It all started quietly enough. A writer finds her work on a cooking magazine’s blog, finds it has also been published in print by them, and contacts the publisher in hopes to get a retraction and a small monetary donation to a group of her choice in lieu of payment. An editor at the publication […]
Goodbye Cincinnati and #heweb10.
I’m sitting in the last session of my Social Media track on Day One of HighEdWeb, listening to one of my favorite people talk about why we tweet, and it’s bittersweet. Jeff (@jeffswain) is presenting on Why Do You Tweet? This has been a conversation he’s been having with a lot of people, and I’m […]
Not if, but when.
This showed up in my Twitterstream today, and upon reading it, I realized the social media frenzy really *does* feel like the dot come bubble of the early 80s (yes, I’m that old). We are in the middle of a social media bubble. Every company is wildly chasing after the promised rewards of social media […]
Look at your media. Now look at me.
Okay, let’s get this out of the way now. Most of the people reading this post probably will not remember Old Spice as a younger brand. I, however, am that old — when it was all about showing women daydreaming about Old Spice (although thankfully vintage ads like these were way before my time). In my mind, […]
Signs.
Yesterday, I gave a lightning talk at a brown bag gathering. When they asked me to present, I was told I could talk about anything at all — as long as I kept it PG (giggle snort). So I decided to give a quick talk on the reasons why people shouldn’t be doing social media–because […]
A matter of perspective.
There are times in your life when you want so very desperately for something to happen, that you get caught up in the emotion of the moment. This is one of those times. I’ve been quiet on the social media front the second half of this week and I’m sure that it raises a few […]
Why do I tweet?
Jeff Swain, my colleague here at ETS, is doing his doctoral research in informal learning spaces and how they influence identity. He’s recorded a short video explaining his thoughts, and then he asks for viewers to create–and post–a short reply. It took me over a dozen tries, and while I’ve given up on short, sweet, […]
No power in the ‘verse can stop me.
You haven’t seem much of me online today. I’ve been taking care of business on my end. Of course, you say, but there’s always time to drop a tweet or two. True enough. And here I am, whispering in your ear before I go to the next order of business. Because there’s a special event […]
Faceplant.
I have just responded to two blog posts today about different aspects of Facebook. I think it is time I talk about it here. I don’t normally address Facebook for a very simple reason. I hate Facebook. Really. Facebook, to me, is high school all over again. I was not popular and didn’t get to […]
Timing is everything.
I’ve spoken here at length about my relationship with Twitter. I’ve been watching it grow and change over the last two years, and continue to see the dynamics shift, depending on what I’m doing and where I’m focusing my interests. Recently, prodded by my partner-in-crime Nikki Massaro Kauffman (@NikkiMK on Twitter), I have expanded my […]
Twhite noise.
Earlier this week, Nikki Massaro Kaufmann wrote a post on .eduGuru about how to not expand your Twitter network (warning: be prepared for major tongue-in-snark). You can read the entire post yourself, but the basic rules that get you nowhere are: 1. Limit your followers with an arbitrary number;2. Only follow cronies; and 3. Be […]
