New “web 2.0″ NZ TV listing site http://throng.co.nz works like I’d want a TV listing site to work, if I wanted a TV listing site. It shows what’s on now, soon and tonight, with weightings for popularity. That’s three out of four, but Throng also tells me “Members may personalise their listings to highlight their favourite shows and hide ones they’re not interested in.” Thing is tho, most of what’s on TV, I am not interested in. What I want is to see the odd rare thing that I might actually be interested in watching. So, rather than just hide all of it, I think I’ll ignore Throng. If there’s something on that you think I’ll really like, would you please let me know.
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ACE Sector online community
Tuesday, July 5th, 2005A new online community for the Adult and Community Education sector has opened.
Funded by the Teriary Education Commission, membership of the community is open to any organisation or individual – provider or learner, in Adult and Community Education in New Zealand.
The ACE sector site uses Harvey Calder’s Communities Online platform.
Tom Smith
Friday, July 16th, 2004I just had a meeting with Tom Smith of Other Media has been working with Ultralab to facilitate online collaboration between folks in NZ and in the UK using blogs.
Other Media are website builders who get involved in a variety of projects such as Hyper Island School of New Media Design in Sweden.
Tom has worked on think.com and spinalot and an online living newspaper project.