The NY Times had a good article about the person who heads Barack Obama’s online media strategy. He’s one of the founders of Facebook. Basically, the other candidates are envious of his ability to motivate constituents via his use of social media. One of the key points of the strategy is using online sources to […]
Here’s a quick rundown of some things I found interesting this week: Here’s a neat iPhone timeline Great article from Mashable on How to Live Blog a Conference. Good tips, definitely something I will discuss with my classes next time we do a project like that. Article from Forbes.com and what will happen to Apple […]
Here’s a look at the benefits of using LinkedIn. Personally, I find it very helpful in hearing about potential positions and opportunities for students. http://www.commoncraft.com/linkedin-video
SensibleTalk.com features an interview with Rich Gordon of Northwestern’s Medill School talking about their new, Knight-funded program in which they plan to train programmer/journalists. The plan is to recruit programmers, and see what can be done by using data to tell stories. I completely agree with the content of what they are doing, and I […]
I was impressed by this post on Social Media Today that critiqued the idea that social media is a “conversation.” You hear that a lot, companies want to start or join the online conversation. But, Ray Augie, in this post, says it would be better to call it a party. And, it’s a party that […]
At least that’s what Business Week is saying. Their advice, “Study computer science or engineering, and plan to move to a big city. ” The article lists a number of metropolitan areas as leading in job growth and salary strength. After Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Oakland, all in CA, Austin came in fourth in […]
Here’s a great interview with Dan Gillmor, author of We The Media, about entreprenuerial journalism. In it he says, “The career ladder that people of my generation aspired to is in almost all cases is just not going to be available to them. But that should only be scary to people of my generation. If […]
I realized that I may not have mentioned these to everyone. I know many of you use Fetch and are comfortable with it. Some of you unfortunate PC users have WS-FTP, which has recently become available for free at http://www.ipswitchft.com/products/ws_ftp_home/try/free/. But, I also like FireFTP. It’s an add-on for Firefox. Go to http://fireftp.mozdev.org/ and download […]