As soon as this week, Google might be rolling out a "Twitter-killer" feature for Gmail users, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Gmail users can currently broadcast status messages via the Google Talk feature. The main difference between the current offering and the new feature is that status messages aren't available in a timeline format. With the new "Twitter clone," they will be. Sponsor UPDATE: While we're still waiting for an official response from Google's PR team, we..   show all text

Last year's trashy GoDaddy SuperBowl commercials annoyed me enough to switch domain registrars; this year's just confirmed I made the right decision. If you want out, here's what I posted about it last year: Yes, I knew that popular, cheap domain registrar GoDaddy always used sex to sell their services, and yes, their bullying upsells always bugged me, but yesterday’s Super Bowl ad shot my “Stop doing business with GoDaddy” to-do to the top of my list. But where to transfer to? I polled my Twi..   show all text

openobjects.blogspot.com Last Tuesday, I asked 'If you follow a museum on twitter, is it friendly or weird if it follows you back?'.  The poll gathered 50 responses overall and I've presented an overview of the results here. Question 2 was added in response to a suggestion from a respondent after 20 responses had already been given, so for this reason alone, the results should not be taken as anything other than an interesting indication of responses.  I've shared the written responses to vari..   show all text

A few weeks ago, I received a message in the mail from Ariel Glazer at University of Buenos Aires sharing this video, which remixed some footage from the interview I gave to the producers of Digital Nation. In many ways, it captures some of my core themes and concerns better than the PBS documentary and in the process, it helps us make connections with a range of other conversations taking place around the world about New Media Literacies. When I taught my New Media Literacies class last seme..   show all text

Check out the new kid on the block. WordPress now has a new plugin that adds Project and Task Management functionality to your site. Last week we did an in-depth interview with Kyle Jones, a librarian who is successfully using WordPress to revolutionize learning management systems. Get ready for what WordPress has to offer the world of project management. CollabPress allows WordPress users to easily create projects and tasks for each of their projects. There are many benefits to combining Wo..   show all text

• Post-graduates to replace professors • Staff poised to strike over proposals of cuts Universities across the country are preparing to axe thousands of teaching jobs, close campuses and ditch courses to cope with government funding cuts, the Guardian has learned. Other plans include using post-graduates rather than professors for teaching and the delay of major building projects. The proposals have already provoked ballots for industrial action at a number of universities in the past week ..   show all text

UCL Laws, in conjunction with UCL Centre for Digital Humanities, UCL Department of Information Studies, and UCL Library Services, are pleased to announce the launch of the Bentham Papers Transcription Initiative, which has secured £260,000 funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s highly competitive Digital Equipment and Database Enhancement [...]

Last Tuesday, I asked 'If you follow a museum on twitter, is it friendly or weird if it follows you back?'.  The poll gathered 50 responses overall and I've presented an overview of the results here. Question 2 was added in response to a suggestion from a respondent after 20 responses had already been given, so for this reason alone, the results should not be taken as anything other than an interesting indication of responses.  I've shared the written responses to various questions, and provi..   show all text

Jeremy Bentham's body, preserved and on display at UCL. We at UCL are all terribly proud of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)- whose body, or "Auto-icon" is on display in the South Cloisters. It is widely told that he was the founder of UCL - which isnt true, although he did influence those who did found our University. I dont think I'll ever get bored in saying "Good morning!" to him every day as I walk past. You'll be pleased to know his case gets locked up tight every evening to allow him some ..   show all text