on us. Within a few hours I was informed Kevin Marks had had the same idea. via Ewan
- The ROI of Journalists and Magazines Using Twitter – Useful and in depth analysis of how a company (in this case an academic journal) uses Twitter along with advice and recommendations for managing Twitter use to keep things sustainable. via Fiona
- Facebook et al risk 'infantilising' the human mind says Susan Greenfield – Arguments from an academic who I respect are always worth looking at. Yes, she's fundamentally wrong. Yes, she's speaking about things she doesn't understand. But these are the sort of questions and issues folk like me need to have answers for.
- 10 local government social media myths – A handy bit of clarity on things like "it's too hard", "If we let people say anything, then they’ll say the worst thing" and "It’s a replacement for traditional consultation and engagement" via Andy Mabbett
- Civil Service: Participation online guidance – Another formal and well thought out guide for members of a large organisation on how to deal with the social internet.
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