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The power of the humble hyperlink

by Mathew on July 12, 2007 · View Comments

Like most bloggers, I think I tend to take the power of the link for granted. I write things, I link to other bloggers and to websites, etc. etc. — that’s how it works, right? Carry on — nothing to see here. And yet, every now and then something comes along that reinforces just how [...]

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Robots, crowds or editors? Yes.

by Mathew on June 22, 2007 · View Comments

The news that Daylife — the social news-aggregator that Jeff Jarvis is involved with, and craigslist.org founder Craig Newmark has helped financially — has gotten a second round of funding is an optimistic note for the idea of social news, although I’m not quite sure Daylife is there yet (or Newsvine, or Gather.com for that [...]

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From Press Gazette comes news the the Beeb is sending reporter and techno guru Ben Hammersely to Turkey to cover the election using a number of social networking tools, including his blog, Flickr, YouTube and Facebook: “The BBC has dispatched reporter Ben Hammersley to spend two weeks using new social media web tools to cover [...]

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