I played around with Google Buzz today… I won’t regurgitate everything that is already being said out there, but I will post a link to a good conversation about the service e that unfolded (on GBuzz) after Steve Rubel (@steverubel) posted his initial reaction. And if you care to, check out what people are saying on Twitter now.
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You CAN teach an old dog new tricks. But can you teach the puppies?
November 19th, 2009
I spent a few days of my COM 107 class talking to my students about social media. My point was to help them see the light and encourage them to get involved in the social media space because, let’s face it, we’re not ahead of the curve anymore. To illustrate, Mashable and TechCrunch are mashing and crunching up dozens of new blog posts on a daily basis, which — correct me if I’m wrong — means we are all technically dropping the ball and having to pick it back up constantly.
Help me help my students see the light: A call for social media examples
October 20th, 2009
I’m happy to announce that I made it to midterms unscathed, for the most part. I’m even more happy to announce that the day I’ve been looking forward to this semester has finally arrived. This week, I will be giving my COMM 107 students a crash course in social media. I’m certain that 99.9 percent of them are on Facebook but, if they are going to enter a world that will have changed dramatically in the four years that they will be in college, they must see that the light is a lot brighter than that.
My plan is to define social / digital media and to position the phenomenon in terms of the bigger picture — namely, how it has changed media, advertising, marketing, public relations, politics, news, education, interpersonal communication, business…
On Facebook’s new @mentions: Let’s not convict anyone of Twitter murder just yet
September 11th, 2009This is cross-posted on Communi-K: A KGBTexas Blog
Yesterday at retweet frenzy o’clock we heard about the latest news from Facebook. The social network will soon support @mentions within our beloved status updates. Only a few hours later, Mashable’s Ben Parr published a post in which he listed the following five ways the new @mentions on Facebook could impact Twitter.
- More of the conversation moves to Facebook
- Users could update Twitter through Facebook instead of vice versa
- Facebook becomes more attractive to big brands
- People move to Facebook for breaking events
- Developers flock back to Facebook
Remember when Facebook introduced real-time to the news feed? And when it bought FriendFeed? And when previews of the now live Facebook Lite first surfaced on the Web?
This is not the first time Facebook has been dubbed a potential Twitter killer. And, not unlike the first time, I don’t think any murders will be taking place around here.
Funny Because It’s True?
July 11th, 2009
I was watching an episode of The Office where Michael quits Dunder Mifflin and recruits Pam and Ryan to start a new paper company. In this episode, Michael tries to get his former Dunder Mifflin clients to switch over and buy paper from his new company. In an effort to thwart Michael, Dwight tells him, Pam and Ryan to meet him for lunch and then sneaks into their empty office to steal Michael’s rolodex with all his clients’ information.
Pam mentions that she had spent months entering all the contact information into Michael’s Blackberry so that he wouldn’t have to use the rolodex anymore but I’ll save that for another post. Moving on.
Dwight goes through the business cards and discovers that Michael had written two words behind each one of them. The words were meant to help him remember who each client was so that he could have more personable conversations every time he called them to renew their paper contract.
Social Media is happening. The evidence is at Podcamp San Antonio 3.0
May 16th, 2009
I am at Podcamp San Antonio 3.0. So far I have seen people in jeans and t-shirts, army uniforms and sequin coats and hats. And, as one would expect based on the eclectic mix of people, the sessions have covered a diverse set of topics all under the social media sun.
A recap:
Coworking
@firecatsue talked about coworking, which to me is a perfect example of how we can take social media offline and into the 3-dimensional world that all of us are familiar with. Coworking is heaven-sent for people like me who need distractions to focus and feed off other people’s energy and unique passions.
Check this out to get a sense for how coworking is taking off all over the coutry and, if you are in San Antonio… check out C4 Workspace, follow @coworkingsa and hey, why not take a day to actually try it out?
Journey through social media
@TXconflictcoach talked about her journey into social media. She talked about Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, BlogTalkRadio, blogging and MySpace (no, wait… take that back. MySpace is apparently where all the porn is). The thing to highlight about this session is the importance of experimenting and – one of my favorite words – TINKERING with different social media networks, channels, approches, strategies… in order to find the one (or ones) that fit you and what you do best. I highly recommend you do it. Hit the ground running and don’t be afraid to trip and fall – you’ll get back up. I promise.
Social media in the classroom
March 30th, 2009
A post on Mashable today, reposting the news about Birmingham City University’s new social media graduate program got me thinking about the implications of more universities offering courses in new media, social media and all of the above.
I have a great passion for education and, especially when it comes to communications, I believe there is nothing better than when scholars’ work goes hand-in-hand with that of those who pratice the profession in order to improve best practices.
As an undergraduate I read my share of public relations and marketing text books, sat through lectures and took tests to eventually earn the degree that now lets others know that I probably know something about the Uses and Gratifications theory and the four P’s of Marketing. But theory is best learned when put into practice. My interships allowed me to truly see what I was getting myself into in context.
The People v. Facebook
March 26th, 2009
Here is the thing… we’re too high maintenance.
But here is another thing… these days, we can afford to be. Or can we?
Clearly, I’m not about to write a post about the economy. If that was the case I would not have made either of the two statements – not even jokingly… No, I’m talking about the one luxury we can all afford because it is oh, so free – at least for now and for the most part – social media.
As you may have noticed (and I posted about it before so hopefully you did 
) Facebook changed the layout of its home page / news feed and turned it into what most of us have identified as a wannabe Twitter attempt. The people did not approve. So Facebook issued a response to appease the people. But the response, as Kara Fisher writes on her blog on All Things Digital was less along the lines of “sorry guys, we’ll take it back” and more along the lines of “we hear ya, kinda, sorta… not really.”
