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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

, bxlsbbl, filter bubble, groupthink, signal2noise, social media, web2.0

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

Posted by Mathew Lowry

groupthink, Online Public Space, socialmedia

, bxlsbbl, community, groupthink, hype, ocm, public space, reflections, social media, US

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

Posted by Mathew Lowry

English, groupthink, tools, Working world

, overload, tools

Everything you (almost) wanted to know about twitter, part 1

April 1, 2009

OK, so sue me – I haven’t posted in months. But I will post again soon, because the twittering is driving me nuts. I’ve been on twitter for around 18 months (since 7:24 AM Oct 18th, 2007, to be precise), and hardly ever used it. Didn’t get the badge, didn’t buy the t-shirt. Hell, if… » read more

Posted by Mathew Lowry

English, EU Priorities and Opinion, EU Treaty & Institutions, groupthink

, twitter

Losing our interiority in the blogosphere

December 16, 2008

I was reading Laurent’s post What does it mean to become human?, but it was so long that I skipped to the end, illustrating exactly the point I wanted to make in this post. Laurent writes, amongst other things, about interiority: the capacity to reflect upon ourselves, others and the world, the whole of reality… » read more

Posted by Mathew Lowry

English, groupthink, reflections, web2.0

, groupthink, reflections, web2.0

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

Posted by Mathew Lowry

English, groupthink, trust, web2.0

, EU, groupthink, trust, web2.0

Happy Birthday, Blogactiv!

October 15, 2008

By my reckoning, Blogactiv had its first birthday today. Time for a brief trip down memory lane. There were plenty of posts before October 15, 2007, of course, but on that day we saw our first post by a bona fide, external blogger (thanks, Stanley!). I’ve heard some people say (rather snidely, it must be… » read more

Posted by Mathew Lowry

blogactiv, English, eurosceptics, groupthink, web2.0

, blogactiv, eurosceptics, groupthink, launch, web2.0

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.

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