Some binaries I still believe in

Now I’m in Leeds where there are slightly more clouds in the sky but fewer people in the streets and that’s probably a combination I prefer. Yesterday I tested out my new HK running shoes and added another introduction to the book chapter I’m working on, precipitated by a range of conversations I’ve been having [...]

Rural broadband

At the end of last week I spent two days at the University of Wollongong listening to a range of stakeholders and researchers talk about broadband. The workshop was organised around the ideas of self, place and “making do” and was an effort to talk about the cultural reality of communications infrastructure in non-metro areas [...]

Pownced, part II

There is a bit more to say about the Pownce closure. Reading the full story here, the acquisition of Values of n means it’s also the end for I Want Sandy, a productivity app I have previously mentioned with some derision. For me, the retro gender typing of this latter platform typified the mindset of [...]

Blowing bubbles?

Pownce to melgregg Dec 2 We are sad to announce that Pownce is shutting down on December 15, 2008. As of today, Pownce will no longer be accepting new users or new pro accounts. To help with your transition, we have built an export tool so you can save your content. You can find the [...]

Grizzling about Facebook notes

These are my notes from Meaghan Morris’s talk earlier this month. They are very impressionistic, so please don’t take them to be accurate, i.e. quotable. If you were there please do amend and develop if you can and continue the conversation. I’ve left out a whole set of contextual references to William Gibson, Miranda Devine, [...]

Grizzling about Facebook

Setting up my new office, I’m reminded that my first task at Sydney is to introduce and chair this seminar on Friday. All are welcome. Professor Meaghan Morris ‘Grizzling About Facebook’ Friday, 7th Nov, 2pm The Refectory, Main Quadrangle, University of Sydney Followed by drinks at Manning Bar Abstract: In journalistic usage, “new media” talk [...]

Twitter whores and Facebook flakes

I wish I’d seen this before my “Always On” talk. Would have helped in question time. Part Two is also pretty funny. I got this from a comment on Mark Deuze‘s Facebook page – it was offered by one of his friends as an initiation present. Mark’s blogpost this week makes me realise I’m not [...]

Facebook journalism, continued

The recent post about Rudd’s social networking strategy is now available over at Online Opinion. Since I wrote the piece there have been some pretty spectacular examples of Facebook journalism–the most notable being The Courier Mail‘s massive headline last Saturday, June 7: “FACEBOOK MURDER”. The web version of the story includes a link to the [...]

Blog reader survey – please help

A message from Bo, my wonderful RA. Please consider linking to this post if you are a blogger and want to support more cultural research in this area! Do you have a favourite blogger that you want to talk about? I am an Honours student from the University of Queensland, Australia and I am conducting [...]

The social networking strategy that wasn’t

When photos of the Prime Minister’s ‘butler’ appeared in various Sunday papers this past weekend it was the latest example of an emerging genre of so-called news stories based on allegedly revealing photos available on Facebook (Australian readers may well remember the media frenzy around swimming star, Stephanie Rice). Rudd’s apparent reaction to the front [...]

« go back — keep looking »