Tag Archive: Social Media

Future of the Internet – An Interview with Dr. David Weinberger

I posted part of this taped interview a while back and the folks at Oklahoma State University were gracious enough to give me the entire taped interview with Dr. Weinberger, outtakes and all. There is lots here so I hope you will take a second (2,119 to be exact) to watch, learn and debate below. Later…

Chris Brogan will do anything to get me to follow him on Twitter

The other day Chris Brogan tweeted the following: When I saw the tweet pointed out to me by a friend I joked that Chris Brogan will do anything to get me to follow him. Truth be known, he won’t and his tweet is just part of who he is, a very cool guy. Full disclosure,…

Internet's impact on students and academics

My preference is to have comments and questions posted on the youtube page. Obviously if you don’t have your own account you can post your comments below…. or you can (finally) get a youtube account… there free!

Not Your Father's Virtual Reality

What follows began as a private post about half as long written way back in November in response to a tweet regarding second life. (I find more and more I post private soliciting specific points of view to discuss and build knowledge – more on that later). My interview with KFOR (Oklahoma City) a few…

An interview with a social media guru and Harvard Professor

Update – the interview has been posted in its entirety on the KOSU website (The State’s NPR Station). Disregard the interviewer, a total amature to say the least but Dr. Weinberger’s responses are awesome. If you listen, please leave a comment in their comments section to show your support for their hard work and appreciation for…

Reasons to avoid being an armchair quarterback

(What follows is an updated post based on feedback from my good friend Matt Galloway.) With the Superbowl upon us I thought I might touch on the topic of armchair quarterbacking  - a person who offers advice or an opinion on something in which they have no expertise or involvement the process. I’ve seen this for…

Will size be the demise of your community?

I have my academic hat back on and am doing research for the social media class I will teach this next semester. One of the areas I have been spending a lot of time on is the actual design of a community and how it should look in relationship to specific goals and objectives for…

The social resume

Got a note from a student who is still struggling to land a job after graduation. He’s not alone but, I would argue, there are ways to stack the deck. I asked to see his resume and he offered to e-mail it to me. Red flag number one. Here is the advice I gave him…

The Social Media Classroom

I’m writing fast and should be working on a few other projects but Matt Galloway sent me a graph, similar to his PSATuesday graph for #jb4520 and I need to get what follows off my chest so I can get back to those other projects. If I oversimplify please fill in the blanks in the…

Good vs. bad social media is a short sighted question

I get this question a lot, “what are some good and bad examples of social media?” It is a great question because the answer really requires some thought and a visit back to the traditional public relations/communication model. Most people expect the quick answer and many will give it to them, Skittles – Bad, Zappos…