Webism Today

Yesterday saw Twestivals taking place in nearly 200 cities across the world. For the uninitiated, Twestival was the brain child of Amanda Rose (@Amanda) – an event to bring users of the popular micro-blogging platform, Twitter together to raise money for charity:water . Last night, bigmouths Andrew Girdwood, Wendy Rees and myself went along to [...]

It is probably one of the highest honours a journalist could receive, but in the past online-only newspapers have been excluded. The Pulitzer Prize board have now decided to change that showing their reflected interest in the growth and importance of online journalism. All of this is being announced at a time when readership rates [...]

Anyone would have thought it was Thanksgiving. Well, they would if they were looking at Google’s hot trends that is. Google Hot Trends is always a fascinating insight into the mind of America, and you can clearly see what is on their mind today. Not wanting to raise any stereotypes but the 19th most popular [...]

In response to the internet’s popularity as a source of information and as an escape from real life worries a UK charity has broadened its online presence. As well as creating pages on social networking sites Bebo, Facebook and MySpace, Contact a Family – a charity that offers support and advice to parents of disabled [...]

These days it pays to be green and within almost every aspect of our lives, from drinking beer to opening bank accounts, there is an environmentally conscious option. In the world of the sustainability, things could only get bigger; first we had eco-houses, then came green skyscrapers, and as blogger Superforest NYC says, it’s exciting [...]