Matt McAlister, Director of Digital Strategy at Guardian Media Group, spoke at the SMI11 conference about the future of social, mobile and local targeting – or “SoMoLo” for short – and its impact on communities a few months back. We caught up with McAlister again this week to discuss the beta launch of n0tice

I’ve been exploring some of the implications of openness at large scale and identifying how value is created. One way to think about that is by positioning openness and empowerment against control and ownership.

Can you tell from that headline we’re a bit inspired? It’s the morning after Social Media Influence 2010, a fascinating day of discussion and debate about what makes for a social company, the kind of …

The list of big-name victims to fall afoul of the latest Twitter phishing expedition is pretty impressive. They include some pretty vigilant Tweeters including journalists at the BBC and The Guardian, British MP Ed Milliband …