Archive for the ‘Online communication’ Category

Exploring Flickr

Tuesday, August 9th, 2005

Ireland-GlandoreCoCork-DrombergStoneCircleOriginally uploaded by nznomad.I've just started seriously exploring Flickr in the last few days - I know, I know, so behind the curve on this one - and I've found it fascinating on many levels. So well designed, both in usability and the features available.I'm blogging this from ...

Two models of community radio

Wednesday, July 13th, 2005

I've just finished reading Seizing the Airwaves, which charts the state of free or pirate radio in the United States. The book was published in 1998 so some of it is a little out of date - the LPFM has come on line since then, for instance - but much ...

Ní bheidh RnaG ag podcraoladh

Monday, July 4th, 2005

Scríobh mé chuig RTE ag moladh go dtosnódh RnaG ag podcraoladh. Fuair mé r-phost inniú freagra inniu ag míniú nach mbeidh RTÉ nó RnaG ag podcraoladh mar:With regards to the podcast and mp3 issues we can't do it for legal reasons due with the copyrights of music on the shows ...

Podcasting ó RnaG go gairid?

Sunday, June 26th, 2005

Tá mír ag Imeallach ag meabhrú ar an seans go dtosnóidh Radio na Gaeltachta (RnaG) le podcasts. Tá fógra ag an stáisiún ag rá:Táthar ag obair i láthair na huaire ar chóras nua do chomhaid fuaime chláracha RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.. Nílim fein cinnte gur podcasting a mbeidh ann - ...

Podcasting ‘no longer cool’

Wednesday, June 8th, 2005

"It's official: podcasting is no longer cool," according to the Guardian Online blog. Their reasoning? Arnold Schwarzenegger is now podcasting. They have a point.

Gender, ICTs and violence

Tuesday, May 10th, 2005

The Association for Progressive Communications has announced a discussion on the impact of ICTs on violence against women:Explaining the relevance of the event, Kee and Simerska said: "Women largely being in the poorest sections of community are much affected with regards to the issue of access to infrastucture, skills and ...

Europe to create plan to preserve written and A/V heritage

Thursday, May 5th, 2005

I'm guessing that this is at least somewhat linked to the response to Google Print I previously reported:The European Commission announced on 3 May that it is to boost its policy of preserving and exploiting Europe's written and audiovisual heritage. At a time when the internet and the digital technologies ...

Google News to downgrade ‘unauthoritative’ sources?

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005

In other Google-news the search engine is reportedly planning to lessen the attention given to 'non-mainstream' sources in its Google News service, something that will doubtless please Andrew Orlowski of the Register but that is unsurprisingly worrying to some radical media activists.

Counter-cultural digitisation

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005

Google Print will have faded from most people's minds at this point, as will the complaints about cultural hegemony but it seems work has been progressing in the background to create an alternative to the project and, as reported today in Liberation, the result is a project to digitise publications ...

Webcasting of public meetings

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005

From the e-government bulletin:Trials of a system allowing remote participation in council and community meetings using webcasting and email are to begin in Britain, Ireland, Slovakia and Spain by September 2005 as a test bed for possible wider European rollout. Members of the 'eParticipate' (http://www.eparticipate.org/) initiative are developing tailored versions ...