Mathew Lowry

Archives for groupthink

What “The Filter Bubble” means for the Brussels Bubble

July 25, 2011

“The Filter Bubble”, by MoveOn.org foreign policy director Eli Pariser, shows that the forces creating the Brussels Bubble are about to be reinforced by technology, operated invisibly – and with impunity – by a handful of companies. When I launched Blogactiv in 2007 I had some interesting experiences engaging with eurosceptics of the more rabid… » read more

Posted by Mathew Lowry

eurosceptics, groupthink, InfoSociety, Languages & Culture, Online Public Space

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Some stuff I should have read when it came out

May 29, 2011

If you’re like me and almost everyone else I know, you’ve got a To Do list overflowing with emails starred in various colours, Twitter favourites, starred RSS items, stuff bookmarked ‘Do’ or ‘In’ on diigo or delicious, unlistened-to-podcasts, unread books, unwatched documentaries, scribbled post-its and more. And you certainly haven’t got enough time to read… » read more

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groupthink, Online Public Space, socialmedia

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Welcome to my world (part 2): The Information Firehose (updated)

July 19, 2010

How do you sort through the firehose of information coming at you every day? Soon after starting this blog I posted about the toolset I was using to manage information, figuring that if enough eurobloggers used the same tools we could easily coordinate our efforts and help each other out. Typically, everyone uses a different… » read more

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English, groupthink, tools, Working world

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Buzzword Watch: Trust 2.0 & the EU

November 3, 2008

Over on iBlog, Claus used a term that caught my attention: Networks such as ERRIN, which is funded by membership contributions and invests in what I would call “TRUST 2.0.”, help to establish that collective understanding and culture of cooperation and facilitate successful involvement in EU projects. While he freely admitted that “Trust 2.0 does… » read more

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English, groupthink, trust, web2.0

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Mathew Lowry

BlogActiv launch director, I blogged here for exactly 10 years, then shuttered it & turned comments off, since BA doesn't even manage to handle spam properly anymore.

As BlogActiv's Launch Director, I shepherded the blog platform you're looking at now through its launch phase (August 2007-February 2008). When I left in March 2008, I was asked to keep an eye on Blogactiv from its Board, and so launched this blog to experiment and explore the European online public sphere, and the role that Blogactiv could play in it.

While I left the Blogactiv board in March 2010, the subject continues to fascinate, so I kept blogging. Summaries of the early years can be found in the Annual Reviews of 2010, 2011 and 2012, when I temporarily closed this blog to ponder where I wanted to take it.

The answer was to experiment with Tumblr and Google+, followed by LinkedIn after they invited me to join their pilot programme. Google+ & LinkedIn disappointed, so I returned here, kept experimenting with Medium, and started curating Stuff I Like, Think & Do every day on a Content Hub I built on Tumblr, which also hosts my fortnightly "best of" newsletter (subscribe).

Why? Check out my Personal Content Strategy.

Finally, in mid-October 2017, ten years to the day from my first post, I shuttered this blog.

 

Contact me for work via LinkedIn or my company's boring brochureware website.

- Mathew, March 2016


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