Yesterday I made two great discoveries in the blogosphere: this great post by Joe Boughner about the top 5 (well 4) SM trends that should die before 2009 and Autism Twitter Day. Yes, they are both related. Joe’s post talks about the way social media is becoming more about being one big popularity contest and […]
My Social Media Prediction for 2009–Assocations Will Get it Wrong
‘Tis the season for closing the door on the old year and looking forward to the new one. Rather than trying to cleverly and accurately sum up the state of social media in 2008, I’ll just paraphrase CNET news’ 2008 wrap-up post: “…it was a terrific year for social networks. Mostly.” Now go read the […]
Twitter in Real Life
There’s a good reason I’m a blogger and not a videographer: because I’m horrible at making videos. Actually, that’s not technically true; I haven’t ever tried to make a video. I don’t know the first thing about directing, editing, animating–frankly, I don’t even know the terms for the things I don’t know. Suffice it to […]
Changing of the Media Guards
A few months ago I posed the question “Will citizen journalism replace traditional journalism?“ I recently came across an article that gives a great example of why the answer is “yes.” Roland Legrand, a multimedia newsroom manager for Belgian publisher Mediafin, wrote a great piece for PBS.org’s Mediashift, detailing a newspaper’s role in bringing a […]
Happy Holidays–Social Media Style, Of Course
Looking for a way to create e-cards then share them online? Smilebox lets you create cards–complete with photos, music and/or video–then post to your blog or your Facebook page. If only they had a Twitter application, it would be perfect. You can create and share cards for free (preceeded by a short ad) or pay […]