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The One Big Thing: Follow The Data

deerickson — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:04:34 +0000

Photo courtesy of theeerin. In this mashed-up and syndicated online world, the The One Big Thing you need to know for preparing for the increasingly local and mobile Web is Follow The Data. Have you taken a good look at your business data online? Just the essentials: Who, What, Where, When? Any business that relies on local, feet-on-the-ground [...]

Soldiers Now Allowed To Tweet

deerickson — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:00:54 +0000

CNN.com: U.S. military personnel are officially allowed to tweet. That’s the upshot of the Pentagon’s long-awaited policy on rank and file personnel using online social media, unveiled Friday. The new rules authorize access to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media Web sites from nonclassified government computers — as long as such activity doesn’t compromise operational [...]

Trend: Haul Videos

deerickson — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:10:19 +0000

Haul videos are the democratization of the home shopping network. They typically feature teen girls just back from the mall, shopping bag in hand, gushing over their purchases (or “haul”) to their webcam to be uploaded to YouTube for the world to see. Haul videos are funny, a little weird, and they’re the latest thing. The following [...]

Have You Been Nexted? Chatroulette Explained

deerickson — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:37:46 +0000

In my quest to bring you all varieties of online behavior, there’s chatroulette. Chatroulette is the act of conducting random video chats with complete strangers from around the world. Casey Neistat explains. WORK WARNING: Video includes profanity and some adult themes. Found at Vimeo from Casey Neistat via The Awl via Holy Haw! Similar Posts: There’s An [...]

David Pogue’s Internet Parody Medley

deerickson — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:11:01 +0000

New York Times personal tech columnist David Pogue performs a medley of songs parodying the Internet. Songs include Piano Man, I Got You Babe, YMCA. It’s hilarious! Found at TwitVid from Laura Dunn via Blois Olson. Similar Posts: New Media & Minnesota Political News Coverage Blois Olson On PR 2.0 – PR Rockstar Interview With Airk Hanson Minnesota Politics [...]

Google Buzz Impressions

deerickson — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:00:03 +0000

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[/caption] After playing around with Google Buzz since its release, some thoughts: Large Networks: It is most useful and beneficial to those who already had large networks in place. The Robert Scobles and Pete Cashmores and even the Steve Rubels (who’s been pretty much thumbs-down on Buzz) of [...]

Google Nexus One Smartphone Unboxing…Ninja Style

deerickson — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:00:12 +0000

This sure looks like it should be an official Google ad for the Nexus One but it appears to be just some super-talented animator showing off his stuff. Found at YouTube from PatrickBoivin via Julio Ojeda-Zapata’s Your Tech Weblog. Similar Posts: Google Nexus One Phone Hands-On Demonstration Macworld Expo From A Journalist’s Point Of View Facebook Farmville Parody Minnesota Monday [...]

Career Advice For College Students

deerickson — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:39:06 +0000

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[/caption] I spent a good chunk of the last two weeks, my vacation, setting up a social media presence for some of my nieces and nephews who are either in the process of applying to colleges or have just begun their careers. Geek that I am, I bought them domain [...]

2009: Year In Review Via Google Wave

deerickson — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:00:16 +0000

Found at YouTube from rockyourwhirled via TechCrunch via AdAge via Holy Kaw! Similar Posts: TweetDeck Upgrade Video Demo How To Create A Generic Television News Report Persuasion Words Hitler Goes Ballistic Over The Facebook/FriendFeed Deal Apple iPad Hands-On Demonstration Email this to a friend? Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on Linkedin Sphinn this on Sphinn Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Send this [...]

Using Online Analytics For Insight Into News Consumption

deerickson — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:36:14 +0000

These are some links to resources I will talk about during my session for The Other Future of News event today: Web Analytics Google Analytics – Google’s sophisticated Web analytics service – Free Google AdPlanner – Google’s traffic statistics for any site not owned by Google Quantcast – Another Web traffic analytics tool Clicky- Sophisticated real-time Web analytics service [...]