Molly Webb
Former Demos researcher
Molly Webb worked as a Demos researcher on science, technology and innovation from January 2005 - August 2007.
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- Bloggers Unite I am not reminded often enough of how much we take freedom of expression for granted. It's worth remembering on "Free Mojtaba and Arash Day".Even when you don't go to jail for it, being involved in the information economy means that sharing personal opinions and details is inevitable, which raises serious questions about privacy and security. I think communication across borders and spheres of knowledge is worth the risk. But when monitoring is possible at any time, is it also worth being a... from : mollywebb 22nd February 2005
- wising up to wisdom of the crowds Web 2.0 is a catchy way of talking about a set of principles with which most popular online tools are now aligned: user-driven, emergent, participatory (and the list goes on). Usually, instead of clarifying what this means, the examples people use to describe web 2.0 lead deeper into lingo: wikis, tag clouds, folksonomies, mashups, AMV (anime music videos) to name just a few. As Duncan noted last week, in the case of wikipedia, the legitimacy of these types of tools can be called into question... from : mollywebb 23rd January 2006
- Second-guessing google? How much do we trust google? The headlines about its latest run-in with Chinese censorship call into question the social conscience of those in the techie driving seat. As John Lanchester in the Guardian notes, "google's founders know what they are doing technologically. Socially, though, they can't possibly know, and I don't think anyone else can either." This reminds me of the 'dark side' of this week's business week article "Math will rock your world". Even as we use maths to 'model... from : mollywebb 26th January 2006
- Back to spam (friday rant) "Thank you for your interest in online keno" begins one. "Our staff places great emphasis on providing stunning customer service and is dedicated to gambling online" gushes another. The downside of making commenting easier is that we're getting more spam. C'mon, has anyone EVER been interested in online keno????? I REST MY CASE.It's amusing after I take a few deep breaths and count down from 100. I allow myself to admire the use of 'stunning' in a sentence with 'gambling' while getting... from : mollywebb 31st March 2006
- Mashup politics - when everyday democracy meets the web The personal democracy forum conference (and unconference) are over until 2008. Two main things struck me. First, the younger generation (as Danah Boyd pointed out) don't think of the internet as 'not real' - it is an indivisible part of their social lives. It follows that the virtual/physical divide won't be as obvious in the next elections either. The Pew survey on politics and the internet shows how quickly things are changing. In 2006, 23% of people who are using the internet for politics... from : mollywebb 21st May 2007