Thursday, July 10

Mobile Blogging : MoBlogging


OJR article: Moblogs Seen as a Crystal Ball forĀ a New Era in Online Journalism: "Moblogs Seen as a Crystal Ball for a New Era in Online Journalism" - by Howard Rheingold OJR Online Journalism Review. On July 5, a few dozen mobile bloggers -- Web publishers who post photos, video and text to the Web from cell phones and other mobile devices -- gathered in Tokyo for the First International Moblogging Conference. Futurist Howard Rheingold says the ultimate democratization of the media will not be about technological advances; rather, it will entail upholding old-fashioned standards to earn viewers' trust. Find out more about History of MoBlogging & SmartMobs. A wonderful quote from the same article...
    ... the most important remaining ingredient of a truly democratized electronic newsgathering is neither a kind of hardware nor a variety of software, but a species of literacy ...