Archive for the 'social media' Category
Listen up, writers! The joy of podcasts
Yesterday I had one of those long 8 hour drives through the country, me and my golden retriever and and a bunch of podcasts. I’ve taken a real liking to having stories told to me. Here are some of the reasons: As a writer, it’s an easier way for me to disengage the critical brain, [...]
How is publishing like the tech industry?
Yesterday, I listened to the Sofanauts podcast #30 while I was pulling out spent daises and mushed iris leaves and planting crocus and narcissus. The conversation is an hour and half long argument where everybody is right. The moderator was Tony C. Smith of Starship Sofa, guests lined up as Jeff Vandermeer and Jeremy Tolbert [...]
Various useful webbishry
First, Seattle Geekly does a great podcast. As I’m sure you can guess, they talk about all things Seattle that would interest the slightly more – well, geekly (gaming, conventions, science fiction and fantasy, anime, steampunk, other local events). I listen in when I get time. Even better, I visited them last week and we [...]
Futurist Event: FiRE Global
Earlier this year, I attended the FiRE conference in San Diego. It felt like half an almost-typical technology conference (yes, there was a cloud computing session), half a “making the world a better place with technology” and in total, was the best three days I’ve ever spent on either topic. Largely, the value was [...]
Twitter: A Trail of Transparent Breadcrumbs
I have been thinking about transparency, social media, and government accountability for a while. At the FiRe conference in San Diego, I ran into fellow sf writer and contrarian, David Brin, who authored the non-fiction book, The Transparent Society. This book made a difference in the way I think about government and life, and has [...]
When Reaching an Audience is Hard
I talked to the good folks at the National Association of Consumer Shows this morning in Memphis Tennessee. I walked away feeling as if I did a good job but not a great job. I did talk to quite a few of them individually and I enjoyed a nice barbecue lunch with a convention goer, [...]
The Power of the Net
If you’re not on twitter watching the #iranelection or just searching for “iran” which will catch it all, you’ve missed a worldwide conversation. A worldwide emotional reaction. This morning, I feel connected to the people in Iran. I’m glad they have this tool, which was missing from Tiananmen square. It may or may not be [...]
Attention, Glorious and Critical
We live in an attention economy. Which really means our attention has scattered. There is danger here. Advertisers and news sources spend enormous resources to get our attention. They’re getting better at it, too. A lot of the ads I see these days are actually things I’m interested in. Further, constant connection splits our attention. [...]
Twitter: An Explanation
I was helping a friend out with some Twitter questions via email and thought my response to her might actually be useful to others. So here it is: First, for 140 characters a shot, Twitter is a big topic. So I’ll stick to the basics: followers, following, dangers, protocol, and a tool. Followers: [...]
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