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Narrative Authority: Can Institutional Respect Be Crowd-Sourced?

By Shoq, on March 6th, 2010

Who Says: Narrative Authority In a Fragmented World

Jay Rosen tweeted this seminal post by Megan Garber, articulating what the web and digital media are doing to authority memes and journalism's role in this bizarre new world.

Since the need to manage the tangled and competing taxonomic hierarchies of such a Narrative Big Brother has been

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March 6th, 2010 | Category: Accountability, Internet, Journalism, Media, Media Bias, Politics, Shoqs Ideas, Social Media, Technology, Uncategorized | Comments

Has the web lost your mind?

By Shoq, on February 14th, 2010

In an inadequately brief, but crucially important review or what is sure to be an even more important and discussed book, Ellen Ullman, asks, "is the wisdom of  the crowd, actually a lie?" 

A self-confessed "humanistic softie," Jaron Lanier is fighting to wrest control of technology from the "ascendant tribe" of technologists who believe

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February 14th, 2010 | Category: Internet, Media, Politics, Social Media, Technology | Comments

Has Social Media Ruined the Internet?

By Shoq, on January 19th, 2010

I missed "Why this Decade Sucked," by Ed Edroso, back in December. Wish I hadn't. While it's over the top in spots, by and large, it's spot on,  and reminds me of Norman Solomon's words in the mid 90s, when he quite rightly warned that the Internet would empower the status quo, while

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January 19th, 2010 | Category: Analysis and Impact, Explainers & Primers, Internet, Media, Politics, Social Media, Technology, Twitter | Comments

My Common Hash Tags and Codes

By Shoq, on January 11th, 2010

I get asked "what does this or that tag or code mean about 10 times a day." So I figured it was time to set the common ones in print, and save me some keystrokes.  This is just a start. I will be adding more soon. If I've left out anything obvious that I use

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January 11th, 2010 | Category: #FF Tag, Etiquette, Hash Tags, Shoqs Ideas, Social Media, Support, Twitter, Twitter Tips | Comments

Why Twitter matters, and why it will endure.

By Shoq, on January 2nd, 2010

In "Why Twitter Will Endure,"  New York Time's education and media czar, David Carr, writes perhaps the best overall description of Twitter and its overall value to civilization, better than anyone I've read in quite awhile. It's still not going to help your grandma understand Twitter, but it may help any of your

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January 2nd, 2010 | Category: Analysis and Impact, Social Media, Technology, Twitter | Comments

About the BL Code

By Shoq, on December 31st, 2009

 

What is the BL code?

A proposed Message Code for Twitter and any social network.

The BL code means "broken link." It tells someone that a link they sent out was defective.

Geekly speaking, it should be "resource," but I won't get into why. I think the average Twitter user can remember,

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December 31st, 2009 | Category: Etiquette, Hash Tags, Ideas, Shoq Value, Shoqs Ideas, Support, Twitter, Twitter Tips, Uncategorized | Comments

Chrome Extensions

By Shoq, on December 12th, 2009

I am trying to move to Chrome full time, but there are still not enough extensions to mimic what I do in Firefox, so I'm not quite there yet.  But there are some good extensions coming online, and I will try and save you some time by recommending the best-of-breed that I've found, thus far.

I don't

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December 12th, 2009 | Category: Google Chrome, Support | Comments

#FF Hashtag

By Shoq, on December 5th, 2009

 
What is the #FF Hashtag?

It's just a much shorter version of the familiar #followFriday hashtag seen far too often on Twitter (and now other social networks, as well).  And as I will explain below, it's also a tag that denotes a ritual behavior that has serious issues and could really benefit from a

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December 5th, 2009 | Category: Support, Twitter Tips | Comments

When Your Twitter Account Gets Hacked

By Shoq, on November 25th, 2009

If your Twitter name is suddenly tweeting spam or sending DM spam, your account has been compromised in some way. 

This is usually due to your having authorized some unscrupulous App vendor, either by entering your password, or simply  "allowing" it to connect to your account via Twitter's oAuth system.

The Fix

  • Change your password immediately.
  • Go to Twitter.com

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    • November 25th, 2009 | Category: Social Media, Support, Twitter, Twitter Tips | Comments

    The reviews roll in: New Retweet= #FAIL

    By Shoq, on November 12th, 2009

    I just hate being right sometimes… wait, no I don't.

    I love Twitter. Let's be clear on that.  But we can be critical of the things we love.

    The reviews are already coming fast on "Project Retweet," and they're not pretty.

    After the brief status blurb from CNET below,

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    November 12th, 2009 | Category: Support, Twitter | Comments
     
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