Posts Tagged with ‘podcamp’

My session at PodCamp3 Boston was called Breaking Into the Conversation, Busting the Clique. It was about how to use social media to its fullest potential for you. Basically, how to be heard online and what social media tools are your best option.
So many people assume that to be a success when using social media, or to have it be productive for them, that they must follow the A-List or only vie for the attention of the top tier early [...]

There was one thing that surprised me at PodCamp3 Boston, and that was how overwhelmed by choices even the best and brightest in the new media, old media and social fields are right now. With a new social media platform, application or site popping up near daily, the constant question was how to choose what to use.
The answer is to use what works for you, and nothing more. Unless you are someone like myself, whose bread and butter depends on [...]

PodCamp has been growing in popularity as the nationwide "un-conference". The theory behind PodCamp is that you take the best part of other conventions, the hallway discussions and sidebars, and make them the conference itself.
PodCamp3 Boston is this weekend, and I'll be there attending sessions, learning from my peers and networking. Please come find me if you are going to attend. If you want to know where I am just Twitter me @geechee_girl to ask and I'll let you know. [...]

Sure, you have heard of spam, but have you heard of bacn? Not what you eat for breakfast, but what you find in your email inbox that is a legitimate email, but not really worth viewing.
When you get those messages from communities you have joined that simply notify you of updates or a new friend, that is bacn.
MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and many other web 2.0 services have contributed to this growing issue. But, if it is not really spam, and [...]