LoJo Connect
Medill Students Use ‘Locative Media’ for Mobile Storytelling
Mark Glaser is traveling this week, but we’re happy to have students from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University filling in as special guest bloggers this week. They are in a class studying “locative media,” a new form of journalism that tells stories via cell phones based...continued...
Microblogging Mania
Twitter Helps with Reporting, Filtering the News
Last May on MediaShift, we wrote a series of articles about a new microblogging tool called Twitter, which was just beginning to gain visibility among the digerati. At that time, many bloggers were still on the fence as to how useful the service really was. Many thought it was...continued...
Digging Deeper
Your Guide to the Mobile Web
From time to time, I’ll give an overview of one broad MediaShift topic, annotated with online resources and plenty of tips. The idea is to help you understand the topic, learn the jargon, and take action. I’ve already covered blogging, citizen journalism, hyper-local news and other topics. This week...continued...
MobileShift
The Blessing and Curse of the iPod Touch
Here at MediaShift, we have had some less than perfect experiences with mobile devices and the Internet. Earlier this year, Mark wrote a manifesto about what would make for a smarter smartphone. And last summer I grumbled about the bad time I was having with my new smartphone. The...continued...
Digging Deeper
Politico 2.0: Ruffini Blogs, Twitters, Crowdsources Obama Donations
Patrick Ruffini is the epitome of the new breed of political consultant. He’s a numbers wonk who swears by Microsoft Excel. He’s a tech geek who’s had his own political website since the mid-’90s, and he writes for various big-name group blogs such as TechPresident and TownHall.com — as...continued...
MobileShift
How to Make Smartphones Smarter
The cell phone industry in the United States is at a crossroads. Verizon announced it would open up its networks to other devices, AT&T opened its already-open network and Google has been pushing the carriers to adopt its more open Android platform. Whether any of this makes any sense...continued...
Tough Cell
Pocket Journalism Takes More Than Stylish iPhones
Mark Glaser is away on vacation this week, but we’re happy to have Clyde Bentley filling in as a special guest blogger. Bentley is an associate professor of journalism at the University of Missouri. Bentley helped start the MyMissourian grassroots journalism hub, and teaches students how to incorporate interactivity...continued...
Our Gadget Haze
How Cell Phones Are Killing Face-to-Face Interactions
Whether you are dating someone, interviewing someone, or just meeting someone for the first time, there is a special quality about face-to-face interactions. You can catch the subtle tone in their voice, see their expression as it changes from sad to outraged, and you can look them in the...continued...
Ypulse Mashup 2007
Marketers Grapple with Giving Teens More Control Online
SAN FRANCISCO — A curious thing happened at the Hotel Nikko in downtown San Francisco today during the Ypulse Mashup 2007 conference about those wired teens. Yes, a lot of older folks dressed business-casual tried to look hip and decipher what the kids were doing online in social networks,...continued...
Mobile Content
Why My Smartphone Is Dumb About the Net
I’ve got a problem: I hate using the Internet — on my phone, that is. I am one of those people whose ears perked up at the idea of being able to take my online activities, such as reading news, watching videos and social networking with me wherever I...continued...
Your Take Roundup
Twitter Week Brings Praises, Catcalls
It seems like everyone who went to the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, last March came back talking about Twitter, the micro-blogging service that lets you broadcast bursts of information via text messaging. Alas, I didn’t attend, so remained a non-believer, as if I was a disciple...continued...
What Are You Doing?
Doing More Than Just Twittering Our Lives Away
When I first signed up for micro-blogging service Twitter last September, I remember reading that day that Evan Willliams, one of Twitter’s founders, was in a horse drawn carriage winding through the streets of Marrakech. I found that fascinating. That day, I wrote one update (“I’m blogging…”) and didn’t...continued...
Digging Deeper
Twitter Founders Thrive on Micro-Blogging Constraints
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and co-founder Biz Stone have taken executive transparency to new heights, not only using their own Twitter micro-blogging service frequently to share details of their personal lives, but also publishing their own phone numbers and business address on Twitter’s Contact page. So it was easy...continued...
Point of Presence
Your Guide to Micro-Blogging and Twitter
This is a special week at MediaShift as we are all a-twitter about micro-blogging and Twitter. We also have a special Q&A with the Twitter founders, and Jennifer wrote about her life on Twitter as well. But first, here’s a basic guide to help you learn all you need...continued...
