This video is a very creative use of webcams, videos, and creative storyboarding and scripting. This appears to be some kind of music video. According to Adverblog, "the cast was selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam."... Continue Reading →
Are you a “smartphoniac”?
I'm old enough to remember the Zack the Legomaniac commercials, and I can honestly say that I was indeed a Legomaniac. I was comfortable with that term. Now, however, a new term supposedly defines my activities again, and I'm a little uneasy about this one. Mark Penn, author of Microtrends, has dubbed people... Continue Reading →
How to follow the Tour de France online
How to Follow The Tour De France Online from the Wired How-To Wiki. The 2009 edition of the Tour de France -- the premiere event on the pro cycling calendar and the oldest of the three grand tours -- kicks off Saturday, July 4 with a short time trial in Monaco. If you're lucky enough... Continue Reading →
Social media and the Tour de France
It's no secret that Lance Armstrong is riding the Tour de France this year. He's been all over the media and the web. He's got a huge following on Twitter, and he is getting tons of comments on his TDF training videos and training blog. So what's the big deal about using video and twitter... Continue Reading →
How Teens Use Media
Nielsen has recently published a report on How Teens Use Media. From the executive summary, the report summarizes that teenagers are not as alien as many think they are. It’s easy to get caught up in the hype around teenagers. The notion that teens are too busy texting and Twittering to be engaged with... Continue Reading →
A little snag in upgrading to WordPress 2.8
Upon upgrading to WordPress 2.8, everything looked like it ran okay. When I tried to log in, I had got an error the prohibited me from entering my WordPress Dashbord. The error I got was: Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in <path to my blog>/wp-includes/theme.php on line 387... Continue Reading →
Twitter for tech support and customer service
So I was teaching a class this morning at another building on campus. Unfortunately the provided computer I was using was having network issues. While we waited on the IT guys for the building to come in, I took the following picture with my phone and sent it to twitpic, which then sent the... Continue Reading →
It’s a small world after all
Last night I got an IM question from a student while staffing our IM reference service. She was in the stacks, but "was totally overwhelmed" with how many books we had and was very confused about how to actually find a book. Since four floors separated us, I decided to send her my... Continue Reading →
Battle of the netbooks from Money Magazine
In the market for a netbook? Then check out Money Magazine's Battle of the netbooks .