by Whitney | Aug 10, 2007 | Uncategorized
I am the lead organizer of PodCamp Philly, a New Media UnConference being held at Drexel University September 7, 8, & 9, 2007. I got the UnConference bug after attending PodCamp Boston in September of last year, and my world was largely transformed by the people I...
by Whitney | Aug 9, 2007 | Uncategorized
I’ve been reading Cult of the Amateur by Andrew Keen. This is basically a rant book, saying that the democratizing of media production is eviscerating our culture. I disagree, and would say podcasting, videoblogging and blogging are actually arising because of...
by Whitney | Aug 8, 2007 | Uncategorized
I’ve been trying to catch up on some reading, and Thomas Friedman’s added content to The World is Flat 3.0 is one of them. There’s a great section about using social media tools for educational projects that reflects what is my every day reality of...
by Whitney | Aug 4, 2007 | Uncategorized
Being an “Internet Girl”, as I tend to refer to myself these days, has totally changed my expectations in real life. I expect stores and products to impress me. I expect them to work a little harder for my business, because it’s just as easy to cut...
by Whitney | Aug 1, 2007 | Uncategorized
I’ve always been disturbed about political scorekeeping. John Kerry famously got called a flip flopper for changing his mind about issues. Isn’t revising your opinion and stance in the presence of new and additional information actually a good thing? ...
