http://www.socializedpr.com Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:08:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This morning I was a reluctant participant in third grade show-and-tell. Usually the kids bring books about dinosaurs, or vacation souvenirs, but my daughter took advantage of a little known provision that allows the children to bring people. I felt a little like a snow globe, or maybe a sock ... http://www.socializedpr.com/third-grade-show-and-tell-online-privacy/ Many of us take for granted the meaning of the word “social” when we think of social media and social networking. But what does it really mean? The term carries multiple meanings. For the techie, social software is most likely built using Web 2.0’s foundational technologies, AJAX, asynchronous JavaScript and XML. ... http://www.socializedpr.com/what-do-they-mean-by-social-any-way/ Recently a couple of people told me they were thinking about unfollowing all of their social network friends and starting over. I'm not sure I understand the thinking behind this. Sometimes it's done as a "grand gesture" to convey to the world that the quality of social network relationships matters more ... http://www.socializedpr.com/social-network-mass-unfollowing-is-an-empty-gesture/ Mainstream media are having a field day scaring consumers into thinking that criminals are preying on users of social networks that disclose their geographic locations. The idea is that you "check in" with a service like Brightkite or Foursquare, letting your friends know you are at a restaurant, the office, ... http://www.socializedpr.com/foursquare-driving-media-paranoia-fun-fest/ When I first joined Twitter, I could not imagine what it would be like to have 10,000 followers, or as I prefer to describe it, to have 10,000 people subscribe to my updates. (Jesus had followers. Twitter users have subscribers. It's not the same thing.) I got there honestly, and therefore, ... http://www.socializedpr.com/at-10000-followers-rethinking-the-follower-thing/ I was interviewed recently by Canadian Press, and subsequently a number of radio stations across Canada, on the effect of social networking on student language skills. The title of the Canadian Press article was Students failing because of Twitter, texting and no grammar teaching, but I don't necessarily agree with ... http://www.socializedpr.com/moron-i-mean-more-on-social-media-and-language/ The free-form writing style of social networks like Twitter and Facebook is changing the way people communicate, and causing students to fail English. That's the claim of a piece out this afternoon from the Canadian Press. According to the article "(at) Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, one in 10 ... http://www.socializedpr.com/students-failing-english-due-to-twitter-facebook/