Tag: Social Media
Social Media, Social Justice: Digital Activism from a Planetary Perspective
I gave this presentation yesterday. Digital Activism from a Planetary Perspective on Vimeo.
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A bit discombobulated and disconnected for this recent holiday. Perhaps that’s because I was traveling just before — the POD Network traditionally has their conference at the end of October, and this one was combined with the annual conference of the HBCU Faculty Development Network, and we mustered our biggest contingent (four) ever. Wouldn’t have […]
Read More → UnmaskingAfter the Tide
I’m actively looking for ways to integrate various aspects of my seemingly disparate interests. Having Rising Tide here on the campus of the university where I work was a major integrative accomplishment for me personally. I don’t mean that it was particularly onerous, because it wasn’t; but it was extremely gratifying. Of course I tend […]
Read More → After the TideSocial Media, Social Justice
After the Beyond Jena forum in January of 2009, I had the idea for putting together a one-day conference on the intersection of social media and social justice. Alas, though I blew some hot air around the office, I never actually did it. A combination of distractions and personal lethargy (on my part) got in […]
Read More → Social Media, Social JusticeEZ Facebook Hack
My friend James called me this afternoon and asked if “the iPad thing” was for real. I had no idea what he was talking about. He quickly informed me of my latest Facebook status update, and when I got home I saw it with my own two eyes: Finally got my iPad from that site! […]
Read More → EZ Facebook HackThe Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name
I was just coming home from the first real parade of the carnival season, fired up and aglow with the love, and I get online and I check my e-mail and I find myself on Facebook, looking at a kindly invitation to enjoy the next night’s diversions, looking at the profile of a friend, and […]
Read More → The Love That Dare Not Speak Its NameAntisocial Networking
Here’s what I want: A social media platform which allows me to connect only to people who don’t know me in real life. As soon as we meet “in the flesh” we’re disconnected online. Yeah, that would be cool. When I started my blog, very few people read it, and many of the those who […]
Read More → Antisocial NetworkingSocial Graph
Here’s a screenshot of a graph of my social network on Facebook, generated with the Social Graph application. This isn’t anything new, but I was interested to see the visualization. The three main clumps are, from left to right, my high school, Indiana (mostly Bloomington) and New Orleans. Some family members can be found in […]
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my foot in happier days Here’s a goofy mix of foot-related songs to enjoy whilst I relate the latest. On Monday I went back to my orthopedist because of the previously noted issues I’ve been having with my lower left extremity. I hate going to see that guy because he’s in a big hospital downtown […]
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I am pretty excited about HBO’s new series, Tremé. I still haven’t actually seen it yet, but I feel like I have, almost. It premiered Friday night, and I had a couple invites to see it in some venues that would have been fun. (Like the Charbonnet Funeral Home in Tremé. That would have been […]
Read More → Books vs. TVPhasing Out Friends
I remember back in 2004 I had a revelation on how Netflix could enhance its service by adding social features. I thought it was a such a good idea I contemplated writing to them to make the suggestion. I never actually contacted them, but I was pleased as punch when they actually did roll out […]
Read More → Phasing Out FriendsUsing Flickr for Neighborhood Activism
Some of my neighbors have been bickering, er, I mean debating about Comiskey Park here in Mid-City. The basketball goals that used to be there were taken down when an television production company made plans to rebuild the park for a reality show. That didn’t pan out in the long run, and the park was […]
Read More → Using Flickr for Neighborhood ActivismAn Idea for Twitter
I just posted the following suggestion on Get Satisfaction: When getting a notification that someone’s following me, it would be nice to see how many people have blocked them. The e-mail notification currently includes how many followers they have, how many tweets they’ve posted, and how many people are following them. However, I’m betting a […]
Read More → An Idea for TwitterAfter Beyond
I think I was secretly hoping the Beyond Jena forum would be a bust. I’ve never been involved with organizing something on this scale before, and it was a little challenging, a little demanding, a little stressful. I knew if it was successful I might be tempted at some point in the future to try […]
Read More → After BeyondThis Is Getting Ridiculous
How many pages do I have out there on other sites? Here’s fifteen or so just off the top of my head… del.icio.us Facebook Flickr Friendster GoodReads last.fm LibraryThing LinkedIn MySpace Netflix Twitter Vimeo Wikipedia Wish List Wordie YouTube
Read More → This Is Getting RidiculousNetflix Friends
I read Dangerblond’s musings on how to put a man to sleep. (Personally I think the Architectures documentary series sounds fascinating, and I don’t think it would put me to sleep at all.) Anyway, I invited Danger to be on my Netflix friends list. She accepted, and according to Netflix we have a 71% similarity […]
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New Orleans Truth is conducting an interesting experiment in social media and citizen journalism.
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