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Flippin’ Marvellous: Using Video in the Classroom

The education system is changing rapidly, with forward-thinking teachers making the most of new media to engage their pupils in learning. New Media Knowledge caught up with one head teacher to learn how he had used video to great effect in the classroom.

Educating the Educators: Teachers Get Help for the Digital World

A new website has been launched to help teachers understand digital media and make the most of it in the classroom. New Media Knowledge spoke to professionals at the coal face to see what difference they thought it would make.

Gender Blender: Can New Media Help Attract More Women Into IT?

The ICT sector still struggles to attract women, according to research. Could new and social media provide the impetus needed to encourage more female entrants into the profession? New Media Knowledge canvassed some views.

NMK Podcast - Episode Nine - Twittering Bletchley Park

Dr Sue Black of the University of Westminster has been using social networking, specifically Twitter, to raise awareness of the plight of Bletchley Park, including a big boost from the author and actor Stephen Fry. She spoke to NMK about how she’s hoping to help preserve this important piece of British – and computing – history.

Natural England Uses New Media to Set Green Example

The UK Government’s independent adviser on wildlife and the natural environment used new media to bring 2,500 of its employees together at its recent annual conference, reducing potential carbon emissions as a result. New Media Knowledge looks at the potential future of ‘green’ conferencing.

NMK Podcast - Episode Eight - Dog's Trust

Dogs Trust is a major UK-based charity dedicated to educating dog owners on best practice and finding caring homes for dogs across the world. The organisation’s digital marketing manager, Jacqui Darlow, talks to NMK about its social media strategy, which includes DoggySnaps, its own “Facebook for dogs”, and Twitter, where it has almost 6,000 followers.

Voter Apathy: Would E-voting Increase Turnout?

Poor voter turnout at recent local and European Parliament elections have raised once again the question of electronic voting to stimulate the electorate into action. New Media Knowledge weighed up the possibilities.

NMK Podcast - Episode Six - Writing for the Web

Liz Keller is a senior business consultant at EMC Consulting, specialising in search engine optimisation (SEO). In this week’s podcast, she talks to New Media Knowledge about writing for the Web and provides practical advice for organisations of all sizes keen to improve their Web content and SEO effectiveness.

All Change at BIMA: NMK Meets New Head

The British Interactive Media Association appointed a new chair and vice-chair in May to take the group forward. New Media Knowledge caught up with the group’s new head to see what direction he plans to take it.

NMK Podcast - Episode Five - All Dig Down

Shelley Taylor is CEO and founder of all dig down, which describes itself as a “digital entertainment site for the culturally curious”. She talks to NMK about the site, the fast-evolving cultural media scene and music distribution.

E-Government: Interview with Directgov

Government information site Directgov celebrates its fifth birthday this year and recently enjoyed its one billionth page impression. New Media Knowledge caught up with the site’s chief executive to learn about its ever changing role and the future of e-government.

Exclusive Interview: Oxford Internet Institute Sets Out the Privacy Threats in 2009

Privacy and identity protection online is of constant concern to Internet users. New Media Knowledge spoke to Dr. Ian Brown of the Oxford Internet Institute to get his diagnosis on the state of Internet privacy in the UK today.

Governing Digital

Richard Greenhalgh, Managing Director of EHS Brann Discovery, discusses the growing need to put data governance at the heart of business strategy.

Ringing the Changes: Newspapers Look to Reverse Fortunes

Influential media mogul Rupert Murdoch recently called for newspapers to start charging for online content to offset the loss of ad revenue. New Media Knowledge took at look at how one major European news outlet is changing its model to generate income.

School of Thought: Social Networking to Enter Curriculum

Children should be taught new media, such as social networking, blogging and podcasting by the time they enter secondary education, according to proposals. New Media Knowledge took a look at how this might work.

Industry Mixed on Development of Semantic Web

As the development of the ‘Semantic Web’ continues, New Media Knowledge talked to the industry to gauge how far the industry has come towards making the Semantic Web a reality and what it means for Internet users and businesses alike.

Words Are No Longer Enough … The Future Is Video

Vignette’s Guy Westlake explains why the Internet really is the new television.

Soapbox Twenty: Summits for the Rest of Us

The G20 summit later this week hopes to solve some of the world's largest political, economic and environmental problems. Meanwhile, a new organisation called we20 aims to empower ordinary citizens to do the same. NMK met with co-founder Paul Massey to discuss the plan.

A Vision of Health: Using the Web to Fight Disease

Global Health TV is an online resource that aims to help health professionals around the world tackle disease. New Media Knowledge caught up with the site’s producers to learn more about its work.

Pressing issues…

Drawing on his recent experience with the Newspaper Licensing Agency, Charlie Hull of Lemur Consulting discusses some of the complexities in implementing newspaper clippings and media monitoring services.

Open Government: Westminster City Council’s Internet Strategy

The UK Government has made the creation of Digital Britain as a key element to its strategy going forward. New Media Knowledge spoke to the firm behind Westminster City Council’s web strategy to see the impact and opportunity presented by open source technology.

Industry Moves to Address Skills Shortage

The Interactive Advertising Bureau has pledged to revamp its training to help address the chronic shortage of skills in the digital marketing sector. New Media Knowledge tapped up a number of industry players to see what they think needs to be done.

Change of Voice: Interview with voice-to-content developer SpinVox

The choice of channels in which humans have to communicate with and update their friends, family and associates has grown inexorable in the last decade. One growing channel is the instant conversion of voice-to-content. New Media Knowledge met a UK innovator pioneering the technology.

MWC 2009: New Media Services Well Placed in Recession, Delegates Agree

The great and the good of the mobile industry met this week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. In the depths of a global recession the industry is witnessing mixed fortunes. New Media Knowledge caught up with some exhibitors and visitors to gauge their thoughts on the show.

MWC 2009: Social Networking Over Mobile Devices

The convergence of mobile technologies, GPS and mapping technologies are leading to innovative new social networking technologies via handheld devices. At MWC 2009 New Media Knowledge took a look at what the future holds for social networking.

MWC 2009: Building Mobile Governance

As mobile technologies continue to impact increasing areas of our everyday lives, NMK’s Chris Lee met up with one firm looking to enable mobile government.

Digital Hotbeds: Go West – the Rebirth of Bristol

In the latest instalment of its tour around the UK in search of digital innovation, NMK's Chris Lee headed west to visit an unsung corner alive with ideas: Bristol.

Everybody Needs Good Neighbours: Building a Social Community

With the massive rise of social networking coinciding with an apparent loss of physical community spirit, New Media Knowledge spoke to one Internet company trying to combine the best of both worlds.

Out of Time: Print Media’s Rocky Start to 2009

Recent high-profile print media cuts in favour of digital platforms have rekindled the debate over the long-term sustainability of print. New Media Knowledge went to find out what print media can do - if anything - to fight back and maintain editorial quality.

Easy Listening: Radio and the Web

Radio as we know it is changing. With more and more Internet radio channels cropping up and multiple platforms with which to consume them, choice for the listener has arguably never been wider. With its public seminar on the future of radio upcoming later this month, New Media Knowledge spoke to one of the participants about his experience.

The Rise and Rise of Word-of-Mouth Marketing

‘Word-of-mouth’ marketing is set to become big business in 2009, according to industry analysts. NMK spoke to one analytical firm helping a number of firms maximise their word-of-mouth potential and therefore react quickly to changing market demands.

New Year’s Evolution: What Does 2009 Hold for New Media?

The digital media sector has been one of the few bright lights in wider economic gloom. With mixed messages as to the level of investment in online marketing next year, New Media Knowledge spoke to various sector players to gauge their thoughts.

Straight from the Horsesmouth

When so much talk in the Web 2.0 world is centred around the business of making money, New Media Knowledge talked to the founder of one ‘pro-social’ network, for which the net benefit of the public is core to its ethos.

Business Briefing: Where Next for Venture Capitalists?

Despite the economic downturn venture capitalists are still looking at investment opportunities in digital media. New Media Knowledge spoke to one to get the low down on what VCs want.

The Language of the Web

Semantics expert Professor David Crystal OBE has been analysing linguistics since the 1960s. He has spent the last 12 years applying his studies of semantics to good effect on the Internet. He spoke to New Media Knowledge’s Chris Lee about his career with words.

Alexander McCall-Smith Engages Web 2.0

The Daily Telegraph is in the middle of a 20-week serialisation of an online book created by author Alexander McCall-Smith, his first such project. New Media Knowledge caught up with the organisers to discuss ‘Corduroy Mansions’.

Clearing Congestion

Businesses today rely increasingly on the Internet for promoting themselves and selling their wares. Consumers have too, making e-commerce a fact of our everyday lives. Dr. Lawrence Roberts, a key founder of the original Internet called ‘ARPANET’ believes that 99% of us will be online by 2018, and that everyone will possess a mobile wireless Internet device.

Opinion: What Happens to Newspapers?

The University of Westminster's Geoffrey Davies responds to issues raised at the recent NMK panel event on the subject.

What Happens to Newspapers?

With print circulations down and online advertising revenues not matching up to what has been lost in print formats, can the UK's newspapers weather the coming storm? Leading industry figures met at NMK's event on October 28, 2008 to debate the best way forward. Event chaired by Nico MacDonald.

Government Sets Out Vision for Digital Britain

The UK Government has promised a report early next year containing recommendations of potential improvements which could be made in the country’s digital economy. New Media Knowledge asked the industry for its reaction.

Tourism 2.0

African nations were urged this week to engage with new media to attract more visitors. New Media Knowledge looked for examples of new media success in the travel sector.

Second Life in Action

To help him reach his wide fan base, singer-songwriter Luc Floreani recently turned to online 'virtual' world, Second Life, to perform. He spoke to New Media Knowledge about his experience.

Who is Here to Learn?

As part of the research “Who is here to learn?” The role of the New Media Knowledge network in the digital media sector, NMK set up an online survey to find out people’s views on NMK.

More Web 2.0 Needed In Schools

An influential think-tank calling for more Web 2.0 use in school and technology experts agree, arguing that children should get used to collaborative tools before they enter the workplace.

UK Council for Child Internet Safety Launches

The UK Government launched its programme to help protect children from exposure to potentially harmful content on the Internet, including some forms of advertising. New Media Knowledge spoke to AOL, one of the companies involved, to see what real impact the new group would have.

i-design 08 - Brendan Dawes, My Interactive

Brendan Dawes, creative director of MacneticNorth, talked about the ways in which his early experience of technology has affected his approach to interactive media and of the seismic shift that has taken place in recent years in how people use technology.

i-design 08 - Simon Waterfall

Simon Waterfall, creative director at Poke and former digital chair of D&AD, began the day with a series of questions and observations about the aspects of online media he found frightening and disturbing.

Goldfarming for Fun and Profit

Virtual worlds are still perceived as unsociable and pointless to a large number of people. Despite the hype surrounding Second Life and how its residents can profit from the virtual space, the amount of money changing hands is often underestimated.

The Community Glue

Penny Power, Founder of Ecademy, looks at Community Managers and what they can do to help their Social network survive.

Parents Fear For Networked Kids

Internet experts have called on social network sites to do more to protect children as a survey reveals that three-quarters (72 per cent) of parents spy on their children.

The Cleverest Thing That Never Existed

Semantic search is poorly understood and leading to claims for its powers that lie beyond the bounds of what computers are able to do, says Charlie Hull, MD of Lemur Consulting.

Book Review: Bringing Nothing to the Party

On Amazon, this book is tagged 'liar', 'alcohol', 'sociopath' and 'jail'. But also with 'entrepreneur', 'web 2.0' and 'dotcom'. It should probably also be tagged 'genius raconteur'.

Brief encounter: Steve Pammenter, MD, WhiteLabelDating.com

According to dating software company, WhiteLabelDating.com, having a relevant web site will always encourage relevant people to dip their hands into their pockets. We speak to Steve, Pammenter, managing director about profiting from niche.

Brief Encounter: Alterian

One company that believes it has developed a way to start measuring social media is Alterian. We speak to David Eldridge, CEO of the marketing software firm about how businesses can combine both profile and usage data to create a better, tailored user experience.

Mobile Surf's Up

The mobile Web has long been thought of as the next step for the Internet. Location-based services, micro communications and instant picture sharing could potentially revolutionise the way the public interacts with the Web and the way they communicate with each other.

TV Struggles With Ads

Traditional TV advertising is becoming less impactful as viewers begin to create their own schedules, according to eMarketer. Technology such as digital video recorders (DVRs), video-on-demand (VOD) and time-shift TV has meant that advertising is often skipped or avoided altogether.

Great Funwall of China

In February this year it was reported that China had overtaken America to become the world's biggest Internet market. With 221 million Web users, it is little wonder that more companies are looking to expand their offering in the country.

Brief Encounter: Huddle

Making social networks work for businesses is the nirvana for digital specialists. Despite Shel Holtz's assertions that the b2b space is ideal for social media as it is all built on relationships, no one has really cracked this yet. Social networks still struggle to effectively monetise its huge user base, but a network specifically tailored for businesses ought to be easily sellable as long as it worked.

Original Pirate Material

British Music Rights has revealed that the average youth has around 900 illegally downloaded tracks on their MP3 player. Tim Hoang reports on how the music industry continues to struggle with the Web.

Bloggers Face Jail

A new report has revealed how governments around the world are continuing to clamp down on bloggers. Bloggers risk facing jail by governments which feel threatened by the growing influence of bloggers according to the World Information Access (WIA) report by the University of Washington.

Brief Encounter: SpinVox

NMK's Tim Hoang interviews James Scroggs of SpinVox about the company's secrets of success and the way both the Web and the business world are likely to evolve to embrace social media.

The Shrinking Web

With the world currently facing an economic downturn, many are waiting for a second Web bubble to burst. What will come of the huge amount invested in social networks and what will the future landscape of the Web look like?

Winning the Vote on the Web

In the US presidential election, the Web has changed how candidates operate. Tim Hoang reports on how social media has influenced the race for President.

Waste of White Space?

Unused TV airwaves are set to underpin the next generation of wireless products, according to Larry Page, co-founder of Google. Tim Hoang reports.

Mobile Shopping Finally Here?

According to figures from Juniper Research's Mobile Web 2.0: Leveraging Location, IM, Social Web & Search report, mobile 2.0 applications currently generate $5.5 billion. With the sum expected to rise to $22.4 billion by 2013, businesses are unsurprisingly looking to target this lucrative market.

Cartoon Safety

Concern over the child safety online remains a hot topic. According to Government child protection agency, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), around one in four children who make friends online then go and meet them offline. Tim Hoang reports on a new initiative.

Mobile Forecast

There are nearly four billion mobile phone handsets in use worldwide, roughly four times more than the number of computers. As handsets become more advanced, it seems an obvious route for operators to look at revenue streams other than voicecalls.

Social Network Counters Malaria

Malaria affects approximately 515 million people each year and kills between one and three million, one-third of whom are children. Having had a close up view of the mosquito-based disease during a visit to Africa, a young British entrepreneur has created a social networking site that aims to fight it.

The Winners

Many thanks to everyone who took part in the NMK survey over the last month. The quality of the response was extremely high with some very good ideas for future development, events and courses. And the winners, selected randomly from all the responses that included contact details, are...

Online TV set for Success

Legitimate online TV and video services are set to generate revenues of $7.9 billion worldwide by 2013, according to a report by Informa Telecoms & Media.

Free Downloads Top Mobile Search

Search engines are the home pages of many Internet users around the world - a gateway to the World Wide Web. In the mobile environment, search engines are a good match, catering to those who need instant information. This could be the location of a restaurant, the phone number for the nearest tailor or times for the local cinema.

Microsoft and Yahoo! Launch Mobile Apps

Despite the ongoing acquisition saga, both Microsoft and Yahoo! have announced plans to take a bigger slice of the mobile industry. Tim Hoang reports.

LinkedIn Goes Mobile

Users of business-based social networking site LinkedIn can now access their business contacts on their mobile phones.

BBC Leads Web TV Market

The success of the BBC’s iPlayer service has led media analyst firm, Screen Digest to revise its usage and data forecasts on the online TV market in the UK.

Personalisation 2.0

Dr. Conleth O’Connell of Vignette Corporation discusses the changes that can and should come in advertising and marketing thanks to improved technology.

Half Internet Users Visit Video-Sharing Sites

A Pew Internet & American Life Project report reveals how nearly half of Internet users have visited video-sharing sites such as YouTube.

Sony Drops DRM

Sony BMG Music Entertainment has announced that it will now offer its songs without electronic copyright protection or digital rights management (DRM).

Radio Silence

Music streaming service, Pandora is set to close its UK operation next week after failing to reach a compromise with the record industry, reports Tim Hoang.

The Facebook Elephant

Following claims that social networking sites, such as Facebook could turn out to be a costly ‘white elephant’ for businesses, Tim Hoang reports on how the Web 2.0 world has reacted.

Fundraising in a Networked World

Fundraising is surfing a sea change. The rapid rise of the Internet means that individuals are being given the tools and becoming empowered to take a stand for their favourite cause more than ever before. A contributed article from Everyclick.

NMK Christmas Lecture: A Journey Through Sound

Digitisation and the growth of the Internet have had profound effects on music production, distribution and even the way we listen. Now music and sound are at the forefront of emerging technologies that can make truly immersive, sensorial experiences - akin to the Star Trek ‘holodeck’ - a step closer to reality. What does this ‘Sci-fi Hi-fi’ future hold for the musicians of tomorrow? Join Martyn Ware who will Discuss his ‘Future of Sound’.

Who's Paying for Internet TV

Kate Modern, Bebo’s hugely successful teen drama has showed the industry that web-based TV can be free, successful and profitable. Tim Hoang looks at who is paying for these shows and how they are paying for it.

1700 Jobs Lost to Social Networks

Internet socialising has been reported as directly responsible for 1,700 public employees losing their jobs. Tim Hoang reports on the rise in of social networking in the workplace and the effect it is having.

The Network Wars

The lines have been drawn in the social networking realm, as both Facebook and MySpace announce plans for their new advertising platform that uses the information the social networking sites have on their members. Tim Hoang reports.

UK Media Consumption: Report

A new independent report commissioned by financial service company Zurich has identified a number of key trends that are set to radically alter the way in which the media is consumed by the UK population.

Virtual Worlds 101

The Virtual Worlds Forum offered a wealth of examples of companies doing real business and achieving very credible revenues through virtual worlds. This report covers some of the basics based on presentations from Forrester’s Paul Jackson and Jessica Mulligan of Cyber Sports and Sunflowers GmbH.

The Business of Virtual Worlds

Actually making money from a virtual world offers a number of possibilities, with most businesses opting for one of five business models. A second report from the Virtual Worlds Forum.

FOWA: Silicon Valley or Bust?

Respected Silicon Valley investor Paul Graham delivered one of the more controversial speeches at the Future of Web Apps event. The essence of his position was that internet start-ups ought to move to Silicon Valley to prosper.

Our Friends Electric

According to new research compiled by eMarketer, virtual worlds are becoming more and more popular with young people.

iDesign - Working the Walk

We’re delighted to say that Tuesday’s iDesign conference went down a treat. If you wanted to know where exactly this country is up to with interactive design,and where it’s going, then we think the Dynamo team nailed it with this event.

Ups and Downs in Music

Research compiled by eMarketer from recent surveys shows that the total market for music is much larger than it has been historically, but that nonetheless total expenditure on music is considerably lower.

Too Much Choice?

Music’s New Conundrum: Too Much Choice examines the positives and negatives of the new era of music that allows consumers access to all the music that they want, and plenty that they don’t want. Is this embarrassment of riches making it too hard to find the good stuff?

Comms in 2007

Ofcom’s annual report, The Communications Market 2007, weighs in at over 300 pages, and provides a comprehensive overview of television, radio and internet services.

Media at the Tipping Point

Deloitte’s ‘State of Media Democracy’ survey shows a strong demand for user-generated content, but also considerable cause for celebration among traditional media producers.

Why We Twitter

A new paper from Akshay Java, Xiaodan Song, Tim Finin, and Belle Tseng at the University of Maryland aims to tackle one of the great existential mysteries of our time: the appeal of microblogging service Twitter.

UK Internet Trends

The OxIS Internet Trends 2007 report is packed with information about the latest trends and statistics in online behaviour, and is required reading for anyone working in digital.

Music on the Move

The 2007 Digital Music Survey from Entertainment Media Research shows that both traditional and not-so-traditional models for selling music face considerable challenges. However, there are also some surprising opportunities for new revenues.

Snakes and Ladders in Social Media

A poll commissioned by search agency Tamar shows how brands might win and lose on social media sites.

Beers & Innovation: Filthy Lucre

What can the digital industry learn from the adult entertainment sector? At the latest in our Beers and Innovation series of events, NMK dons its grubby mac to uncover the ways in which mainstream internet businesses might evolve by emulating this often uninvestigated industry. How might you adopt some of these tools and techniques to generate new business, embrace change and engage with mass markets effectively?

Social Media Drives Procurement

The inexorable rise of social media and social networking sites continues apace, affecting purchasing decisions even within the disciplined confines of IT departments, according to a new report from IT Toolbox.

The Online Brand Wagon

Research conducted by Immediate Future shows the “top brands” as perceived online and offline constitute two very different hierarchies.

NMK Forum: Jyri Engeström

Our final keynote, Jyri Engeström, spoke on the topic of ‘The Social Mobile Web’ and offered key principles for building a web service that works.

NMK Forum: Old Guard; New Tricks

The first panel of the day covered the ways in which established media players are working to capture some of the excitement that’s been generated around social media. Ian Delaney reports.

NMK Forum: Jason Calacanis

The first keynote of the conference, Jason Calacanis, proclaimed that there is an environmental crisis on the Internet, and that SEO is responsible for it.

Art Space

Irish blogger and journalist Haydn Shaughnessy has moved in an interesting new direction, opening a gallery in County Cork devoted to artists who are working with or around technology.

Another Digital Divide

According to a feature in Marketing Week, the rise of online media is set to completely upstage traditional advertising - old news in some respects, but the changes to the structure of the industry that will accompany this change remain very uncertain.

Delivering the Future

A new report into the future of the UK’s knowledge economy reveals cause for celebration, but also some concern as the demand for qualified IT professionals far outstrips supply. Ian Delaney reports.

Blogging 2.0

Notes from a roundtable discussion for Microsoft on the future of blogging.

Conversations and Connections

A new paper from Social Tapestries reports on attempts to use internet-based tools to encourage participation and involvement in local issues. While the project has been deemed a failure, the process provided some interesting lessons for policy makers and practitioners.

Private Lessons

How can the rest of the digital industry benefit from the experiences of the adult sector? Peter Cohen offers some pointers.

In Praise of Buzzwords

Like Shakespeare, new media loves new words. Roger Horberry explains what business can learn from the Bard.

Mobile Web 2.0

Operators and handset manufacturers have been heralding the imminent arrival of the mobile web for some time. But in the words of the sage of Salford, Steven Morrissey, "How soon is now?"

Not Just Pretty Faces?

From rebellious teen to the hub of product creation and identity, the evolution of the digital designer has been shockingly swift and is not yet over. Last night's Dynamo London event explored possibilities for the future of their role. Ian Delaney reports.

Stock Answers

Since it seems the whole world wants one, NMK asked iStockphoto about what makes for a successful social network, and how others might learn from them.

The Future of Web Design

At FOWD this Wednesday, keynote speaker Brendan Dawes speaker outlined interesting ways forward for creative designers. Ian Delaney was there to report.

Children Online

At NMK's Children Online event this week, Dino Burbidge, Creative Director at Digital Outlook, offered ten tips for brands wishing to capture the elusive attention of tots, teens and tweens.

Blog Growth Slowing

Blog search and tracking company Technorati last week released figures showing the continued growth of blogs and blogging and the trends within that space.

Goodness 2.0

This month's Beers and Innovation concerned the topic of charitable organisations and the ways in which new web technologies - Web 2.0 as they're generally referred to - might offer new and better ways for them to engage with supporters and operate internally. Ian Delaney reports.

Social Networking and Brands

At yesterday's Blogging4Business conference, Microsoft's EMEA Business Planning and Development Director for Advertising, Michael Steckler, described who uses social networks and why.

The Eyes Have It

Findings from the Poynter EyeTrack07 research into how people read online and in print discovered that a much larger percentage of story text was read online than in print publications. Ian Delaney reports.

Voting for a Change

The New Statesman's New Media Awards is looking for nominations for socially active sites that deserve a share of the limelight.

Charities Urged to Ape the Monkeys

Charities have been urged to take inspiration from the Arctic Monkeys at a one day conference hosted by the Charity Commission yesterday.

The Revolution will be YouTubed

Ian Delaney reports on the insync event 'The Revolution will not be Televised: It will be YouTubed'. Four supporters of citizen TV and four very different ways to achieve it.

Science Left Behind?

The Register reports this morning on a panel concerning the application of Web 2.0 and semantic technologies to science publishing. The issue at stake is that scientists appear to have rejected these new approaches.

Open Source Government

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne yesterday addressed an audience at the RSA and outlined a vision of 'open source government'. Ian Delaney reports.

The User Revolution

User-generated and community sites are predicted to account for over half of internet usage over the next ten years. That's one of the conclusions from a new report into The User Revolution from US investment bank and securities firm Piper Jaffray.

A Question of Semantics

Fast in the wake of Web 2.0, the next generation of the Internet, the so-called semantic web, is already beginning to appear. Ian Delaney reports on the recent Mashup* discussion on the the subject.

Why You Should Care About OpenID

Only three weeks ago, an article about OpenID on this website might have seemed overly niche. However, announcements from Microsoft, AOL and digg over this period have propelled the authentication system into the mainstream.

Digital Dialogues

A study into the use of eDemocracy tools by the UK Government has published its interim findings. Simon Collister examines how far it's come.

Love is in the Ether

Not normally known for his sentimental streak, editor Ian Delaney shoe-horns romance into a story about online marketing for the sake of Valentines' Day. Only once a year, promise.

Preventing Cyberbullying

The Anti-Bullying Alliance has published research suggesting that up to one in five pupils has been bullied via the internet or mobile phones. David Hobson examines the options.

Voluntary Redundancy?

Voluntary and community sector organisations must recognise the challenges posed by social networks and social networking tools according to a forthcoming report from the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO). Simon Collister reports.

Music on the Move

Mobile phone users' worldwide spend on music for mobile devices will reach US$32.2 billion by 2010 according to forecasts from Gartner.

Edelman Blogging Brief

PR giant Edelman releases a new report into the nature of blogs and blogging and finds that UK blogs have become increasingly influential.

eDemocracy Moves Closer

Open government may have seemed like a nice idea, unlikely to ever really materialise for a long time, but a series of developments over the last week seems to have brought its appearance considerably closer.

Six Predictions for 2007

Having left it a week, our predictions for 2007 reap the benefit of reading everybody else's. That won't make them any less wrong than any of our sources once we get to December, though...

Brief Exposure: Ewan McIntosh

In the third of our interviews with key new media players, Ewan McIntosh of Learning and Teaching Scotland shares his views on how the new generation of social media software is already empowering the country's learners and educators.

Design of the times

Keep it simple, think about the user, and don't be afraid to think big. That was the message that four key figures in London's new media industry had for aspiring designers and artists at the sixth NMK Christmas Special. Jonn Elledge reports

Intellectual property: Sir Cliff wrong

Ahead of the Gowers Review we give Kay Withers a right-to-reply on the responses to the Institute for Public Policy Research's report, 'Public Innovation: intellectual property in a digital age'.

The game of regulation

Today's best computer, video, online and especially MMORPG games actively invite experimentation and exploration and, as a consequence, player's experiences vary enormously. The BBFC's Jim Cliff explores the challenges that these games bring to the regulator and what solutions are being considered.

Photo-sharing for dog lovers launched

The UK's leading dog charity has launched a photo-sharing site for dog owners and lovers. Other NGOs should sit up and take notice, writes Tim Malbon.

Copyright record breakers

Should a handful of major record labels be allowed to break the fifty-year-old promise on copyright, asks Suw Charman

Are video games good for us?

A recent UK study highlighted that 82% of nine to nineteen year olds own a console and 70% play computer games online. Videogames have never been so popular though there are some that say they are 'unhealthy' and 'antisocial'. New evidence is emerging, however, which suggests that they may in fact be teaching children valuable life skills. The Hand To Eye conference in Nottingham aims to explore what we learn when we play videogames

GP surgeries get online treatment

A large GP practice in Suffolk has set up a venture to help other practices get online

NGOs must improve web strategies

Blogs, webcasting and online discussion groups are changing the way charities campaign and consult, according to a new report. But the report reveals that there is also a real need for charities to think more strategically about how to exploit other new opportunities presented by online tools

Vacancy: NMK Editor

NMK has an opportunity for a web editor. If you have a way with words, familiarity with updating websites and good knowledge of the digital media industry - and can deliver quality editorial with experience that fits, then you could be NMK's next Editor.

Vacancy: NMK PR and Product Manager

NMK has an opportunity for a PR and Product Manager. If you have a flair for positioning small enterprises, success in enhancing their brand and a keen eye for ensuring product quality - and are familiar with the development issues facing the UK's digital media sector, then you could be NMK's next PR and Product Manager.

Vacancy: NMK Community Manager

The NMK team is being renewed and we have an opportunity for a manager who can combine team development with the prime responsibility for marketing NMK to its community

New Directions In Mobile

Where to start with New Directions In Mobile, the NMK event held on 3rd October? It was all in the mix covering mobile TV, the mobile web, business models, user-generated content, statistical trends, and brands on mobile, reports Deirdre Molloy...

British Youth Grow Online Games Market

Internet research provider Nielsen/NetRatings revealed on 14th August 2006 the huge appetite that British kids and teenagers have for playing online games, with massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs) scoring particularly high...

Switching Channels

IBM’s End of Advertising research shows that UK consumers are more addicted to the web than to television. However, the influence of advertising on the internet appears to fall behind that of traditional channels.

Beers & Innovation 2: User Content

Issues around user-generated content became more tangible and challenged old business models in 2006, creating opportunities for start-ups. So on 30th March we invited two experts in the field of media creation and UGC - Head of BBC Global News Richard Sambrook and Yellowikis co-founder Paul Youlten - to discuss the issues...

Beers & Innovation:UK Start-Up Culture

The inaugural night of the series on 9th February 2006 chaired by Tom Coates of Yahoo! saw entrepreneurs and innovators from Skype and Last.fm talk about their first-hand experiences of the UK, US and European technology start-up scenes...

Content 2.0: The Future Of Web Search

Yahoo's Vice President of Product Strategy Bradley Horowitz explored the issues around search and shared his vision of social search and its potential with the audience at Content 2.0 on 6th June 2006...

Content 2.0:What Are Folksonomies For?

Matt Locke, Head Of Innovation at BBC New Media, explored the issues around folksonomies as a type of classification and its relevance to content providers in the Web 2.0 era at the Content 2.0 conference on June 6th 2006...

Content 2.0: The Invisible Culture

The habits of digital natives came under the spotlight at the Content 2.0 conference on 6th June 2006 when two teenagers took part in a discussion of their attitudes to and use of technologies in their everyday lives...

Free Music Library For Websites

PrimalSounds.com has launched, positioning itself as the musical answer for designers of all abilities. Hundreds of loops, spanning dozens of musical genres, are available to listen to and download instantly - all royalty-free....

Content 2.0: Meshing Content & People

Marc Canter of Broadband Mechanics explored the distributed, decentralized online world of today at Content 2.0 on 6th June 2006. He outlined the next generation of social networks whereby people control their content and can interconnect between online services, aka 'The Mesh'...

Content 2.0: Hello Social Media

Adriana Cronin-Lukas of the Big Blog Company put the rise of blogging and the networked world into context at Content 2.0 on 6th June 2006, exploring how individuals aggregate and pursue their interests through social media in ways that the neither superchannels like Google and AOL, nor mainstream media and brands can control...

UK Teenagers Bilingual & Trilingual

Punctuation, symbols, abbreviations and emoticons make online language multi-dimensional, new research from UK-headquarteded online virtual community Habbo Hotel shows. Teens swimming in a river of digital and mobile technologies are shaping the changes...

Net Benefits of Digital For Print

Digital publishing is delivering returns, with leading digital publishers predicting that by 2012 digital activities will contribute up to 40% of revenues, according to a new report surveying UK publishers from Deloitte and the UK Association of Online Publishers (AOP)...

User Engagement: Highways & By-laws

On 18 May 2006 a cross-section of community managers, marketing and content creatives and other digital practitioners come together to explore and discuss the challenges of co-creation, regulation and maintaining safety in online communities and social networks...

Social Tapestries Release Atlas Book

The Social Tapestries initiative of the Urban Tapestries project has unveiled the latest incarnation of its work - a new publication titled 'An Atlas of Enquiry' which traces the landscape and outcomes of their recent projects...

Cardiff Conference Explores The Future

Entrepreneurs, policy-makers, artists and academics from around the world gather in Cardiff this September to discuss the impact of technological change on future generations at the Future Matters conference...

Content 2.0 Podcast Goes Live!

The inaugural NMK podcast from our Content 2.0 conference held at the RSA in London on 6th June 2006 has gone live. Hear the keynotes, debates and forum sessions that explored how we will search for and market content in the age of social networks, user-created content and disruptive technologies...

I Want My IPTV - Key Themes

The intersection of TV and video, a TV and teclo market ripe for disprution, the role of the EPG, trust in brands and the rise of user-generated content were among the key themes to emerge from NMK's 'I Want My IPTV' half-day event (in association with Mike Butcher) held on 25th May, says Paul Robinson...

ORG Want MPs' DRM Approach Extended

The All Party Internet Group (APIG) launched its report into Digital Rights Management (DRM) on 5th June 2006 after extensive public consultation which garnered over 90 written submissions. The MPs' report makes strong recommendations to curb DRM and protect consumers...

New Statesman New Media Awards 2006

When digital technologies intersect with civic life, they can impact a small community or an entire nation. The New Statesman New Media Awards celebrate those UK new media projects that benefit society, government or democracy. You can post entries for the awards before 31st May 2006...

User Content - The Real Deal?

Since we held this event on 8th November 2005, user generated content has ballooned in simple volume. But that includes the mainstream media's adoption of it, large-scale new arrivals like YouTube and small companies springing up with user-content as the cornerstone of a variety of experimental and innovative business models, reports Deirdre Molloy...

Web 2.0 Business Breakfast

An event run by First Capital on 18 November 2005 addressed the Web 2.0 phenomenon, what it means and its associated business opportunities with speakers including John Battelle of Federated Media and Yahoo's Simon Levene, reports Deirdre Molloy...

In the City 2005: The Digital High St

TuneTribe, Yahoo! Music, Playlouder, The Orchard and O2's former head of content examined the digital high street in this Interactive @ In The City 2005 session. Subscription versus downloads, filesharing, communities, trusted intermediaries and cross-platform challenges were explored and debated, reports Deirdre Molloy...

In the City 2005: Tomorrow People

Move over William Gibson - a panel of experts mapped the next decade in digital music and media at this Interactive @ In The City session on 30 September 2005, reports Deirdre Molloy. Six months later, is their crystal ball gazing dated, confused, back-to-front, out of whack or just plain wrong..?

In The City: Digital Creativity & A&R

From Madchester to mociology and mobisodes, Ralph Simon considered the plethora of opportunities for labels and artists to extend their A&R and build relationships with consumers via the mobile channel at this Interactive @ In the City session on 30 September 2005, reports Deirdre Molloy...

In The City 2005: mPod The New iPod?

Current and future trends in mobile music beyond the iPod took centre-stage at this Interactive @ In The City session on 30 September 2005. New routes to market, and the role of network operators, brands and grassroots communities surfaced in the debate, reports Deirdre Molloy...

SXSW: Surowiecki's Wisdom of Crowds

New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki spoke at the SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, Texas on 11th March 2006 about the ideas in his bestselling book 'The Wisdom Of Crowds'. It's relevance to Web 2.0 loomed large, as Deirdre Molloy reports...

Elderly Need Analogue Switch Off Help

Foviance is supporting The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee's calls for the Government to offer the elderly and disabled more help when it comes with the digital TV switchover scheduled to take place between 2008 and 2012...

Download Ads For New Shelter Campaign

A new 'cheeky' advertising campaign is being launched this week by housing charity Shelter, using images of naked bottoms. And in an innovative use of user-generated content they're looking for the public to contribute their own ads...

WAP & Music Support Cancer Research

Innovative technology and top northern bands including New Order and Doves proved a winning formula at a recent Manchester benefit concert staged by legendary music photographer Mick Rock and ex-Smiths bass player Andy Rourke...

Superchannels Re-cast The Books Sector

First Amazon, then Google and now a number of other players have launched initiatives to digitise print publications for web indexing and potential future sales models. Innovations and issues surrounding this legally contentious area were explored on 25 January in London...

Cook Report Europe's Different Angle

Gordon Cook, the US writer and strategic thinker on Internet issues, has launched a European version of his popular The COOK Report on Internet Protocol. It's market intelligence positioning aims to close the gaps betwen disciplines...

City & Guilds Back e-Learning Awards

The prestigious E-learning Awards 2006 have been launched with the support of founding sponsors City & Guilds, 815,000 of whose candidates have now taken work-based qualifications online...

Cimex Gains BBC eLearning Projects

Digital elearning specialist, Cimex, has been chosen as one of the external agencies to develop content for BBC jam, the forthcoming free broadband learning space for 5-16 year olds...

Open Rights Group Gathers Momentum

Hundreds of activists have signed-up to fund the UK's first digital rights and civil liberties group, they've been invited to give evidence in parliament and British author Neil Gaiman has joined as Patron...

Tate Name Audio & AudioVisual Provider

Antenna Audio - having already produced BAFTA award-winning multimedia tours and pioneering multimedia guides for temporary exhibits at the Tate - has now been chsosen as their sole audio and audio-visual provider...

Does Radio Have a Future?

How technology is impacting radio and the need for evolution to incorporate new developments for the medium's survival was explored at a recent conference on the future of radio...

The Future Of Creativity & Innovation

The annual NMK / Cybersalon Christmas Lecture was delivered by Professor James Woudhuysen on 'The Future of Creativity and Innovation' to a packed audience at the Science Museum's Dana Centre on Thursday 15 December 2005...

Mobile Youth Get More Sophisticated

Enpocket and Harris have jointly produced the Mobile Media Monitor UK, revealing new levels of sophistication amongst mobile consumers with the majority of the 18-34 age group now using picture messaging and the mobile internet...

UK's Oldest Man In Holographic First

Britain's oldest living man and World War I veteran is entering the new age of digital technology as he is invited to sit for a hologram potraiture by the award-wnning holographic artist Rob Munday of Spatial Imaging...

Study Into Bloggers' Power Over Brands

'Dell Hell' blogs have measurable, long-term negative impact on Dell's reputation says the UK's first scientific evaluation of bloggers' influence on corporate reputation...

Music & Film Industry Challenged On IP

The film and music industries have been taken to task by a new digital rights alliance who have dubbed their latest moves as "hijacking serious crime legislation in Europe" to try and undermine human rights...

Intercative Art @ Science Museum

Stolen heads and swarms of bugs feature in 'Digital You', the free intercative art installation at the Science Museum in London which uses art to represent people's online personas...

The Future of Creativity & Innovation

At a forthcoming debate at the Science Museum's Dana Centre in London, one of Britain's leading innovation gurus will argue that the government is more interested in cajoling people into lower energy use than it is in championing science and technology...

UK First As V&A Launches Podcasts

The V&A Museum has launched a groundbreaking interactive audio-visual podcast initiative - the first of its kind in any UK museum or art gallery...

Ringtone Mania Predicted to Stay

The youth of today will spend on average £4,320 on downloading ringtones to their mobile phones over the next fifteen years, according to new research from ringtone software company Xingtone...

Brighton Digital Festival November2005

From 1-30 November, Brighton & Hove becomes home to one of the UK's largest digital festivals spanning digital art, community and innovation...

Winners Of e-Learning 2005 Awards

Excellence in e-learning was recognized and celebrated on 13th October in the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, London at the inaugural 'e-learning Awards 2005', sponsored by City & Guilds...

Rousseau Gets Multimedia Makeover

The jungle has been brought to life with dynamic adult and family multimedia guides for the Tate Modern's new Rousseau exhibition...

PodcastCon UK 2005 - UGC Strikes Back!

The embryonic rivalry between mainstream media, and content generated and distributed by consumers (UGC), was thrown into sharp relief last weekend at Europe's first podcasting conference held in London on 17 September...

Next Gen Mobile Apps Panel Launches

Launched earlier this month, the University of Oxford Next Generation Mobile Applications Panel is already attracting some of the best and most creative thinkers in the mobile applications industry...

Movie Site On Direct-To-Consumer Road

The union of online cinema, P2P culture and new methods of PR gains momentum with the launch of a new website and movie service DeathToHollywood.com. But what does "free cinema" offer to its producers?

AOL Innovation in The Community Awards

Innovative use of the Internet has secured AOL Innovation in the Community Awards of £2,000 for 30 forward-thinking charities and community groups across the UK. The environment, promoting writing talent and the representation of ethnic minorities were among the projects garlanded...

Unstoppable Rise Of The Older Surfers

Fifysomethings and over now account for 25% of UK web surfers. Tech-savvy and weilding financial clout, they're still underserved - or plain patronised - by online advertising and targeted content, Dale Lovell explains...

Taking Stock Of Search In 2005

Today, 85% of European Internet users first discover websites through search engines. But why has search marketing enjoyed such success? And where are local and mobile search heading, asks Yahoo! Search & Overture Europe's Stephen Taylor...

First e-Learning Awards Shortlist

Twenty six of the UK's top producers and users of e-learning have been named on the shortlist for this year's inaugural e-learning Awards...

UK Videojournalism Site In US Awards

The US has honoured a University of Westminster lecturer and former broadcaster whose interactive news magazine pushes the boundaries of video journalism and storytelling...

Levi's Search For Girls Heroes Online

Levi's are asking young women to nominate their most insprational female role model via the Girls Only area of the Levi's® Europe website...

Blogging: A Real Conversation?

This 28 June event examined the increasing importance and influence of blogs - as sources of trusted opinion and as a barometer of the shifting balance of power in media publishing. Read the report & listen to MP3s...

In The City Interactive with NMK

On 7 June digital players in the music, film, TV, online publishing and games industries came together in response to the question: 'are you content?' They explored consumer, technology and business perspectives on content in the covergent era. Read the report & listen to MP3s...

Shifting Consumers from P2P to Paid

Pricing is currently not the barrier to consumers starting to download legally or abandoning P2Ps. Consumers not feeling they are valued or getting value for money is. Can litigation help redress the balance, asks Eamonn Forde...

Charities: Making Digital Gains

On 26 May new media and marketing staff from charities and other third sector organisations gathered to hear speakers from digital agencies explore their work for charities covering awareness, fundraising and campaigning. Read the event report...

Learning & Multiplayer Virtual Worlds

Technical developments in massive multiplayer virtual worlds are advancing dramatically. Second Life, created and inhabited by users, prototypes the role MMVWs can play in education processes...

Mobile Art @ National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery has launched a new service to download Lee Miller photographs to mobile phones. The pictures can be ordered by text message and then downloaded as wallpaper to personalise handsets...

Vox Pop: e-City UK

There's a £10m prize for the best ideas and proposals for digitally-driven schemes that improve and transform the delivery of public services. What's your reckoning on this government initiative? Check our Vox Pop and add your own views...

New Site For Would-Be Authors

Attention all wordsmiths and publishers! The Writers' Nexus site provides the tools for unpublished scriptwriters, fiction and non-fiction authors to upload samples, chapters and whole books. A self-publishing and promotional vehicle rolled into one...

Mobile & inkjet recycling push

A recycling business has launched an innovative recycling appeal for Comic Relief. The deadline for sending in your unwanted mobile phones and inkjet cartridges is 15 April...

Online Art: Income & Context

Offering creative work for sale online is uncontentious to some, but many new media writers and artists feel very reluctant to charge for online content. Is there an income-generating model geared to art in this context, asks Edward Picot...

New Life for Discarded PCs

The time comes around in every company when computers must be upgraded. But you can go one better than safely recycling old computers - give them to an enterprise that ensures they are re-used...

Bright future for e-mentoring

The UK's largest educational e-mentoring project, pioneered by The Brightside Trust, uses exciting and useful communication and learning tools to support students explains Nancy Campbell...

Universal flex content muscles

Universal Music is to charge broadcasters for videos across online and VOD media platforms, and is launching its own channel. What does this augur for music programming, distribution and promotion asks Eamonn Forde...

Communities On the Move

On 17 February 2005 NMK held an evening roundtable event looking at the latest trends and social and commercial aspects of mobile communities - read the report...

Madrid Summit gets Web Input

International summits aren't noted for inclusiveness or willingness to tune into ground-level voices. But Bill Thompson and openDemocracy are using the net to make a difference at a forthcoming summit on democracy and terrorism...

Flashmobbing Comes of Age:Pt 2

How has flashmobbing evolved? And who has latched onto it? The second in our two-part special looks at the virtual-meets-geographical development of an ingenious SMS trend...

The web is not dead

Is the world wide web evolving, dying or merely pining for the fjords? A young web developer takes issue with Bill Thompson's call to dump the web...

Flashmobbing Comes Of Age: Pt1

What is flashmobbing? Is it even a distinct phenomenon, and why haven't commercial and non-governmental bodies taken its potential more seriously? The first of a two-part special looks at the birth and spread of a surprising SMS trend...

Social Space In A VirtualWorld

On 14 December 2004 Cyberia founder Eva Pascoe delivered the annual NMK Cybersalon Christmas lecture: Social Space In A Virtual World...

Learning Metrics

This half-day event arranged jointly with the E.E.P. considered the impact of digital systems on learning activities. Experts from digital and learning fields looked at current lessons to be learned and the potential knowledge streams flowing from learning data. Read the full event report....

E-Voting: Policy and Practice

On 4 November 2004 NMK held an evening conference where an expert panel discussed and explored the issues surrounding electronic voting. Read the report here...

Paper Download

Both Napster 2.0 and Wippit have partnered up with British newspapers to offer free music downloads. This may spell the beginning of great opportunities, but what does it signal for the traditional covermount? Five Eight looks at what newspapers are throwing into the mix.

Not Just Media

Our vision of the future is dominated by technology, but Michael Nutley is concerned we're not considering technological glitches. Here he suggest why we need a different model of the future, and why the new media revolution is far from over...

The Mobile Future

While fixed-line telephony has radically changed the way we have interacted over the past hundred years, the explosion of mobile communications has had an even greater impact. Alasdair Scott examines how our communication with mobiles will change within the next five years.

Report: Child Safety on Web

In July 2004 NMK held an afternoon conference where an expert panel discussed and explored the many issues surrounding the dangers and subsequent protection of minors in the digital domain.

Vox Pop: Brands and Strategies

Do you think a brand without an online advertising strategy harms its reputation with consumers? The first of our fortnightly vox pops explores this question...

Francais a Little Prayer

The general decline in the major markets at the turn of the millennium took until 2002 to hit France. It is now making its impact felt, with France's market retail value sliding 14.4%. Finally confronting the issues that other territories have had to deal with, how is France's music industry moving forward and embracing new delivery routes and consumption patterns?

Is Coke It?

Legal downloads may be sorting themselves out in the form of Napster, iTunes and mycokemusic, but much of the market is dominated by companies who use music as a sideline, rather than a primary revenue stream. As these companies continue to ignore the taste of the dominant audience in order to appeal to the kids, Michael Nutley from NMA asks 'Is Coke It?'

Child Safety on the Internet

Are you endangering children with your internet practices? While there is a wealth of knowledge available to the general public on Internet safety, there is little information available to people who work in new media. NMK believes it's time the industry began to inform itself of the issues involving child safety.

DVD's: Opening the Marketplace

Music DVDs can bring stability to the market and work as a new outlet for under-exploited content. How do they fit into the wider DVD market and what challenges and opportunities do they face?

Free Pitching is Bad

Phil Blything shares a discussion of the practise of "Free Pitching" and the implications it has for agencies and clients.

Stuck in the Past

Ideas on how to keep your website up-to-date, relevant and informative, by David Nicholson of WordsOntheWeb.

Managed Workspace Available

Managed workspace, at competitive rates, available at the University of Westminster for creative and technology companies.

Art and Retail

Andy Cameron of Benetton's Fabrica research centre argues that recent developments combining interaction design and retailing could teach the art world a thing or two...

Test Article

Anybody out there: Digital Art needs to be represented on this web site!!!

Test Article

Anybody out there: Digital Art needs to be represented on this web site!!!

NMK Christmas Lecture 2003: Kosovo.2.0

NMK's 2003 Christmas lecture looked at a pioneering programme for teaching digital media, creative, technical and management skills in Kosova.

Global Digital

Roya Jakoby considers the different cultural notions of visualisation and navigation in interactive media.

NGOs and Digital Media - Survey Report

Report on the findings of NMK's online survey of NGOs' use of digital media, conducted in early 2003. Includes links to further reading and useful resources for charities.

Digital Africa

Read the report of our Digital Africa event on the 10th July 2003.

Is Big Business Destroying the Internet?

In NMK's 2002 Christmas lecture, Bill Thompson addressed issues around the governance and regulation of the Internet.

Child's Play

This evening seminar examined the ethical, commercial and legal implications of providing digital media services for children and young people.

Teaching Company Scheme

An opportunity for digital media companies to access the best talent and expertise from the University of Westminster.

About the Innovation Labs

NMK's Innovation Labs at the University of Westminster's Harrow campus provide affordable managed workspace, communications infrastructure and business support to creative and technology start-ups.

Maximum Access

Creating interactive media that as many sections of society as possible can fully experience, use and enjoy.

On The Joys Of Pixel Popping

Rachel Collinson takes a look at pixel popping, emerging as a practical means of font design and a fashionable art form.

Cyberspace Is Not A Space

Rachel Collison explains why she thinks physical dimensions are just not suited for the net.

Digging Up Plato's Garden

In a paper originally published in 1999, Stephen Whaley and Tom Campbell outlined their vision of a web-enabled virtual learning network.

Shape of Nets to Come

Richard Barbrook argues that a compromise between the academic gift economy and the interests of big business offers the most realistic future of 'Netutopia'.

A Transnational Partnership

Zaid Hassan answers questions about his experiences in managing a partnership between Smartchange and a Bulgarian-based technology company.

Regulation of Liberty

In this article, Dr Richard Barbrook discusses the relationship between free speech, free trade and the internet's gift economy.

The Gift of Giving

In this article, 'Bob the Deconstructionist' examines the history and motivation for giving in the digital economy.

Death of the Company?

Tom Campbell argues that the digital economy requires a new type of organisation to replace the Limited Company.

The Digital Tokamak

Zaid Hassan considers the value of intellectual property in the digital economy.

The .org Revolution

In this short article, Zaid Hassan speculates on the collision of social and economic forces of global change (September 2000).

The Global Design Myth

Zaid Hassan offers a critical examination of UK new media's global pretensions.