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Posterous and an Update on Twitter

April 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Tech Blog Posts

When I did a post about Tumblr it left me with a lot of questions about another site, Posterous. I wanted to find out what it was, how it compared to Tumblr, and why it was on the radar of the tech-savvy people at Mashable. Some of the answers to my questions were in a […]

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George Mason University and the Use of Social Media in the Case of Abdirashid Dahir

April 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Tech Blog Posts

Abdirashid Dahir on Dipity. A recent post by Mindy McAdams about the use of timelines in journalism had me wanting to try out the idea. I thought the recent case of George Mason student Abdirashid Dahir would lend itself to a timeline. How quickly events happened after the Sarah Evans Facebook post would help to […]

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March 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Tech Blog Posts

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Steve Buttry and how I’m becoming friends with Twitter

March 24th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Tech Blog Posts

I have to admit Steve Buttry has inspired me. It was something he said: Feeling uncomfortable should be a red flag that you have to jump in I admit Twitter makes me uncomfortable. Twitter makes me afraid. And after hearing Steve say those words I realized I had to jump in. So I have. I […]

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‘Journalism Next’ Chapter 8 Summary

March 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Journalism Next by Mark Briggs

Video is “the most powerful type of visual journalism,” according to Mark Briggs. In Chapter 8 of “Journalism Next” Briggs describes how journalists can get on the video bandwagon. This might come as a shock to journalism students but apparently quality of the video does not matter. It can be amateur video or some professionally done […]

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