I’ve been receiving sinister automated messages on my voicemail for the last few days requesting that I call Westcot Credit Services. I first checked with Vodafone, my network provider, to find out what’s up. I was assured I had no outstanding bills, a fact confirmed by the direct debit payments […]
The work to change this blog and website has now been completed. The changes are as follows: The main address is now www.jonworth.eu and the homepage contains information rather than blog entries blog.jonworth.eu remains the domain name for the blog, and all old links to that address still work A […]
The Labour Deputy Leadership race is all there really is in UK politics at the moment when it comes to using the internet for political campaigning. But there are a couple of developments that I really wonder about. Firstly is how the candidates are using Facebook, or more precisely, their […]
How do you navigate around the wide variety of online communities in existence? Well, you need a map. Click the image above to see the full size version. It’s an excellent graphical representation (initially from here) of how different online networks relate to each other, and which have the greatest […]
I have a lot of respect for the work that the Fabian Society does, but they just do not seem to understand that the old channels of influence do not work in quite the same way as before. The new Fabian Society website is one of the worst new sites […]
First there was the Social Europe journal, and now there’s the Social Europe blog to go with it. The idea is to be able to publish articles about centre left EU politics that are intellectual but not as long or developed as those that go into the journal. I’ve been […]
I’m back in London and just want to make a quick plug for a new website I’ve launched this weekend. It’s TMP Online, a multi-user blog system for those on the centre left from a diverse range of backgrounds to discuss political issues they feel are important. It will be […]
Following hot on the heels of Oliver Kamm’s criticism of blogging and democracy (see this post), there’s a heated debate going on about Tim O’Reilly’s ideas for a broad code of conduct for bloggers – and it’s even considered important enough to be a main story at The Guardian’s website. […]
The New Statesman is running its New Media Awards again this year, and I’ve just been casting my eye over the list of nominees in the Elected Representative category. What a terrible collection! There are some better efforts at interactivity on some of these websites (there are a few ‘blogs’ […]
I’ve been added as a ‘friend’ in Facebook by Peter Hain. But while Hain might be an interesting person to have as a real friend (you could ask him why he was a young liberal and ended up joining Labour… or why he thinks it’s OK to be a turncoat […]
A colleague at work mentioned MySociety‘s new website to me – Neighbourhood Fix It. This is a site that allows you to report all kinds of minor problems in your area. I’ve just used it to report a major pothole on my cycle route between Waterloo and Elephant & Castle. […]
It’s taken longer than I would have thought, but I’m now online at the Congress. Seems the technology is far from perfect at the 1960s conference centre. The first few videos will be online very soon. My fellow bloggers here are Helena Markstedt, Jonas Morian, Ã…sa Westlund and Johanna Graf, […]
