In recent conversations, the question of how much is too much keeps finding it’s way into the discussion. Everyday I go through a routine of logging into Facebook, firing up Pandora, checking my blog stats, visiting LinkedIn, sifting through my RSS feeds, updating my Twitter, all while sipping coffee, checking my email and outlining my [...]
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blogs for social change
05Dec08This is my parting post prior to going offline in an effort to dig completely into finance, for Thursday’s final exam. With a little luck, I’ll survive with all limbs in tact.
However in order to satisfy my own blogging desires, and to leave you with something worthwhile, here’s Beth Kanter’s Top 10 Nonprofit Technology (NPTech) [...]
3. Tim reminded us that a medium is just a “means of human communication.” Media include everything from printed newspapers and blogs to smoke signals and church sermons (Courtesy of Tim Walker, Social Media Breakfast Austin).
I love this statement, it’s simple, to the point and something that is rooted in my own ideology. It’s all [...]
twitter defines itself
03Dec08Lingering questions regarding Twitter are undeniable and its presence is inescapable. Even more so, due in part to the recent events in Mumbai.
Mumbai: Twitter’s Moment
Citizen journalism goes real time as Mumbai attacks unfold.
Twitter was inundated with “tweets”–short bursts of information posted by users –Wednesday as mainstream media outlets struggled to catch up with the scope [...]
re:imagining change
03Dec08Re:Imagining Change – An Introduction to Story-based Strategy
By: Doyle Canning & Patrick Reinsborough
Re:Imagining Change is an interactive and accessible resource guide to smartMeme’s story-based strategy tools and methods. Download 75 pages of ideas, analysis, case studies, and strategies to change your campaign, your community and your world
See for yourself:
Great work smartMeme - and Doyle!!
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making sense of the bailout
09Oct08Doyle of smartMeme offers an insightful and thought-provoking reflection on the recent bailout. She sheds light on a challenging topic and makes the case for why things are never going to be the same.
I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling like this economic meltdown moment is a game-changer. The recent firestorm over the “bailout” [...]
For those of you who know me, my obsession is not only for technology, media…um, and wine, but also for handmade goods and lovely creative things. I was lucky enough to stumble upon two such finds this afternoon during lunch thanks to Etsy: Creature Comforts and Melissa Loves.
Both blogs are full of wonderfully satisfying creative [...]
diversity and the web
18Sep08I don’t think that I’m the only African-American edublogger but I have noticed that racial diversity is lacking in the ’sphere. Am I wrong? If not, what are the reasons? What are the implications (for the web community, students, and other stakeholders)? Courtesy of Diversity 2.5.1 (BETA)? (Comic)
Diversity isn’t only lacking within educational blogging, but [...]
grut live: nick jehlen
28Jun08I’m currently at the Grassroots Use of Technology conference and will be live blogging throughout the day morning. Please know that these are raw notes - more in depth reflect later in the day.
Speaker: Nick Jehlen, Creative Director of the Action Mill
Title: “Think Outside the Toolbox”
“What are we trying to do? Change the word.”
We need [...]
muted excitement
17Apr08For the first time in quite a while I received a notification that a comment had been left on my blog. The excitement was surprising. I experienced a twitter of butterflies as I went to see who had commented - but alas, it was nothing, but spam pertaining to some male enhancement or another. [...]
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