Comments on: Social Media – A Force for Good

By: Jeepster

Jeepster — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:15:31 +0000

Dear Stephen,
I have some trouble understaning one passage in your Prologue to QI Book of qoutations. You write:

offered with such satisfying and repetitive regularity on the BBC and channels Dave, Mike, Pete, Steve and Neville.

Being non-British resident and even non-speaker I gained to advance as much as to discovere there is actually a TV-channel caled Dave, but as fore the rest guys — nope. I suspect there is some joke. Would you be sokind to explain why You have picked just these names?

I’d be much obliged to You if You do since I’m bound by a contract to translate the issue into my own language (which is Russian)

Thank You deeply

your great admirer
Nikolay Mezin

By: bobly

bobly — Fri, 07 May 2010 11:14:52 +0000

big fan of your acting, comedy, etc. I just watched your debate alongside Chris Hitchens in the Catholic Church “force for good” segment as well as your comments on Shelley’s Prometheus – all this resonated with me deeply, and reminds me of something that I read as a teenager and which has influenced me since. (Sartre’s Les Mouches):
“Your entire universe will not be enough to make me guilty. You are the king of the Gods, Jupiter, the king of the stones and of the stars, the king of the waves of the sea. But you are not the king of men…. I am a man, Jupiter, and each man must invent his own path.” I look forward to more of your work.

By: heatherdennis42

heatherdennis42 — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:36:08 +0000

i can see all your comments are of great interlectual speech,i’m just a normal girl who would like to thank you for a letter you wrote in 2008 my mother wrote asking for help i think !! i was in hospital at the time you see i have bi polar the manic kind hypo mania but have been well for 2 years now !!! your letter really helped as i’ve never spoken or heard from anyone else with bi polar i just wanted to say thank you, you are a very kind hearted man i will treasure your letter always….
Heather

By: Johnecooper

Johnecooper — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:42:30 +0000

I found the discussion fascinating, thank you. I believe social media can be a force for good and there are many interesting projects going on right now in this field. One that Stephen might be interested in (he visited this part of Peru on one of his programmes) is an open source project called Ushahidi which is a mash-up of many social media platforms to give an overall picture of a particular situation. The site gathers information from citizens, tourists and local authorities to give everybody involved in the recovery of the Sacred Valley, Peru an up-to-date picture of the current situation.

This link provides you with a taster.

http://gawana.com/peru/ushahidi

By: Zelda_zip_al

Zelda_zip_al — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:59:09 +0000

I’ve only made it through half an hour of the program but, I will most definitely return. My thoughts have been stimulated and many of the points are resonating with me. Being a babe in the twitter woods many of the references are unknown to me but I am still able to follow the discussion. It is informative without being dull and the panel is, thus far, keeping my attention. I look forward to returning. Thank you, and good morning.

By: klanghus

klanghus — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:05:49 +0000

Really enjoyed the presentation.. just made me wonder what the possibilities of social media would be in education.. specifically distance education..

By: trixieedgewood

trixieedgewood — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:06:15 +0000

Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp,
or what’s heaven for?

- Robert Browning in Andrea del Sarto

Can’t wait to see what you guys do for an encore.

Thank you!!

By: MrTerry

MrTerry — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:04:49 +0000

Wonderfully Insightful into the minds of the people at the top. I look forward to your views on the impinging Digital Economy Bill that Peter Manadlson is attempting to put through parliament. It will surly cause huge distress and anguish to many millions in the UK. Freedom of speech is slowly becoming a luxury.

By: LadyGirlPerson

LadyGirlPerson — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:46:09 +0000

*food for thought*

By: MichelleFrost

MichelleFrost — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:56:31 +0000

Bravo Stephen

I love what you said about the internet. I’ve always been a technophobe and came to the internet rather “late in life” only to find myself overwhelmed and drowning in the wonder of communication in the purest form – no barriers of age, race, country or class, as you say. To be able to share and express across an entire planet… utterly entoxicating!

I still hate Twitter, but you just may have made me rethink there.