- ARCHIVE / Local Interest
- Blip
IU School of Informatics grad Erik Pukinskis tweeted something interesting just now—a link to the “Twitter for music,” a new music sharing service called Blip. If I can let the channel play in the background and hear the music others feed me, this could change the way I listen to music.
- The Naked Generation
We write about everything. We capture it in photos and on video, and we share the links with online acquaintances known only by their login handle. It is too early in the social networking phenomenon to declare whether this practice is beneficial or not. What is undeniable, however, is that we live in a transparent age right now.
- The long walk to the polls
I have lived in Bloomington for a decade now. My family relishes the ritual of voting on Election Day. We bring our boys into the booth and talk about the great thing we are doing by participating in a vote. Until Tuesday, the only place I have ever voted is in the elementary school across the street.
- The Obama Stream
I compiled snapshots of the tweets Wednesday night from locals covering the Barack Obama campaign stop in Bloomington, Indiana. They included the pledges of allegiance and child bearing, as well as a fainting man (who is likely this guy from Comedy Central, so watch Thursday’s show). I’ll save commentary (except my own below, in tweet form) for a later date.
- BlogIN
BlogIN—an outgrowth of conversation within the Smaller Indiana community—conducted a 15-session unconference on April 26 at the School of Informatics IUPUI campus building. Zach Legend, who also hosted a few sessions on video blogging, shot and edited a YouTube video on the event. I led a discussion on Identifying Local Bloggers.
- Zach Legend talks about video blogging
Live blogging from the first BlogIN conference in Indianapolis. This session features the Colts Zach Legend talking about how to create internet videos.
- The Rise of Video Mashups in the 2008 Election
Liveblog of Richard Edwards’ colloquium at the School of Informatics in Bloomington, entitled, “Citizen-Generated Content: The Rise of Video Mashups in the 2008 Election.” From 2007’s Phil de Vellis’s “Vote Different” to 2008’s Will.i.am’s “Yes We Can,” video mashups—as a form of political discourse—have become extremely popular in this election cycle, and signal the rise of the “YouTube election.”