Monthly Archives: January 2012

Twitter CEO, Dick Costolo announces that [it] is not a media company but rather “we’re a distributor of content and traffic.” I’m not sure that it matters how you label it unless you believe it drives the business model. Right now, … Continue reading →

Will convergence happen soon enough for my iPhone addict? In order to stave off household budget problems and to see if I can hasten the next generation phone/pad/laptop/reader/player by fluttering my own butterfly wings, I’ve declared that my partner cannot … Continue reading →

Last week we spoke about the difference in the engagement level Mitt Romney is able to inspire through social media compared to Obama. I wanted to explore the elements of what makes people want to engage. There must be some … Continue reading →

Among the more than 100 million people expected to watch the Feb. 5 Super Bowl, about 60 percent are expected to also be watching a second screen: iPad, smartphone, iPod Touch or some other kind of tablet computer. That number … Continue reading →

ESPN RecruitingNation journalist Jake Trotter’s article Facebook, Twitter taking over, describes just how important social media has become as a recruiting tool in the sport of football, a trend that more and more sports are turning to for recruiting success. … Continue reading →

  How exciting of a program to stimulate the creative thought process between journalism and the use of social technologies to bridge the two disciplines. Columbia and Stanford Creating $30 Million Institute to Bridge Journalism and Tech by Zachary Sniderman … Continue reading →