I‘ve been a little more preoccupied than normal over the last week or so preparing for the next big step in the evolution of my small campus podcast, The William & Mary Powwow. I started the show about a year ago mainly to see if I was capable of producing it, and I’m happy [...]
We call it “social media,” but what’s so social about it? Sometimes a distinction that should be obvious is difficult to make, and sometimes it’s even contradictory. Consider the phrase ‘online social networking’ for a moment. What comes to mind? If you’re anything like me, you envision someone sitting at their computer late at night, [...]
I was just about to settle in for the evening and launch a session of Spore when I caught blogger Louis Gray’s tweet: he’d just finished highlighting five bloggers in a monthly series he’s ran since March of this year. This month, I’m absolutely thrilled to be on his list!
The social tug of war
We call it “social media,” but what’s so social about it? Sometimes a distinction that should be obvious is difficult to make, and sometimes it’s even contradictory. Consider the phrase ‘online social networking’ for a moment. What comes to mind? If you’re anything like me, you envision someone sitting at their computer late at night, [...]