Posted on March 3, 2006 12:00 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Participatory Communication | Social Networking
Since Neville and I recorded the podcast live from the trade show area of the conference yesterday afternoon, I wasn’t able to blog any other sessions. Today I’m not working at all, so I hope to blog every session I attend, starting with…
Charlene Li from Forrester is the keynote this morning.
Introduction
- Successful social computing requires ceding control to build the relationship. Customers won’t put up…
Posted on December 27, 2005 11:06 am by Shel Holtz | Participatory Communication
Jonathan Coulton‘s a funny guy. Some time ago, Neville and I played his song “Skullcrusher Mountain,” a love song sung by a typical movie evil genius to the girl he’s kidnapped. Today, Lawrence Lessig’s blog directed me to a music video Coulton has created, made up of photos from Flickr that allowed him to use them based on their Creative Commons licenses. Lessig calls it an…
Posted on December 23, 2005 1:41 pm by Shel Holtz | Participatory Communication
A contest at Engadget resulted in a team of professional TV reporters from Flint, Michigan, submitting this hysterical video. Mainstream media appears to have the same consumer-generated-media bug that has infected so many non-professionals—at least in Flint. I found this on Jason Calacanis’ blog.
Posted on December 15, 2005 11:15 am by Shel Holtz | Participatory Communication
A lot of angst has been suffered in recent weeks over Wikipedia, the free open-source encyclopedia. Skeptics have declared victory in their campaigns to discredit the resource, scoffing at the notion that anybody who drops by could possibly pen an article as accurate as those you would find in a real encyclopedia. While I have always sought to confirm information…
Posted on December 13, 2005 9:01 am by Shel Holtz | Legal | Participatory Communication
About eight or nine years ago, I was brought into a midwest financial institution to, among other things, speak with the executive team about the Internet. My goal was to help them understand the Net’s importance to business. Among other things, I showed them some unfavorable Usenet newsgroup posts about the company. The CEO was aghast. Seeing the CEO’s reaction, the general…
Posted on August 21, 2005 1:11 pm by Shel Holtz | Participatory Communication | Podcasting
I was part of an intriguing new channel for delivering content this morning, and it has me thinking about the potential for this type of process for getting the word out through non-traditional means.
You’ve probably heard something by now about the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s lockout of its employees, including writers, editors, producers, and reporters. (In case you haven’t, Neville blogged about it today.)…
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