Links 2-1-11: Google gets artsy, Readability pays authors, Gamify

February 02 Comments Off on Links 2-1-11: Google gets artsy, Readability pays authors, Gamify Category: Actual, Links

Today Google launched its “Art Project.” It’s a nifty website with some very high resolution images combined with street-view style tours of the various art galleries involved. It’s cool, check it out. Even cooler, people can build their own collections of the art and share them, along with comments.

The echo chamber is a lousy teacher

February 01 Comments Off on The echo chamber is a lousy teacher Category: Feed, HackText

Social media has many great communication tools and is an excellent way to increase expertise, but what if you want to learn something new? It’s hard to get started on a new topic when the good stuff is hidden in huge feeds. I’ve really only regretted the death of two online services. Furl, which got swallowed up into Diigo‘s […]

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Trying out the new Digg

July 01 Comments Off on Trying out the new Digg Category: Uncategorized

So I’m trying out the new Digg site. I got an invite and I’m playing with it now. They even have a nifty auto submit feature which is why there is a random set of letters and numbers on the next line. Let’s see if the changes are enough to save it from fatal collapse  under its […]

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My 4 Step Social Media Strategy

March 11 Comments Off on My 4 Step Social Media Strategy Category: Uncategorized

I’ve written a great post for the UPIU Blog on my methodology for managing the social media presence of both UPIU and the Office of Student Media.
Glittering promises to transform you into a social media powerhouse overnight are scams. Focusing on a long-term method to grow your social media presence, though, is a good idea.
Many […]

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