Conversations with DinaCreative Chaos - Dina Mehta's Blog. Contact me at: dina[dot]mehta[at]gmail[dot]comWhat is a blog- April 30, 2007 a publication a tool a social tool a conversation a community space guess again ---- it's a person! Jeremy Wagstaff makes a simple statement on blogs: "A blog isn't a publication. It's a person"http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/2007/04/30.html#a940 Special on Youth and the Internet- April 27, 2007 Here's an excerpt from an article I did for Tehelka's special on youth and the internet, on much urging from Shivam, who put an apt title to it - The Mirror of Change - This is Who We are Becoming. "For those completely immersed in virtual worlds such as Second Life, the seduction of intimacy combined with anonymity does not mean they do not share the joys and sorrows of their real worlds. My bet is that they do. "Pet", a very close friend and a...http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/2007/04/27.html#a939 Map Your Name on mapmyname- April 27, 2007 MapMyName is a project started by a couple of students, who are aiming to assess how many people use the internet all over the world. They hope to achieve this within a month by spreading the mapmyname meme. Brave attempt!!Currently, I'm the only user from Mumbai listed on there - and I think the only one from India too. Spread the word by clicking here to map your name! Link via Euan who tweeted about it on Twitter.http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/index.html#a938 Paper Works- April 25, 2007 Sachi and Lee LeFever are doing a series of "paperworks" educational videos. From Lee's email:"In my opinion, RSS has been too geeky for too long. I have friends who use the web as much as I do and have no clue about RSS. It's a minor travesty. To help remedy this situation, Sachi and I created a video called "RSS in Plain English" that is aimed at turning-on the non-geeks of the world. It's in a format we call "paperwork" - I think you'll see what that means. We're just getting started and..http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/2007/04/25.html#a937 Industry proclaims Social Media is not a fad- April 17, 2007 According to a report by Accenture, the media and entertainment industry feels user-generated content is the top threat to their businesses: "NEW YORK; April 16, 2007 -Media and entertainment executives see the growing ability and eagerness of individuals to create their own content as one of the biggest threats to their business, according to results of a survey released today by Accenture (NYSE: ACN).In its annual survey of senior executives in the media and entertainment industry, Accenture..http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/2007/04/17.html#a936 Bloggers Code of Conduct - Please NO!- April 1, 2007 Heh .. Johnnie .. I'm with you in feeling ranty! As a response to this, a stopcyberbullying community is nice, comments policies and guidelines are ok if you believe you need them, but a Bloggers Code of Conduct What will it achieve - perhaps nothing. What will you do if someone violates the bloggers code of conduct - delete their comments, report them - that's something you can do without such a formal code isn't it Who will enforce this Code of Conduct across blogs Will bloggers that do not.http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/2007/04/02.html#a935 |