Following Up on a Few Things: Celebrities, Crises and One Year Here
November 20, 2009 :: Joe LoongHere are a few items that came up recently that reminded me of other things that happened, only less recently:
* Social Media Vulnerabilities: From the New York Times Sunday edition came a report of a Hollywood burglary ring whose members not only targeted celebrities, but used celebrity gossip web sites to figure out when those [...]
Event Review: BarCamp DC 3
November 17, 2009 :: Joe LoongSaturday was BarCampDC 3, the third iteration of the free BarCamp-style unconference in DC, where there are no spectators (only participants); attendees set the agenda; everybody contributes and has a chance to lead a session; and during sessions, attendees are encouraged to vote with their feet if they’re not getting what they want from the [...]
Start the Conversation: Blogging for Beginners
November 16, 2009 :: Jaime SoellCreating and using a blog is easier than you think.
Would Your Parents Have Twittered Growing Up?
November 11, 2009 :: Joe LoongI’ve been continuing to think about differences in generational attitudes towards the use of technology in general and social media tools in particular, and I’m not getting very far. I keep going around in circles.
(I am hampered by the fact that I am not a sociologist — not even an armchair one. But let’s ignore [...]
Lessons from the VCR Clock Flashing 12:00
November 6, 2009 :: Joe LoongSo, continuing some thoughts I started in my earlier entry, “Things That I Don’t Understand” (a limitless topic, to be sure), I revisit the VCR Clock Flashing “12:00″ Scenario (where the inability to program one’s VCR, as demonstrated by the flashing 12:00 on the VCR display, was an indicator of other forms of technological incompetence.)
Now [...]
Things That I Don’t Understand
November 3, 2009 :: Joe LoongBack in the days of Internet Bubble 1.0 (right around the turn of the popular millennium), I used to pause every once in a while to look around at the swirling maelstrom of Internet-enabled technologies that we (and that’s a very collective “we”) were unleashing on the world.
Sure, maybe a lot of it didn’t make [...]
In Case of Emergency, This Space Intentionally Left Blank
November 2, 2009 :: Joe LoongRight off the bat, I’m going to admit that this is pretty much a filler entry. I’ve been mostly laid up this week, working from home because I’m stricken with something that’s either a sinus infection or the flu (variety unknown).
I thought about turning my illness into an entry discussing how the CDC and other [...]
PopTech ! Using technology to get the community involved in saving lions in Kenya
October 23, 2009 :: Shashi BellamkondaWildlifedirect.org uses social platforms like blogs and websites to spread awareness of wildlife conservation. The website of wildlifedirect.org puts their goals as “raising funds for conservation. Using the internet, we bring supporters and conservationists together through online diaries or blogs to enable individual donors around the world to communicate directly with the people that they [...]
The Absence of Presence and the Presence of Absence
October 21, 2009 :: Joe LoongThe Washington Post last week had an article looking at several Facebook refuseniks (people who’ve taken a stand against joining Facebook or similar online social networks), and investigating their reasons for (and consequences of) non-participation.
This, by itself, is only slightly interesting; as with any technology — dishwashers, automobiles, air conditioning, telephones, TV, cell phones — [...]
Event Recap: PublicMediaCamp
October 19, 2009 :: Joe LoongI make it no secret that I enjoy going to unconferences (even though my presence at social media events has tailed off slightly, recently).
Frankly, I’m somewhat surprised that I’m still allowed to register for some of these (”Hey, buddy: Give someone else a chance for a while, okay?”)
I especially like unconferences that expose me to [...]
