John In Carolina: Duke Suit Story & Citizen Journalism
Interesting example of how citizen journalism can happen via comments and conversation, not just in a packaged story or post.
(tags: citizen+journalism example conversational+media critical+thinking)
Hoosgot — Send your wishes and desires out into the ether.
Wonder what all those @hoosgot posts on Twitter are about? They wind up here, [...]
Beth Kanter’s Twitter Tips
A good starter guide for the confused.
(tags: microblogging tips nonprofits)
ext337: Stop lecturing!
“I’m guilty of it. I do it on the phone with my mother and at meetings. I try not to. But I do. My name is Marnie and I lecture. And I do it even though I value the conversation. I [...]
ModBook almost ready to ship, but Apple may beat it to market
“Apple rumor mill: expectations of a new smaller-than-a-MacBook portable from the mothership, or possibly even an Apple-branded tablet computer. The ModBook is still a compelling piece of hardware, but I would have a hard time ordering one at the moment.”
(tags: mac hardware rumors)
drabblecast : [...]
As I was writing that last post, Twitter went down for a while (I think it was about an hour, but not sure of the duration). When it came back up, I think this tweet from Evelyn Rodriguez put it in context:
Heh… no kidding…
Travelator, via Flickr (CC license)
Though it’s often trivialized and denigrated, instant gratification is a very powerful thing.
As I’ve gotten more comfortable and involved with using the microblogging tool Twitter, I’ve realized that I’ve been using the social bookmarking tool del.icio.us less and less. I’m not the only one.
When I posted about this on Twitter, my [...]
Global Neighbourhoods: Mrs. Bhutto & Citizen Micro Journalism
“taking MSM news and sharing it,in timely tablespoons, on Twitter. It is not the first time that social media community members in one time zone got the news and gave it to community members elsewhere in the world.”
(tags: social+media microblogging social+networks sharing news tidbits+fodder)
Safe Travel
Geeky air travelers, take [...]
The Teeth announcement on Twitter of Bhutto’s assassination, viewed via Snitter.
This morning as I was making tea, I learned via NPR that Pakistani opposition leader and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated at a campaign rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Google News already offers a slew of mainstream news coverage of the assassination — based almost [...]
Pew Internet: Teens and Social Media
“Girls continue to dominate content creation. 35% of all teen girls blog, compared with 20% of online boys, and 54% of wired girls post photos online compared with 40% of online boys. Boys, however, do dominate one area - posting of video content online.”
(tags: generations gender research statistics)
The Twitter Zone [...]
Furl, I love ya, but…
First, the good news: I love Furl. I really do. I have for several years. It’s long been one of my favorite social bookmarking tools because it includes several features beyond basic item tagging and descriptions:
Archiving: Furl saves a complete copy (or at least, it attempts to, and lets you know [...]
The Joy of Tech comic… laughter is the best tech support.
heh… maybe we should call it antisocial media…
(tags: humor social+media)
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