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Becoming Sound Literate

In best of, ideas, social media on 4 May 2011 tagged audio, design, sharing, sound, soundcloud with 2 comments

Over the weekend, David-Noel shared a link which led to this: “Audio is a “Speed-dial to the emotions,” Ljung argued, noting that audio use online is evolving to the point where people are learning not to just ‘read’ sound, but to ‘write’ it too. We’re becoming ‘Sound literate’, he believes.” (Spotify and SoundCloud on the [...]

The Archival and Ephemeral Properties of Blogging and Twitter

In ideas, meta, social media on 19 September 2010 tagged archive, delicious, Twitter with Comments Off

For whatever reason, a cough that was better today than it had been for the last few days and had been pretty much MIA returned with a vengeance and interrupted my (and my significant other’s) sleep. So I’m up drinking some niocitrin and decided to change the way my blog’s Twitter digest works. Regular readers [...]

How The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George Should Be Using Foursquare with the Golden Raven Program

In best of, ideas, Prince George, social media, tourism on 17 June 2010 tagged foursquare, Golden Raven, ideas, Prince George, social media, tourism with 8 comments

This post is exciting for me because I get to combine my two passions– social media and civic boosterism of northern BC into a single post. Here goes: *** What is Foursquare? Foursquare is a social networking site that encourages users to share their location with friends. You do this by “checking in” when you [...]