September 2008

Squeezing social media-driven news into a college campus

by Andy DeSoto on September 19, 2008

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 to [...]

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The social tug of war

by Andy DeSoto on September 17, 2008

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, [...]

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Thanks for reading!

by Andy DeSoto on September 9, 2008

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!

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