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Social media basics provide necessary spice

by Andy DeSoto on November 2, 2008

Here at andydesoto.com, I often like to discuss how social media can be integrated with the “real world;” that is, how a body of content and discussion online can be brought into more day-to-day tasks that are accessible to those outside of the self-referential social media circles.  People are quick to write off even the [...]

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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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Beating those early adopter blues

by Andy DeSoto on August 20, 2008

Uh-oh. There’s trouble over on FriendFeed. Hailed lately as one of the hottest new technologies to come out of Silicon Valley, the service has been gaining more and more momentum– and dedicated users– day after day. But is the hype about to come to an end?

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