Submitted by Magitam
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By Dennis D. McDonald, Ph.D.Back in December 2008 I wrote the following in Eight Reality Checkpoints for Using “New Social Media” In Government:Personally, I’m quite optimistic about the use of new media to open up and make government more open, transparent, and responsive. The “genie is out of the bottle,” in my opinion, a (Read More)
Submitted by Robdiana
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Mark “Rizzn” Hopkins is the Managing Editor forSiliconANGLE, a collaboration blog that was founded by entrepreneur and PodTech founder John Furrier. I had a great time speaking to him about blogging, podcasting, old and new media on yesterday’s The Social Nerdia Show!, which you can stream below, stream on blogtalkradio, a (Read More)
TED | TEDBlog:
Lewis Pugh talks about his record-breaking swim across the North Pole. He braved the icy waters (in a Speedo) to highlight the melting icecap. Watch for astonishing footage -- and some blunt commentary on the realities of supercold-water swims. (Recorded at TEDGlobal 2009, July 2009 in Oxford, England. Duration: 18:54) Watc (Read More)
Cosmic Log:
NASW: Science in Society winners tackle challenging topics
Universe Today: 365 Days of Astronomy podcast wins a Parsec
Balzan Prizes shine spotlight on solar cells and neuroscience
Planetary Society Blog: Carnival of Space 119 ...(read more). (Read More)
Submitted by Adamcohen
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Last Thursday, I took a bold step and announced my retirement from Twitter. My announcement coincided with my 20,000 update or tweet which is a pretty big deal when you think about how much time and effort it takes to do anything 20,000 times. While I knew it was unlikely that I would stay retired -- thus my comparison of m (Read More)
TED | TEDBlog:
Photographer James Balog shares new image sequences from the Extreme Ice Survey, a network of time-lapse cameras recording glaciers receding at an alarming rate, some of the most vivid evidence yet of climate change. (Recorded at TEDGlobal 2009, July 2009 in Oxford, England. Duration: 19:22)Recommended: Download and watch (Read More)
Anil Dash:
Phew! Seems like there are a ton of people talking about the topics we've all been discussing here lately. Here's some highlights:Startup.govAfter I posited that the U.S. executive branch is the most interesting startup of 2009, there have been some amazing responses. Craig Newmark (you love his list!) very kindly gave a no (Read More)
Submitted by Todd
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With the launch this weekend of the new NPR Mobile App, I can look back over the last 4 years and see a pattern emerge that tells me that NPR is poised to be the first major new organization to break through into the new Media Reality.That's a bold statement so let me try and back it up.First of all, NPR and the public radi (Read More)
Online Journalism Blog:
The Huffington Post went social yesterday. Well, more social than it already was.Personalize, personalize, personalize, said the world of Web 2.0 to news organizations, and they did. The New York Times came up with TimesPeople, so people could recommend their favorite articles to other readers, and post links directly to so (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Style:
Reader's Digest -- the publication that grandmas everywhere used to love -- was the original aggregator, the first blog, the pioneer of short-attention-span reading. How ironic, then, that it has been gnawed nearly to death, like everything else in the old media, by a new media that is doing what...
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TechCrunch:
BlogTalkRadio is a popular podcasting site with about 4.5 million listeners a month. And it’s no stranger to large-scale live podcasts, as some pull in more than 20,000 listeners while they’re going on. But on Wednesday, the service is likely to see their popularity taken to the next level as none other than the President o (Read More)
mashable:
If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to Leverage Social Media for Career Success and How to Find a Job on (Read More)
SMC:posts:
Should bloggers have a code of ethics like journalists do? My last post on Personal Branding Blog about Four Reasons You Aren’t Getting Book Publicity from Bloggers caused a stir concerning bloggers having or not having a code of ethics. Here are some interesting quotes from the comments section:Susan de la Vergne commented (Read More)
Scripting News:
Last night Marshall and I did a flash call-in version of the Bad Hair Day podcast to discuss the acquisition of FriendFeed by Facebook. It was the first time I used BlogTalkRadio's call-in feature, and I liked it, and I want to do it again. Toward the end of the show Brian Hendrickson of Portland called in to say that he wa (Read More)
Copyblogger:
Do you want a wider audience, more subscribers, better conversion to paying customers, fanatically loyal readers, and enviable word of mouth?You can have all of them by keeping one simple piece of advice in mind:Treat your readers like dogs.If you want to teach your dog to sit, how do you go about it?Any good trainer will t (Read More)