links for 2009-02-25

Real-time search 'dashboard' for social media, blogging, and, surprisingly, eBay at the same time.

Any infographic where one end of the spectrum is labelled "Go nuts!" is good with me :-)

"What struck me was how few sites have been identified in the north (and Scotland). I've a feeling that maybe has more to do with the knowledge of those providing the initial information as the situation on the ground".

"Interesting issue flagged up by Jon Pratty yesterday - publishers need to be careful when running archived pieces on their sites, because of RSS feeds. As part of a series on Guardian.co.uk, the site published a piece yesterday from February 23 1972 headlined 'IRA kills 7 in raid on Paras' English base'. On the site we can see it's from the archive and the date it was first published, but sites such as NewsNow.co.uk, which aggregate news headlines from RSS feeds, don't make the distinction".

The PCC spokesman said: "The reality is that it does not make a difference to us if we have a single complaint, 20 or 1,000. We treat it as a single complaint as they are complaining about the same thing". Which is, of course, one of the problems with the PCC. If 30,000 people complain to the BBC about something, then the press report that as 30,000 complaints. If 30,000 people complain to the PCC about something, press self-regulation treats it as one single complaint.

Thinks MSM backlashing against Twitter is, in part, down to "A misunderstanding of the value of social networking based on a misunderstanding of how a knowledge economy works and what *work* is, looks like, contains or excludes" and "A similar misunderstanding of the creation of value in such an economy, and how “digital engagement” for government might lead to faster economic recovery."