tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96246512011-10-20T06:54:43.130+01:00Radio, politics, podcasts, social networking, blogging, podcasting, vodcasts, radio, tv, digital, virtual, online, web 2.0, web 3.0, campaigns, queer, terrestrial, multimedia, platform, identity, discussion, youth, opinions, video...and more....Honest Omissionsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9624651.post-33697673451260417722009-08-24T16:30:00.000+01:002009-08-24T16:31:21.500+01:00

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The digital revolution has paved the way for anyone to communicate and create a running dialogue with anyone worldwide. Actually the word ‘anyone’ is misplaced, in fact ‘anyone’ in this context should be followed by – with a computer or internet platform device. A massive divide still remains between the primary markets and secondary/tertiary markets. The Digital Britain report published last

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It was late on a Saturday afternoon that I was out in my garden doing some DIY when I received a call on my mobile from The Sunday Times journalist Roger Waite requesting some information on a former client. He was preparing an article about the industry for which my client worked in and wanted some insight and details to make it an informed piece.This was not just an article in a supplement,

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smallpod sat in a discussion online with David Meerman-Scott to look at the new structure and approach to PR with the rise of online digital tools. We’ve been working in the online PR space for over five years, however with the advent of Twitter and the popularity of Facebook there are significant changes that need to be taken into account.First – publish materials and focus on your market.This

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Today TripAdvisor has again been lambasted for having fraudulent reviews and ratings among its 25 million reviews. The warning:"TripAdvisor has reasonable cause to believe that either this property or individuals associated with the property may have attempted to manipulate our popularity index by interfering with the unbiased nature of our reviews.Please take this into consideration when

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In the world of traditional media, there are two ways to get your message out there. The first is the classic press release, timed to coincide with breaking news in short time frames. This can be demanding, as it requires you to link your products, services or business in general with constantly changing stories in order to be on the cutting edge.A feature, however, is different to a news story.

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Having a great business, with fair prices, a top team of employees and stacks of successful projects behind you is no use if no-one knows about it. The question is, how do you get all that across in a more customer-focused, honest and down-to-earth way?A set of case studies is a great way to get your sales message across without it sounding like empty advertising blurb. Here at smallpod, we know

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New figures from Harvard Business Publishing have shed a little light on cyber gender. Though traditional “wisdom” claims that boys have a natural aptitude for technology and girls cry when they have to change a lightbulb, the survey demonstrates that this could all be changing.The survey, which focuses on Twitter, says that men and women follow a similar number of people on the social networking

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The beauty of podcasting is its accessibility compared to other forms of radio, and in fact, media in general.If you’re just starting up, it is a good idea to avoid getting caught up in a desperate chase to get all the latest specialist technology; you will just make it more difficult at that early stage. You don’t need a lot of equipment to start making good quality podcasts; just follow the

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Today gaypedia (www.gaypedia.com) announces it has launched a wide variety of new features and design improvements to its website. The gaypedia team has focused on those enhancements that will provide the most benefit to members and users and will continue to release more features in the forthcoming weeks. Those improvements already made and released include:- Easier to add friends/contacts:

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With new technology comes new legal wranglings. The copyright of web content is often thought to be a legal grey area, but really, it isn’t that complicated at all.Copyright law protects ‘works’. Those works range from sculptures and paintings to web copy.Websites themselves are not works, but the text, pictures and other artwork are, and so are protected. So, web copy is not an anomaly; just

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Much media focuses on the benefits of podcasting as a marketing tool. Well, there is more to podcasting that churning out marketing material and making money. FYI Radio, the queer alternative podcasting station has proved that on a number of occasions.FYI Radio, through workshops with young people, live public shows and special reports from high-profile events, has provided the LGBT community

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NetImperative this week reported that a new survey by BigMouthMedia shows how consumers are wising up to search engine optimisation techniques.According to the survey of users in Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, France and the Nordic region, users are now abandoning single word or brand searches in favour of more complex search terms.Italian, British and German users were amongst the most web-savvy

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Jim Giles writes in the New Scientist this week about the buzz surrounding real-time web search. Giles is fascinated by the potential of this method of searching as a way of, effectively, predicting the future.Giles says that Google researchers Hyunyoung Choi and Hal Varian have combined data from Google Trends with research done by economists on travel and home sales. By using economists’ data

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In the past year, two themes have permeated technology news coverage. The first is US president Barack Obama’s exemplary use of social media and the web to effectively blog his way into the Whitehouse. A quick google of “Obama” will bring up the most eligible president ever on facebook, YouTube, Flickr and LinkedIn, as well as Digg, Twitter, Eventful, Faithbase, Eons, BlackPlanet, Glee, and a

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Making it as a novelist has never been easy. Struggling writers can spend years slaving away over a hot keyboard and still never get published. The only alternative to a lifetime of begging editors to take on manuscripts was to self-publish, which is an expensive method that often carries with it a stigma from other writers.That is, until now. Novelist Seth Harwood, author of the Jack Palms

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The Times this week makes a fuss over Bono’s scheduled appearance on BBC Radio 4. The U2 frontman will read a bizarre poem about his idol, Elvis Presley, on 13th May.Now, it isn’t just because some of the language in the poem could be deemed offensive (words such as “spastic” and “nigger” are involved). It’s the fact that it is Bono, a pop star, talking about Elvis, another pop star, on the BBC’s

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An interesting post from Howzit Howard on KGBM9.com this week raises some interesting changes in American commercial radio, which are relevant to the same in the UK.Howard starts out by stating that successful commercial radio is normally due to broadcasting on issues about the listener’s local area. As said before on smallpod’s blog, this local appeal has always been key and now the demand for

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Some interesting figures have emerged from both commercial radio and BBC Radio 1 in the past few weeks. The figures allow speculation over the future of radio, and in particular, the new tendency of consumers to lean towards radio they can design, produce and control.There are mixed reports on commercial radio versus the Beeb. At the Guardian’s Changing Media Summit in March, analyst Claire

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This week several newspapers reported that the BBC spent £700,000 on a TV commercial for Radio 1, which, many claimed, will not even be used.The ad, which featured Radio 1 presenters Vernon Kaye, Jo Whiley, Chris Moyles and Scott Mills, was shot in a ‘magical’ style with gothic costumes and wild animals.The BBC said that it decided not to air the commercial in March as originally planned because

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Two weeks ago on Smallpod’s blog, we discussed the rise of community radio against commercial radio as a barometer for the changing needs of radio listeners.Now, community radio is a great thing. People using technology to create hyper-local, tailored information and entertainment for their own communities can’t be anything but a good idea, but the government’s current approach is a little

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Parliament’s official website, www.parliament.co.uk, has started using a third party content provider to create a Twitter feed of MPs and other twittering politicos.The feed filters all tweets to display just those from MPs, and is powered by www.tweetminster.co.uk. The aim of the feed is to create more transparency in UK politics. Current parliamentary twitterers include George Galloway, Lembit

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The BBC has launched its new comprehensive podcast page this week. The new page makes all BBC’s podcasts available for download in one place, and features new search facilities.The new page also has ‘Recently Launched’ and ‘Editor’s Pick’ sections, as well as a directory at the bottom of the page. The podcast page is greatly improved. Previously, many users probably were not aware of just how

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Much has been changed since the web really took hold of how this will democratise the media. In December last year The Economist ran an entire pull-out feature on how new technology provides ordinary people with the tools to create their own broadcasts and articles, and hinted that the traditional media is being replaced by a new, international and equal dialogue.This idea of citizen journalism

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Social networking sites are like mushrooms these days. There is one for every possible interest group, from knitting enthusiasts to hamster lovers to lonely farmers looking to meet others. The latest to hit a relatively large number of users is Daytum.Daytum is a social networking site that presents more interesting aspects than the generic mass-appeal of facebook, or the amusing novelty value of

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What kind of listener are you? Radio tells us a lot about personalities and needs. BBC Radio 1 listeners need fast, simple information and the top 40 tracks in the charts. BBC Radio 4 listeners need important, in-depth national reports and the occasional unusual feature. Kiss 100 fans just want to sound cool.It used to be that simple, but the face of radio is changing. Thanks to the digital

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A new survey by KPMG reveals that 60% of UK consumers will watch online ads in exchange for free videos, music and other content.Only 16% said they would rather pay for content than watch ads, leading KPMG to conclude that consumers are more likely to access ad-supported content than subscription content.The research is hardly surprising when put into context. It may be a little irritating to sit

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The Sony Awards are yet again dominated by commercial and BBC radio stations with no look in from community stations. The closest match that the community has is as a Digital Station of the Year - yet if you look at the funding behind the nominees it still resides in the hands of large commercial players.It is a pity that Sony recognises all the large national stations - when is it time to see

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There is danger in the air as the G20 summit begins today. All week, marching and rioting has been going on in the capital, as everyone who is anyone with a cause, grievance or who simply fancies chucking stuff around takes to the streets of the Square Mile.What has been fascinating about it all is the way protestors have used social media. Using the flashmob tactics previously developed for

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Yes, it’s happened, and much sooner than anyone thought. Birmingham City University now offers a Master’s degree in social media.The course, designed by Jon Hickman, offers students the chance to learn how to set up blogs, create podcasts and network through Twitter, Bebo and facebook. Generally, the course has had positive feedback, although Hickman said that he has had some emails questioning

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For the past ten years, digital marketers have been telling businesses that ignoring social media and refusing to engage customers through it will bring them ruin. They are probably right.“Engaging” is the buzzword of the moment; businesses must not just use social media as another way to bombard the public with sales messages, but actually establish a dialogue with consumers. This means taking

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There has been a constant stream of blogging and news writing about the way in which SMEs are using the internet, often more innovatively than the top 100 UK businesses, to maximise revenue, but some reporting is in danger of taking it all a little too far.This week, ComputerWeekly reports that the web will stop SMEs from going under during the recession. The article quotes a recent piece of

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If you are so popular that you feel compelled to splurge your photos, personal thoughts, intimate data and work activities in several places all over the web, Fallon is about to launch a product that will make it all easier than ever.The company has designed Skimmer, a widget that sits on your desktop and gathers all updates from all the social networking sites into one stream. So far, it can

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Around six months ago critics of social media were already declaring that it was the beginning of the end of the phenomenon. They claimed that with so much now on offer, the market was saturated with social networking and bookmarking tools, and soon, we would all just grow up and go back to using the Electrical Telephone Device.That was before Twitter came along and injected some new life into

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Feminism is a dirty word these days. In fact, sometimes it’s not even as important as that; it’s simply forgotten. It’s definitely not something to mention in the workplace unless you enjoy glazed stares and shrugs from your colleagues. This week, however, brings a viral campaign to celebrate technological feminist icons that gives her-story the web 2.0 treatment.Women in IT celebrated Ada

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Watching companies attempt to cash in on social media is massively entertaining. It’s a little like giving a fourteen year old a car and telling them they can go anywhere they want. In this situation, said teenager will hyperventilate, tell everyone they know, and then either (a) head to somewhere completely unadventurous that they could have got the bus to, or (b) put their life in immediate

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Two of this week’s stories about Twitter raise some interesting issues surrounding the latest social media craze. Much has been said in Twitter’s defence, about its usefulness for news reporting, such as during the Mumbai terrorist attacks, and for charity, such as Twestival and the Australian bushfire appeals.The latest Twitterphile story comes from research carried out by O2, which says that in

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Naysayers of the social networking revolution have often disregarded the phenomenon on the grounds that “nobody can have 150 real friends’, and that this focus on being “friends” with casual acquaintances is simply falsity and flattery on everyone’s part. This would be a valid point if it were true. The fact is, however, that social networking users do not claim to be actual “friends” of all of

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Aside from the general backslapping and mutual congratulations, some interesting things came out of this week’s Social Networking World Forum in London. Here’s a quick summary of who said what about which network.Dirk Singer, co-founder of Cow PR, urged big businesses to get on the social media gravy train or risk being booted to the bottom of the market. He said: “I may be preaching to the

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Social media, as we all know, is booming. According to the Nielsen report, the time people spend on social networks is growing three times faster than the internet itself. Fantastic opportunities for advertising should follow, but somehow, it’s just not happening. The Nielsen report itself, whilst making plenty of reference to the growth of social networks, even admits later on in the document

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It has been noted on this blog before that social networking seems to draw wildly different and mostly exaggerated press reactions. Either, social networking is seen to be the biggest discovery since fire, or it is a fad with no real practical use, which is already becoming a bore. In the case of the reporting surrounding market research firm Nielsen’s research into social networking, it’s been a

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Ben Hammersly, editor of Wired UK, this week gave an interesting interview with Journalism.co.uk. In it, he presents some brutal, but quite realistic, views about traditional news organisations and their panic to use as much social media as possible.Hammersly says that, although some social media is good, it isn’t a magic cure that will save the newspaper websites from their electronic rivals. "

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According to new research by Online Marketing Blog, social media will be main focus for marketing anything and everything this year.Of the respondents, 34% plan to focus on blogging in 2009, whilst 29% are going for Twitter and 28% for search engine optimisation. Top priorities for spreading the word about an organisation, product or cause include social networking and social media outreach.

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Everyone has something to say about social media. The tabloids claim it’s rotting the brains of our youth. The left-wing broadsheets are falling over themselves to get on board the social media revolution. The middle-aged proudly claim they have no idea what it is, and even five year olds, apparently, are blogging and poking like the best of them. Every now and again, someone comes out with a

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Business Week, in its quest to find the social media innovators to watch out for this year, opened up the question on blogs, Facebook and Twitter, to an overwhelming response. After dividing social media into four categories and whittling it down to one representative for each, Business Week named charity head Beth Kanter as 2009’s ‘Eyes to the World’ social media innovator.Kanter uses ‘every

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Cabinet Office minister Liam Byrne has announced that the government will grant £42.5 million to charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. This is welcome news; since the credit crunch hit, there have been calls for a boost to volunteering, to give the unemployed the skills and experience they need to get back into work, and to keep the economy moving. Social enterprises have

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There has been considerable backlash against social media in the past few months. After the explosion of interest in the beginning, with journalists proclaiming a Second Coming in global communications, Facebook’s fifth birthday last week prompted a rather spiteful little spate of contrary social media fatigue.The current Australian bushfires, however, seem to silence the complaints that social

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Facebook is a techie journo’s dream. Every day, a new application is added, more developers are allowed in, or the page is translated into another language. It just keeps growing. In fact, it’s any journalist’s dream. There is a constant stream of stories about crimes solved using FB, committed using FB, or the revolutions started there. My personal favourites are those about how FB has somehow

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Facebook, as you are probably painfully aware, is five today. Time certainly does fly when such an intriguing procrastination tool is available. Joking aside, Facebook has not only provided us with amusing games such as Motorcycle Madness; it’s the site that took profile pages out of the hands of musicians, teenage wizzkids and fiftysomethings looking for their school sweethearts, and into the

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Social media has given entrepreneurs a new angle at which to make money from the internet, sometimes at no cost. Easy, cheap (sometimes free) publicity is a major bonus to any start-up company, volunteering project or charity. It’s important, however, that businesses, social enterprises and entrepreneurs check to make sure that their online antics do not constitute a taxable activity; the long

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Press Release: Web Goes e-Mortal With Farawayfish Launch

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In an episode that demonstrates the power of social media for organising events, the 12th February will see a global charity event maximised by Twitter users.The transformation Twitter has already had on media is well-documented. During the attacks on Mumbai in December last year, information was first transmitted to UK journalists via Twitter, changing the way reporting is done when it comes to

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In an episode that demonstrates the power of social media for organising events, the 12th February will see a global charity event maximised by Twitter users.The transformation Twitter has already had on media is well-documented. During the attacks on Mumbai in December last year, information was first transmitted to UK journalists via Twitter, changing the way reporting is done when it comes to

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In an episode that demonstrates the power of social media for organising events, the 12th February will see a global charity event maximised by Twitter users.The transformation Twitter has already had on media is well-documented. During the attacks on Mumbai in December last year, information was first transmitted to UK journalists via Twitter, changing the way reporting is done when it comes to

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Following the general pattern that has been establishing itself over the past five years, Alstan Moor Parish, Cumbria, is home to another project where social media and social enterprise go hand in hand. Alstan is one of the most out-of-the-way areas in the country, but a local social enterprise is helping this small community online. With half of the UK’s households to miss out on superfast

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The Labour Party has announced the launch of its own social networking site, LabourSpace, allowing users to create campaigns around issues that matter to them.The new site is open to supporters of Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties as well as Labour voters. Users can comment on each others’ campaigns and join in the debate. Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband said:

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With the US President owing a significant part of his success to social media, and even the Labour party launching its own social networking site, it seems that it is time to find out who Facebooks, who Bebos, and how these words became verbs.YouGov, the online market research agency, will be conducting quarterly reports in 2009 into how UK consumers use social networking sites. In a move that

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The jury is still out on the 2012 Olympics. Some say the games will be the best thing ever to happen to London, and some say the much-talked about investment into south and east London will not go to the people, but to the contractors. Whether you approve or not, however, one thing is certain; the games will be unavoidable, especially if you are a young person.The latest push for the Olympics is

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What lovely noise to hear that Google's social site has been hit by spammers. The guys purchase Postini - the greatest Anti-spam machine - have a email service and they fall flat on their faces when they discover that they haven't made their social space safe.This happens to all sites - the worst was when I became a member of social site Badoo - I was spammed every five minutes by men selling me

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It's been a while and sorry for our lack of noise in recent weeks - there's been a lot of development on the social networking side for smallpod. Gaypedia is set to be given a full design upgrade for 2009 which will mark our first 12-months of launch from our Alpha-test. Social networking has evolved incredibly in the past year and I rarely use anything other than Gaydar, Gaypedia, Facebook and

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In my original post perhaps I was being incredibly stubborn when I talked of how great the web browser Flock is and tempted fate. It turns out that Flock is not great after all. Just last week the browser crashed leaving me lost without any of the RSS feeds I had saved, all blogs, YouTube videos, Facebook set=up, bookmarks - well everything I had done to customise my use of the internet all GONE

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The bigger the company, the louder the brand the cooler any new device. Nokia's phones dominated the world with intuitive features and multimedia functions before iPhone jumped on the scene. iPhone is now the benchmark for any new mobile handset, but is it really?Clothing labels are out and technology is in as consumer clamber to get hold of the latest mobile phone craze - as we put Crazy Frog

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This blog maybe about digital media and there is no-one that perhaps resembles the results of reality digital media than Jade Goody. Today it was announced she has cancer - well what a trick out of the old publicists book.It may indeed seem that it is incredibly cynical to believe that someone would stoop to such a low level but I will fundamentally believe that Goody discovering she has cancer

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FYI RADIO has been awarded £4,000 from The European Youth in Action programme as part of its Youth Initiative scheme.The podcast, which launched in May 2007 as a live show on Resonance FM and a downloadable podcast for Pride London has used the money to overhaul its website and develop user-generated content.The European Youth in Action programme is run in the UK by the British Council and

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Search has cost the World a great deal yet we continue in vain to find the answer we best seek. Google made a mint following Yahoo and Microsoft's unsuccessful branding focus on their search utilities. However can Google control the Search Fleet? This is beginning to look unlikely as the new generation of developers, researchers and technicians begin to head their sights for the battle

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Four years of regularly reading this publication and I have to be told that it is to be no more following a merger. IT Week has gone and been eaten by Computing - how many more media mergers do we have to experience.IT Week has always had slightly more of an edge as a publication that was readable and easily accessible, while Computing filled boredom with paralysis of the brain. However I am

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Facebook has taken over so many people's lives that it would seem peculiar if it were not to exist. A life without Facebook? It's like asking how we wuld spend our time without the internet, radio or even the television.The social networking website is different however, it's not the incredibly awe-inspiring community portal it makes itself out to be. In fact having witnessed 'friends' come, then

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The whole concept of work-life balance is totally blurred with the introduction of technology. People expect that because they can change the hours they work that there is more of a work-life balance - what a load of rubbish.The internet runs businesses and has led to many people accessing work emails from home or business calls on their personal mobiles - well that's the work-life balance out

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I'm just going to sound my own petty little trumpet for a second as I announce what I was expecting all along - a social networking website is now working with a terrestrial TV channel to share content...Oh boy oh boy...I am filled with so much glee.I knew it all along - user-generated content wouldn't take long to hit the mainstream, now it's just a matter of quality programmes to be produced

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Social networks are dripping through into the net community quick and fast with many websites now incorporating these technologies as part of their offering. From previous posts my recent involvement and launch of gaypedia , the gay and lesbian local directory and travel information portal, provides a deeper level of understanding of how these work.I joined five further social networks in the

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Having experienced live networking through the gay social networking community - Jake - and doing much more with Pride London it has been much more enjoyable getting out and about talking to people.I attended the LGBT HISTORY MONTH AGM this week and met so many wonderfully informed and active community people. School's Out is an excellent organisation that does bring people together up and down

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Last night I gave up on trying to make friends, promote myself and my products and basically gain attention online. That was it, I couldn't sit in front of a computer screen any longer. It had been ten straight days of 16 hours - my eyes were killing me.So to make my move from virtual to reality easier I decided to attend the Director's Society held by the social networking site Jake. I was

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I've been blogging for quite a while about digital media, social networks, the media and well PR. There's only so much I can say, criticise, comment or opinionate on the subject before it's high time to put it into practice.So YES - I am getting involved in a totally converged field of the above and I am going to work on ensuring that I put my best practice to best use. There's only so much a

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What a bleedin year it's been; hap-hazard government, OTT Eco-wars, Political Correctness gone mad, London youths shot and killed, missing girl in Portugal another found in Russia, man escapes canoe, floods cause catastrophe, Spice Girls return and we hit a housing crisis.I'm taking this moment to reflect on 2007. I expected much more from the year but it has certainly been an incredible

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Oh ho ho, no I am no Santa Claus - nor a prude, but when I read the recent story that The Manchester Evening News is to stop all sex ads I couldn't help but smile!I'm waiting for this to happen across the gay community. Boyz recently reverted on its decision not to show cock in its sex ads, didn't take long - obviously too many desperate men away from Gaydar when in a bar needing to see some

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So I was rejected from G-A-Y Late. Why? Because on a weeknight they only let members and ‘recognisable faces’ in. For what reason?That the 1980’s epidemic of discrimination might arise?Well I disagree. This is not the first time myself nor an acquaintance has been denied entrance to a G-A-Y venue. The first instance was when I was with a straight female – similar to the recent case involving a

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Okay - bit dramatic I know. But following the last few days successes with an ex-client who left believing that we were no good and couldn't achieve a piece of PR if it meant publishing our own newsletter blatantly has no patience.Fair, fair that people who know me know I have no patience, but when it is pro-actively communicated that effective PR can take time to see results and returns of

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Must admit, this made me chuckle. Oh My God - a an airline going gay, you mean it's not just the air crew?http://truemors.com/?p=18855Gay discounts - no way. I am definitely going to wear my rainbow ribbon when travelling now!I worked for a car rental company, CarDelMar, who exclusively adertised in the gay market - and why not we got more disposable income than many...

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This idea that we're all free - well we know that it's not true. The concept that we have freedom of speech - well that went a long time ago with democracy.Our stride towards greater equality for us to pay repsect for one another's culture, beliefs and values - well that is a bit of a false prophecy - when there's more than one person there are always some form of disagreements - so while we make

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Every day I need my dose of Nemi, and today was just what I needed. She is one hot babe who is more politically savvy than her friends make her out to be.So today - they discussed the Environment - boy such a fad term by people nowadays.I was a member of the WWF before the Green Party managed to swing any votes, when I was 7 years old saving the planet was what I wanted to do. I soon realised

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Ah well, bless - last night I attended the prelaunch for LGBT History Month 2008 at The Royal Courts of Justice. Hosting the event at the venue is quite an accomplishment since this year we celebrate 40 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality.The evening didn't start off well - I was set to record some interviews for an exclusive FYI Radio podcast for www.smallpod.co.uk - however I had

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So it's finally complete, after 12 months of production I managed to get hold of a copy and preparing for distribution. Be the first to see it...Episode one of The Life of Ryan; tongue in cheek tour of London through a queer boy's eyes...

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We were at the end of our teather, listening to radio stations playing the same music over and over again. Thank god for playlists. Jesus didn't invent music pluggers for nothing - I mean, did the son of our God really want us to experience diversity and appreciation of music. Of course not, he wanted us all to listen to the same old bland stuff.Without the need of appearing to be religious - cuz

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So the pressure of running a multiplatform publication house has got all too much for EMAP. Now they’re running scared, selling off their assets in return for obscene amounts of money in case they crash and burn.What a load of old cobblers. Without seeing the financial forecasts I can make no real claim yet the news of recent months should be enough to shed enough light on their current

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Come on - write to your MP. Support the Burmese people: www.writetothem.comI sent this:I am writing to you today to ask that you support the Burmese them to rid the country of military control.Like us, they should be entitled to freedom of speech and a democracy. I just cannot believe that this is happening and we care standing by watching.I know after our experiences with Iraq that getting

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The radio revolution is nearing and the pressure of independent press forming our opinions is nearing its peak. Why do I say this? Well, let's look at the events of web 2.0. More people are accessing media online, websites and blogs are growing in popularity, downloads of music is taking over the pop charts and podcasts have more than doubled in listenership over the past year.Traditional radio

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Okay, I've never been able to spell the word dividends but nonetheless I should hope that whatever we put into life we get something out of it. Obviously when you provide charity, it's a good will gesture that will make you feel five minutes of brilliance, however to what extent should you help and support people before you get any reward.When working for chartitable organisations, volunteeering

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Making a film today is getting easier as technology advances anyone with a mobile phone can make a film, edit and post online. The small film industry is booming with so many more people jumping aboard the creative train. However, as we pursue ambitions to produce a blockbuster movie each step of the way there is a hurdle, or often financial mountain, for those of us without the funds to clear

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I've worked in radio since 1999. I witnessed the first website introduced by GWR Radio Group, called koko.com which no longer exists. The aim of this website was to bring all the local stations together under one brand and for the listener to connect to their local station, so early on in the development of the interent, Koko.com was a far cry from today's Web 2.0. It was difficult to work, a

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It's interesting how a death makes things okay to talk about. Following the early departure of Gary Frisch, co-founder Gaydar, all the papers have published indepth obituries in memory of the third most powerful homosexual in the UK. The man who together with his partner created the UK's largest most effective dating website. A man who helped change my life when things go dry and introduced me to

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Go on, give it a shot, leave a comment to.PLUS, share it with your mates and contacts - you know you should do xxxClick here to get your own player.

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It's one thing learning on the job and totally other receiving training, but most importantly we need to be given full constructive criticism of the work we undertake. Without regular feedback development will be sticky and could lead to many problems in future.Throughout my life I have only received constructive criticism that mattered to my career from one person. He has been very kind recently

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According to the bleedin religious groups, one in particular listening to music makes you gay. I really have to contend with that since my father is a horny bugger, always after a bit of straight nookie, yet loved half the list below plus George Michael. I tell ya, some people really do have the oddest thoughts. If listening to music is this bad, then certainly church organ music should be banned

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Oh boy, time seems to just disappear. Three days in Amsterdam has come and gone leaving just an almighty hazy hangover in its wake. It was my first time in the city and although money is tight I am glad I went. I haven't been away since last April, it was weird trying not to think about work, there was nothing dometic you can do in that country - which meant I just did everything I wanted to.I

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