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Chart: Who Participates And What People Are Doing Online

by StrangelyAttractive on July 1, 2010

Kevin: An interesting chart based on Forrester Research that looks at online behaviours across age groups in the US. One thing that is very interesting is the relatively small group of "Collectors", those who use RSS and tag content to gather information. Even amongst the very active Gen Y group (22-26), the highest group of collectors is 18%.

Everything you need to know about the internet | Technology | The Observer

by StrangelyAttractive on June 23, 2010

Kevin: John Naughton has an excellent meditation about the internet and the pervasive search for easy answers. We're living through a revolution. Get used to it. As he writes, disruption is a feature not a bug. "By implementing these twin protocols, Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn created what was essentially a global machine for springing surprises." It's an excellent piece that looks at a number of the disruptive trends online such as how to deal with information abundance, which upends traditional economics that attempts to deal with the allocation of scrace resources.

About the authors

Suw Charman-Anderson

Suw Charman-Anderson is a social software consultant and writer who specialises in the use of blogs and wikis behind the firewall. With a background in journalism, publishing and web design, Suw is now one of the UK's best known bloggers, frequently speaking at conferences and seminars.

Her personal blog is Chocolate and Vodka, and yes, she's married to Kevin.

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Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson is a freelance journalist and digital strategist with more than a decade of experience with the BBC and the Guardian. He has been a digital journalist since 1996 with experience in radio, television, print and the web. As a journalist, he uses blogs, social networks, Web 2.0 tools and mobile technology to break news, to engage with audiences and tell the story behind the headlines in multiple media and on multiple platforms.

From 2009-2010, he was the digital research editor at The Guardian where he focused on evaluating and adapting digital innovations to support The Guardian’s world-class journalism. He joined The Guardian in September 2006 as their first blogs editor after 8 years with the BBC working across the web, television and radio. He joined the BBC in 1998 to become their first online journalist outside of the UK, working as the Washington correspondent for BBCNews.com.

And, yes, he's married to Suw.

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Suw’s Research

Preparing for High-impact, Low-probability Events: Lessons from Eyjafjallajökull
I contributed a report on the media response to the Eyjafjallajökull ash cloud disruption which was summarised in Chapter 4: The Battle for the Airwaves in this Chatham House publication.

Making the Connection: The use of social technologies in civil society
In this report, written for Carnegie UK Trust, I combine extensive research and analysis of current trends with a vision for the future that envisages how developments in social technologies will shape the social web and society.

The Changing Role of Journalists in a World Where Everyone Can Publish
In a white paper written for the Freedom of Expression Project, I examine how social media is changing the role of journalists.

DRKW Case Study
Find out how a large investment bank drove adoption of its internal wiki.

Dark Blogs Case Study - A European Pharmaceutical Group
Find out how a large pharma company uses dark blogs (behind the firewall) to gather and disseminate competitive intelligence material.