Are you sitting down? Well stand up and get going to one of the multitudinous events happening around the Mid-South! Autumn is BarCamp season, social media is in the air, and many of the tickets are free. TONIGHT! The Wordpress Memphis Kickoff!! – 6pm at the LunaWeb offices, 5180 Park, Suite 305 (FREE) LaunchMemphis presents After Hours [...] [...more]
We’re getting super pumped for the September breakfast after sitting down with Chris O’Conner and Zach Waters from Prodigi Arts to talk about video! This talented group of designers, animators, videographers and illustrators are creating a wide range of video content, from 3D animations to heartfelt testimonials. And one of their ranks just won [...] [...more]
Check OUT that alliteration! But seriously, the Social Expedition was delighted to welcome back one of our former hosts, this time as our interviewee. Vibrant as ever, Elizabeth told us all about what she and the Memphis Music Foundation are doing to help keep Memphis’s rich musical tradition alive by providing resources to artists new [...] [...more]
The Social Expedition podcast kicks off with an issue brought to our attention by one of our expeditioners/ expeditionaries (which do you prefer?), Aaron Prather.*** He heard that debt collectors were using social media to track down debtors and research their available assets, which brings up some complex legal issues. On the heels of all [...] [...more]
Can you believe it’s already the second half of 2010? Yes? Well, alright. Today in our weekly social media expedition, we discover Social Media Day. This holiday, apparently backed by Mashable.com, went unobserved in Memphis, but maybe we’ll catch the next one. Honestly, we didn’t even hear about it until a few days ago. Then, MIT [...] [...more]
Yes, Android danger! No, but really - everyone who owns an Android needs to be aware of this study by SMobile. The high and low of it is that Google doesn't put the Android apps through the same kind of intense scrutiny that Apple does for it's market. Although we are tempted to just select "Allow" over and over to reach the end of an installation and get to eating ghosts with our new Pac-Man app, you may just allow spyware onto your phone. Scroll down into the study for a list of permissions your app may ask for and what exactly they mean. Do you know for a fact that you haven't granted any apps permission to PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS? It sounds harmless enough, but it means the app can monitor, modify, or even abort your outgoing calls. [...more]
First, some folks checked into Foursquare. Then, four Expeditioners with iPads made the rest of us green with tablet envy. Oh, they are so so pretty. Have you seen the Alice in Wonderland ebook they made for it? The pocket-watch swings when you rotate your screen! Wired Magazine created an interactive version for the iPad, [...] [...more]
Are social media news feeds killing mainstream journalism? Not according to Melissa Moon at WREG Channel 3. In her experience, social media is a great tool not only for sending out teasers for the stories she's covering, but also for getting tip-offs. She encourages anyone with a news story to tweet to @melissamoon3. On or off the clock, she also uses Twitter to be a reporter 24/7 by sharing stories and interesting articles she finds, not just from WREG, but also from a variety of sources. [...more]
This isn’t the Facebook podcast, but sometimes it kind of turns out that way. At the top of the news today is Facebook’s announcement on May 18th that they will be introducing “bands of privacy.” As far as we can tell, these bands will let users select a broader privacy setting instead of customizing who can see [...] [...more]
Can Your Tribe Survive - Dr. Kris Markman In Dr. Kris Markman’s presentation, ‘Can Your Tribe Survive?’, she identified three different types of communities, or rather three different ways to define a community: communities of practice, communities of interest, communities as networks. Communities of practice have mutual engagement, joint enterprise and a shared repertoire. Communities of interest are ‘imagined communities,’ and the idea of a community of interest is seen in online communities. And when communities are networks, a sense of belonging becomes important. [...more]
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