So we’ve come to the final installment in my ‘10 sectors to watch’ series, and I can definitely say that it’s been difficult cutting down the list to just ten. I’m going to finish today with two sectors that both represent social changes rather than merely technological ones.
What do we want to be?
Tag Archive: Social Media
NaNoWriMo begins today!
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) officially begins today, with thousands of authors around the globe beginning to put words down in the hopes of reaching the 50,000 word goal by the end of November.
Ethical Blogging Series Roundup
The series on ethical blogging here at Future Conscience has proved to be quite popular. I’ve decided to do a quick roundup of the posts done so far; mainly so that new readers are able to catch up on what’s been done already. Here’s what we’ve covered so far.
Technorati and the state of the Blogosphere
Technorati has just completed their run through of posts relating to their 2009 State of the Blogosphere report. Then intention of the report is to examine the trends within blogging that have taken place over the past twelve months, exploring the changes in growth and media that is being utilised by the bloggers that responded to their survey.
Ethical Blogging: Promoting your site
Building a successful website really requires two core things: good content and good marketing. Without good content, nobody is going to want to visit your site more than once. But without good marketing, nobody will visit your site at all.
Tweetivism: social justice or internet lynch mob?
It has been undeniable that 2009 was the year that Twitter put itself on the map. Not just as the home of the early adopter, or as a tool for celebrity brand control, but as a method of social activism and justice.
Google Wave hit by scammers
Well, it was kind of bound to happen, but the growing interest in Google Wave has lead to a number of online scammers trying to take advantage of the small number of accounts handed out so far. Because of the way in which Google has decided to roll-out its latest game-changing product, the more seedy [...]
Ethical Blogging: Sourcing Images
Another Wednesday, another post on ethical blogging! For those who are just coming to Future Conscience, I have recently started a series of posts on what we feel are some good blogging practices. Today I’m going to take a look at a very important aspect of blog posts: images.
Only 5% say they will pay for online news
Since the advent of wide-spread broadband access, newspaper profits have been plummeting at unprecedented rates. What we are beginning to see now is that the online business models of many of these large media organisations are also unsustainable – forcing many of them to think of ways to further monetise their businesses.
Are we still educating kids to go out and conquer the 1980s?
Here’s an interesting question, and one that raises a number of points for us at Future Conscience: are educational institutions doing enough to address the reality of the workplace in the twenty first century?
