Aug
31

I See the “Social,” But Where Is the “Media”?

Justin on August 31st, 2009

In September of 2006, a few creative geeks in Boston hosted a small event called PodCamp.  It was designed as a peer education and social network for podcasters — that is, people who make audio and video content for the web.  They were expecting a few dozen attendees; they got over 300. People from as [...]

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Aug
28

Why Are Some Cities More Twitterific Than Others?

Justin on August 28th, 2009

Last night, while I was helping answer someone’s question about which cities boast the most Twitter users (top city: London), a new question emerged: how does one city become more Twitterized than another? London, like much of Europe, is a more mobile and text-based culture than the US, so them topping the list makes sense.  [...]

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Aug
27

The Fishbowl Is Killing Us: Why Social Media Must Evolve or Die

Justin on August 27th, 2009

Lately, I’ve been lamenting the lack of true iconoclasts in social media.  But I’ve also admitted that I may be expecting too much. Just because the tools we use to communicate with each other have changed, it doesn’t mean that everyone suddenly has something revolutionary to say; it just means we now have more immediate [...]

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Aug
26

Bookmark This for Later

Justin on August 26th, 2009

My car died back in May.  Ann’s car just died on Friday.  Suddenly we’ve gone from a two-car household to a couple in need of a bus pass. Fortunately, Ann lives and works along a busline, so our daily routine is barely disrupted.  She still leaves for work and comes home around the same time, [...]

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Aug
25

Do We Expect Too Much From Social Media?

Justin on August 25th, 2009

Two recent news articles about Twitter — one in the Baltimore City Paper (for which I was interviewed) and one in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — have finally pushed the mainstream media’s reaction toward social media beyond the standard “what does it all mean?” journalistic crutch and instead ask a more practical question: how do we [...]

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