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Mike Rouse sets out his view on the decision to build the new Number 10 Downing Street website on Wordpress.

As it’s Friday Free for All here on the ever-growing Wardman Wire I thought I would ask a question instead of an opinion, based on something that somebody asked me in a pub recently:
“I was just starting to get into these blogs, but then I went away for two weeks and I haven’t been able [...]

Matt is traversing the UK rail network on business today and so I have been drafted in once again to keep you company. It’s been a while, dear Wardman Wire reader, but you could say that I have been otherwise engaged. So, before the end of 2007 I wanted to chat about the prospects for [...]

The editor [Ed: me not necessarily you] yesterday bowed out of the blog coverage of the Lib Dem leadership election, but I wanted to get one last post in about it from my perspective as a tech-head. It’s yet another leadership contest and yet another opportunity for people to go on and on about the use of technology in influencing the outcome.

At a time when it is estimated that 69% of the adult population have access to the internet at home, work or school it is a very tempting place to reach out to as part of a campaign. Then there’s lazy journalists that you can feed with your website or Facebook group. In all, the internet is an attractive place to an aspiring leader right now and it’s been a while since we’ve had a leadership election so I thought I would take a look at what’s available now.

Mike Rouse’s column “Not a Number” this weekend looks at using the Mogulus service to launch your own TV-Channel or network of web-cams to create your own “studio” and reporting network. You can even pull in videos from Youtube:

This week I want to introduce Wardman Wire readers to the current wealth of technology available to budding media moguls. Things have moved at a great pace since 18 Doughty Street was launched. CampaignTV.org has come along and serves as the latest example in this small UK political internet TV market.

But, how easy is it to get going? Well, thanks to Mogulus you can have your own TV station up and running in less than an hour. And, what is more, you don’t need your own studio. You can even start up without having a camera!

His article is here.

This week I want to introduce Wardman Wire readers to the current wealth of technology available to budding media moguls. Things have moved at a great pace since 18 Doughty Street was launched. CampaignTV.org has come along and serves as the latest example in this small UK political internet TV market.
But, how easy is it [...]