Hey y’all:
Bring a hard copy (or computer) of Cluetrain to Starbucks at 9 am on Tuesday. I am driving down from Muncie that morning so if I am not there right on time, don’t leave
Also, please make sure you have tried to FTP your audio into the UPLOADS folder, installed the PodPress plug-in [...]
min 186: recap
Clay Shirky: How Social Media Can Make History
This is a talk given by Clay Shirky, one of the leading voices discussion social media and storytelling.
"Not Because they are Easy. Because They Are Hard."
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy asked Congress to commit several billion dollars in funds so that America could lead the rest of the world to the moon.
On September 12, 1962, Kennedy visited Rice University, in Houston, to outline the effort.
The video is an art project celebrating the achievement of the decade-long [...]
MIN 186: Class Recap
Don’t forget, you’re report is due on Tuesday. Don’t mess around with the fonts; it should be TWO FULL PAGES; it should be single-spaced. If you decide to put lots of spaces between paragraphs or the title and name, I will hand it back to you.
So let’s do this
We’ll meet at the Starbucks [...]
MIN 186: Twitter Recap
Hey y’all:
Don’t forget to download TweetDeck (or if you just want to use Twitter.com and Twitter Search, you can do that. There are more Twitter desktop applications like TweetDeck. They are located in the footer section of Twitter.com).
Once you download TweetDeck, use the search key (it looks like a magnifying glass) to search #min186. That [...]
Brad + Guy at SXSW
Dennis asked about Guy Kawasaki today. Here’s Guy and I co-hosting Accelerator, an 8-hour event at South by Southwest Interactive where start-up companies pitched their ideas to VCs and other media types.
South Florida Social Media Club Discussion
Check out this panel on social media + journalism at the University of South Florida (although it’s not required):
min 186: “We have to rethink all of these things”
This isn’t a requirement for the class, but this is a video that — if you want to understand the impact of a converation culture — you need to watch.
min 186: thoughts on analytics
Hey y’all:
On Tuesday, we’ll be discussion Google Analytics and tracking numbers. This will become imporant as we go through the course. I’ve spent several years immersed in the analytics world — particularly at MIT where we made our money off advertising.
Here are my thoughts on the best way to approach analytics.
We’ll get your blog going [...]
min 186: recap
Hey y’all:
Blog posts and responses due by 5 pm Friday. Please bring a HARD COPY of your Wiki response to “cluetrain manifesto” on Tuesday. We will sit outside (weather permitting) and discuss great things.
Please add at least (I stress AT LEAST) one more theme and two more widgets by Tuesday. If you have questions, first [...]
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Classes
- JOU 299x: Intro to Social Media
M,W: 11-1215
BC 137
JOU 326: Media Ethics
T, TR: 930-1045
AJ 339
JOU 280: Intro to Magazine Writing
T, TR: 1230-145 AJ 392
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