links for 2010-10-18

About 300 to 500 jobs are posted on Twitter per minute, according to Carmen Hudson, CEO and co-founder of Tweetajob. With that many shared opportunities, the task of filtering information becomes daunting — that’s why we have hashtags. They can help you focus on the tweets you want to see along with the ones you didn’t even know existed.

The 24 hours was interesting and a useful piece of work that got people talking about the serious issue of what people want from their police. However, it is what happens from here that is the most critical issue for all police and public sector agencies. What more can we do to provide people with that opportunity to see things live? How can we really introduce open data? And are we able to make a move from traditional communication to embrace the opportunities of social media?

Over time, I have discovered that people better understand when I tell them I build community websites instead of explaining I am a hyperlocal blogger.

Finally I was convinced that journalism itself would have to change. Old fashioned legacy newspaper journalism still has its value, but journalists will have to “open up” themselves: learn from the experiences from blogging and – most important – replace the old role as a messenger for a new one as an intermediate: break down the castle and and build a market place. Go look for the symbiosis between the professional (who still has the skills and the experience) and the amateur (who has the knowledge and could want to share it).