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feb 2, 2009 1

The Twitchhiker experiment

I wish I had had this idea. Paul Smith is writing about media for the Guardian, and blog about radio, TV and tech for different websites. He decided, few days ago, to travel as far as he can in 30 days – with a little help from his twitter friends.

He has made up five rules, that he has to follow:

1. I can only accept offers of travel and accommodation on Twitter, from users who are following @twitchhiker
2. I can’t make any plans further than three days in advance
3. I can only spend money on food, drink and anything that might fit in my suitcase
4. If there’s more than one offer on the table, I get to choose which I take. If there’s only one, I have to take it within 48 hours.
5. If I’m unable to find a way to move on from a location within 48 hours, the challenge is over and I go home.

As he travels he collects money to support charity: water (the same charity that twestival is supporting).

So if you want to help Paul Smith travel around the world and collect money for a good course you’ll have to join Twitter and follow his journey @twitchhiker

You can read more about Twitchhiker at www.twitchhiker.com

dec 15, 2008 0

Jeff Jarvis: Digital media Is there a market for quality journalism? Yes!

Kvaliteten i journalistik er, og bør være, stadigt oppe til diskussion. Og måske er vejen frem fondsstøttet journalistik. Jeff Jarvis tænker i dagens klumme i Guardian tanken lidt længere ud end de fleste, men det bliver den bestemt ikke mindre interessant af:
“Talk turned to another form of subsidy: if the BBC is a public trust, why not have it actively support quality journalism? At the meeting the idea was to rebuild newspapers on BBC technology. I’d go further: the BBC should link to and promote the best of British journalism. It should open its content to remixing by other media (and the public). It could use its global sales force to sell quality British sites’ foreign inventory. It should become a lab for shared innovation: the BBC as an open-source platform.”

Didde Elnif

Journalist, who speaks webish almost fluently, documentarist and board member in Danish Union of Journalists.


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