Jan 28, 2009
I caught up with citizen journalists Pablo Camacho and Rebecca McQuigg who are attending the World Economic Forum in Davos thanks to their responses online through YouTube and MySpace. They will be reporting to the YouTube and Myspace audiences and Pablo sayss that he’s planning to speak loudly so that his ideas sound more convincing.
Jan 28, 2009
Here’s 5 tips for Davos Newbies in the first of my daily video diaries from Davos. A five-time Davos veteran, I learned a new lesson from the Swiss police: Don’t do videos near the security zone.
Jan 28, 2009
Nora Abousteit co-founded BurdaStyle – an open source fashion design website – and expresses her artistic flair as a Graphic Designer for hikarufuruhashi.com. Now based in New York, Nora has lived in Egypt, doing Middle Eastern studies at the American University in Cairo and later working in Business Development and Corporate Marketing for a Kuwaiti
Jan 28, 2009
Matthew Bishop, US business editor of The Economist and a Davos veteran, speaks about what he expects to find here in Davos. Matthew will be speaking about here about his recently published book Philanthrocapitalism, How the Rich Can Save the World. I will be doing a video later with Matthew to challenge him whether the
Jan 27, 2009
When not updating his buzzmachine blog or writing a media column for The Guardian newspaper, Jeff Jarvis is a professor and director of the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism. In the course of these activities he has lately been thinking a lot about What Would Google Do – so much so
Jan 27, 2009
Mike Butcher is the European editor of TechCrunch, which was recently named best Web 2.0 and business blog in the UK. He specialises in the coverage of Enteprise Technologies, software, gadgets and social media. In July 2008 Mike was put at No. 47 out of the Top 100 people in London’s creative industry the UK
Jan 26, 2009
The world economic crisis may have eliminated much of the glamor from Davos – Angie, Brad and Bono all canceled this year – but this may be one of the more important meetings. WEF founder Klaus Schwab told the IHT today:“The pendulum has swung and power has moved back to governments,” said Klaus Schwab, the
Jan 22, 2009
Preparing for another Davos session, in addition to the ones on Privacy and Asia’s digital ecosystems. This panel features Tony Blair and I will be a discussion leader on new media’s role in helping religious dialogue. Official title: How can new catalysts – such as the innovative use of technology and social media – stimulate
Jan 22, 2009
Next week I return to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. In 2004 when I wrote about Bloggers breaching the gates of Davos, I took this photo of Loic Le Meur, Yat Siu and Joi Ito, now all good friends. A great turnout of world leaders is expected at this year’s
Jan 21, 2009
In addition to the privacy panel I blogged about earlier, another Davos panel in which I will participate is about Asia’s digital ecosystems. The panel is extremely eminent, but I particularly look forward to seeing Jun Murai again. He has fascinating perspectives and insights into the underlying direction of Internet development. Once again, I solicit
Jan 18, 2009
YouTube is not just opening up back channels for video bloggers such as me. Queen Rania has an active YouTube channel that includes a range of video postings. The latest, below, is entitled “Hell on Earth. It is about life in Gaza. For a funnier video, check out her Letterman-style top 10 list.
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Thomas Crampton was a correspondent for the
International Herald Tribune and The New York Times for more than a decade, reporting from five continents, writing a column on Asia and covering Asian politics, economics and culture. Currently based in Hong Kong, he writes here about China, the Internet and New Media seen from Asia, while also advising companies on digital communication strategies. For more information click here...
