Archive for the ‘social web’ Category

Laboratory Life: Seeking input from YOU on course design

Friday, November 20th, 2009

So I'm redesigning a course I've taught a few times now (CMNS 253, which I'm teaching right now, too) to transform it from a lecture/tutorial format that uses an all-in-one wiki/blog/CMS (Howard Rheingold's Social Media Classroom build of Drupal) into, well, a lecture/lab course in writing for social, mobile and ...

Convergence 2009, as it happens

Monday, May 11th, 2009

9:32 AM: David Plouffe about to start... 9:38 AM - introductions, Sauder school of business. iPhoto/Flickr not working well... 9:40 - Plouffe on stage, obligatory Sarah Palin joke 9:42 - not just a winning campaign but a credible grassroots campaign - "social media embedded in our DNA" from the start 9:45 - challenges going ...

Friday Zeitgeist: GeoChat, Twitter filters, Street Hacks, Youtube FAIL

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

I might start trying to do a "weekly zeitgeist" digest every Friday (or at worst, just paste together some cool links I've found). I'd like to include the sorts of links that contain answers (even partial, or even just plain wrong) to all of our questions, before many of us ...

Massive Technology Show (Vancouver, April 1) as it happens

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240" caption="6S/Capulet/Peer1 panelists"][/caption] torn btw liveblogging and tweeting. what is the appopriate or trendy thing to do for conferences/panels now? listening to Peer1/6S/Capulet panel right now.(11:08 AM) Richard Smith: throwing "business sheep". heh. why does the assumption that TV and radio are not interactive media prevail? let's not forget our media ...

Hack the Debate

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

This is actually a pretty compelling experience, I'm finding - I wonder what their curatorial model is - can't find confirmation of how they filter the twits. Go there live now. Full twemewar happening here.

Up In Ur Transient Droopal. With Announcements.

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

I've finally taken the plunge into Drupal on the label/company page. I haven't had much need for a main company URL or site, so I'm going to use it as a 'social media' (is there such thing as an 'antisocial' medium?) sandbox - essentially an experiment in multiple feed aggregation ...

MUSE3, public displays, NV08 & Fusion recap

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

I'm chin-deep in MUSE3 planning (excuse the outdated site at them thar preceding link - that's part of what I'm working on), gearing up for our Showcase Proposal Forum this Friday (check back on Friday morning with that link for the webcast), adjusting my Web 2 specs after all the ...

Northern Voice 2008 – accreted notes

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Rough notes from today's conference... 13:30-14:00: An afternoon discussion with a Vancouver City Planner, a rep from mag.no.lia, some guy from Portland, and many others. the challenges for cities=adopting social media for public participation initiatives. how do people get something back? more than just "thanks for coming". stewardship is important. but how do ...

Why mobile services are not being adopted :: Apptrigger

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Survey results paid for by Texas-based company AppTrigger (the study itself was conducted by LM Research & Marketing) suggest that UK mobile operators could be doing much more to promote adoption of advanced mobile services among their subscribers. The data purportedly support the conclusion that mobile phone operators are largely locked ...

The Internet Is Filesharing :: On ISP Levies and Creators’ Rights to Remuneration in Canada

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

I was recently asked by the Songwriters' Association of Canada (SAC) to submit a briefing on why file sharing is inevitable, and why a levy system for ISPs makes sense. (The SAC is in the process of submitting a proposal along these lines to the Canadian government, in light of ...