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Vets go Web 2.0
The Higher Education Academy recently reported on the starting of a wiki for veterinary students, nurses and graduates world-wide.It's called WikiVet.More details:[It's] been created in a similar way to its big brother Wikipedia, but with three distinct differences.Firstly all the content relates...
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Published 2 days ago

Web 2.0 and redundancies
It looks like Web 2.0 tools, especially those related to social networking, may have a part to play when many workers lose their jobs.This is the view taken in an article in The Sunday Times yesterday.The article centres on the founder of LinkedIn - Reid Hoffman.For instance:As unemployment has...
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Published 3 days ago

Web 2.0 and HR management
I don't think this is the first post I have given the title of "Web 2.0 and HR"!!This post relates to an article I came across the other day.It's called HRTechnology: 'Mavens' and 'Connectors' by Wesley Wu of HR Executive Online.I quite like the idea of using Web 2.0 in organisations for what Wu...
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Published a week ago

The real power of the Internet
It would appear that the names and addresses of members of the BNP have been leaked and put on the Internet.The list is said to include police officers, who are banned from BNP membership, teachers and soldiers.A further consequence has been reports of individuals on the list being inundated by...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Fancy a job with the Obama administration?
An interesting article appeared in last week's Guardian (Friday 14th November) that concerns potential new recruits to Barack Obama's administration team (apparently involving the recruitment of around 7,000 employees!).The angle, as you would expect on my blog, is, of course, blogging.It seems...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Web 2.0 and the 'credit crunch'
Since the economy took a turn for the worst earlier this year there have been few things that have escaped high levels of business-like scrutiny.Web 2.0, an emergent feature of the last (probably by comparison) economic downturn, has not escaped this review.A BBC News article looks at this issue...
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Published 3 weeks ago

Virgin fire Facebook users
I missed this one the other week - Crew sacked over Facebook posts (BBC News: UK).It seems that thirteen cabin crew staff have been sacked by Virgin Atlantic over their use of a social networking website.Virgin launched disciplinary action last week following claims staff had used Facebook to...
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Published 3 weeks ago

The labour movement and Web 2.0
If you are interested in a very interesting and detailed discussion of how Web 2.0 can play a part in social movements, such as the labour movement, you certainly wouldn't be doing yourself any harm by consulting the following article:Social Movements 2.0 courtesy of Global Labor...
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Published 4 weeks ago

Web 2.0 and the military
According to an article written by Doug Beizer for Federal Computer Week, wikis, blogs and other Web 2.0 tools will be critical to improving communication and collaboration among Defense Department employees and warfighters.More details:DOD officials launched a wiki, called DOD Techipedia, on...
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Published a month ago

Web 2.0 and work
I've come across two stories concerning Web 2.0 and the world of work on the BBC News website this week.One looks at how Second Life can be used in training events - the example here involves paramedic training.The other discusses whether bosses should limit employee use of social networking...
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Published a month ago

Doctor of work blogging
Abigail Schoneboom has put her PhD on-line.The subject is work blogging.The title and abstract:Hiding Out: Creative Resistance Among Anonymous WorkbloggersAnonymous workbloggers -- employees who write online diaries about their work -- are often simultaneously productive workers and savage...
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Published a month ago

The "credit crunch" and employment relations
I'd would say it's far too early to predict the many effects that the so-called "credit crunch" will have on the nature of how people are managed in the workplace - other than to make such obvious claims that there will be, broadly speaking, higher levels of redundancies over and above...
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Published a month ago