I’m very much looking forward to this event, which has already recived a rebuttal from an ideological perspective from Jack Straw in the Guardian; I’ve been highly engaged with digitisation’s effect on society, especially since the launch of the Digital Britain report. Watching Us, Now a film by Ivo Gormey really made me think about the possibilities and oppotunities for a society connected online; at the same time it can leave us naked and potenially more vulnerable to abuses of our civil liberties, based upon the information we share voluntarily or involuntarily, so I beleive that the online race needs to be moderated with certain checks and balances that can attempt to meet the needs of as many of the Internet’s stakeholders as possible – from the ability of the UK’s businesses to create a future in the wake of out financial crisis, to the ability of individuals to excercise control over what appears abou them on this dynamic medium.  And I say this as a huge advocate and supporter of the digital sector.

I have to be somewhere in the morning, but look forward to meeting you all at the COML Tweetup!

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Facebook is five already. It really rams home what the right ‘killer app’ can achieve in such a short time.  I was slightly disappointed at the prospect of a ‘virtual gift’ (I was hoping for shopping vouchers, personally), but then I noticed that it was a great opportunity to give thanks to other people in your life, for whatever reason. A handy marketing tactic if ever there was one! Twitter has only passed its second birthday and it’s ready to move into the mainstream now, thanks a) to the huge rage of apps and clients made for people that wish to get the most out of the platform b) its simplicity and c) ‘Tweetup’ events that make it about more than just faffing about online.

It also goes to show that no social technology innovator can afford to rest on their laureals. Even as the mainstream media are all a Twitter, Friendfeed is building more adaptable features ina  bid to steal market share. The question is whether they can become an adjective though, like ‘Googled’, Facebooked’ or ‘Tweeted’.

ReadWriteWeb has a great and detailed guide on how to use Friendfeed’s new features. Have a peek!

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