Posted in the internet on May 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hello Writer’s League seminar participants! For those of you who didn’t come to my seminar today, I am saying hello to the people who did. I had a great time this morning talking about online community, the long tail and how to market authors’ books without really engaging in the behaviors that are traditionally associated [...]
Posted in academia, the internet on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
I love the internet. I’ve been preaching to everyone who will listen about this long tail thing, which I do not have time to elaborate on at the moment. However, I cannot let it pass that I have experienced a mounting surge in traffic here at the end of the semester on two particular posts:
The [...]
Posted in the internet on February 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I can’t wait to read Jon’s article in The Austin Chronicle about Facebook! It looks to be as interesting as one might expect from a guy who has his fingers in just about everything here in Austin and beyond. Check out his blog Weblogsky if you’re interested in a non-academic but quite insightful perspective on [...]
Posted in the internet on February 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The professor I work for does this hilarious thing at the beginning of the semester. He pulls up a chair for his students and demonstrates for them what they look like when they attempt to casually text message in class. Of course he exaggerates and makes them all laugh, but it seems to work pretty [...]
Posted in the internet on February 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Second Life is a fantasy game in which people have alternative selves, called avatars, who hold jobs, fall in love, own homes, play sports and run businesses. Robert Bloomfield, a professor of accounting at Cornell University who hosts the virtual television show Metanomics in Second Life, talks with Scott Simon.
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Posted in the internet on February 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Some users have discovered that it is nearly impossible to remove themselves entirely from Facebook, setting off a fresh round of concern over the popular social network’s use of personal data.
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Posted in the internet, tagged barbara trepagnier, photography, professionalization, the internet, the long tail, writing on December 12, 2007 | No Comments »
The Writer’s League of Texas has asked me to teach a seminar on how to leverage the internet to promote your book! Cool. It’s not until May. I’ll post a reminder closer to that time. If you’re in Austin, I hope you’ll come!
In other writing news, my friend Craig McCullough is at it again! This [...]
Posted in the internet, tagged courtneyskott eszterhargittai socialnetworking facebook on December 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’m working on my theory final today, which means I’m doing a lot of sitting in front of the computer. Which means I find amazingly creative ways to procrastinate. I’m sure many of you are familiar with this phenomenon. Anyway, something that’s bubbling up today (for me, anyway) is stuff about social networking. Specifically, Eszter [...]
Posted in the internet on October 1, 2007 | No Comments »
Hilarious. I already posted this, and then it disappeared. Now it’s back.
Posted in the internet, tagged babies, children, havingkids, nealpollack, offsprung, writing on May 9, 2007 | No Comments »
Introducing Offsprung
Originally uploaded by Ben Brown.
Take a look at Neal Pollack’s new project! Even if you’re not a parent, which I imagine that most of you are not, the writing’s pretty good.
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