Changing Facebook’s architecture

My latest book chapter, 'Changing Facebook's architecture' has come out in An education in facebook?, edited by Mike Kent and Tama Leaver. I just got my review copy in the mail and I'm looking forward to getting a chance to explore it. Mike and Tama have put together an excellent collection that's well-grounded in empirical … Continue reading Changing Facebook’s architecture →

IR13 Sunday highlights: mobile ecologies, Instagram, disruptive spaces, teaching on Facebook…and a bit more activism

The day began with 'Mobile ecologies: mobile phones and young people's online participation in public access venues in Cape Town' from Marion Walton and Jonathan Donner. Walton started by saying that mobile Internet in South Africa doesn't, for the most part, mean smart phones, the Web, or Twitter: it means "feature phones", and probably platforms … Continue reading IR13 Sunday highlights: mobile ecologies, Instagram, disruptive spaces, teaching on Facebook…and a bit more activism →

Australian Digital Alliance Forum (part three)

Introducing Flexibility Professor Anne Fitzgerald Andrew Christie has come up with a model for how to simplify copyright. How to get a pragmatic approach to dealing with copyright? Good ideas on how to create more flexibility from looking at needs of the public sector. GLAM sector has quite a large amount of orphaned work. Obama … Continue reading Australian Digital Alliance Forum (part three) →