Thanks for coming out to Twilight Camp last night! While we usually gravitate towards the news of the week and latest apps, last night’s discussion revolved primarily around an idea called Collaborative Consumption. If you’ve ever couchsurfed, you know the idea. And that idea is this: “Collaborative Consumption describes the rapid explosion in swapping, sharing, [...] [...more]
Our 2011 kick-off podcast touches on a wide array of topics, but we’ll give you a little preview here: QR codes, the latest in location-based services, default settings (and the pros and cons thereof), customization, and hand-crank phone chargers. Confused? Listen to the podcast, and it will all become clear! But here are a few [...] [...more]
Today’s breakfast had a great crowd, which was fantastic because we crowd-sourced our topic! To kick off the year, we decided to ask Expeditioners for their Predictions for 2011 in social media and technology. It seems many of the members are placing their bets on QR codes and mobile devices. Of course it’s all speculation, [...] [...more]
You may recall that shortly after our own Dave Barger returned from the South by Southwest Conference, our podcast featured a short interview with Natalie about her preparation and ideas for this conference. Well now it’s just around the corner! Listen in to hear Natalie share some details about the informal structure and basic principles [...] [...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]
This week we did things a little differently, maybe because we’re getting close to 30 and feeling like it’s time for a change. So we invited our guest, Blake Palmer (Audience Development Specialist at The Commercial Appeal) to join us for the full 30 minute episode. We talked about how he builds community online for [...] [...more]
Join us in a few hours for the first Core Conversation podcast of 2010 – we’re discussing mobile web technology and where it’s headed in the new year. You can call and weigh in on the topic at (646) 721-9429, or you can listen live here beginning at 11:30 a.m. CDT. As always, we’ll be [...] [...more]
Just six days into 2010 and we’re back at it — our January Expedition breakfast kicked off the new year right yesterday morning at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn. The temperatures were frigid, but the coffee and conversation were flowing. Eric Mathews, co-founder of Mercury Technology Labs and LaunchMemphis, introduced the Expeditionaries to what [...] [...more]
So that’s it for 2009, huh? We’re marking the end of the decade with a new face voice in your ear, some makeshift electronic repair, and a look back at the year’s trending topics on Twitter. While it seems that social news has kind of drifted out of focus until the end of the year, [...] [...more]
Every day it seems someone new is making a newer and grander statement about how social media has changed all of our lives. It’s changed the way we communicate, how we meet people and how we stay connected with friends. Sure. But how will our constantly wired status affect our holiday celebrations this year? What [...] [...more]
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