Unfortunately, the Gawker reboot seems to have completely driven away Jezebel‘s commenters, and therefore pretty much killed the whole point of going to the site. This is the best that I have for a replacement so far: The Hairpin. Unfortunately, it seems like a pretty sad replacement. (Aside from their awesome article about The Baby-Sitters Club.) Found anything better?
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Digital Ghosts – Something creepy this way comes
Here are two topics that I’ve been following coming together in a creepy, creepy way: social automation and social network profiles that remain after death. I’ve been thinking about social media automation for a while now as it’s been cropping up more and more in discussions of personal branding and social media marketing. Although automated […]
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Amazon, eBooks, and the demise of Borders and bookshop culture
The era of the big box bookstore is coming to an end and I, for one, am saddened by this. Yes, I know they were big, bad corporate giants that came in and destroyed neighborhood bookstores and coffee shops, ending third places and stifling locally-owned businesses in many communities. All that’s true – and awful. […]
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Becoming Real: Harry Potter and The Velveteen Rabbit
In honor of the release of HP 7.5 this weekend, I bring you an excerpt of my thesis, “The Branding of Harry Potter: How Fanfiction is Challenging Concepts of Owner and Author”. Before jumping in, here’s what you need to know: I love Harry Potter and I love fanfiction; not in the way that I […]
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Hyper-text and Storytelling
Today SocialTimes has an article about Twitter, hyper-text, and the evolution of storytelling (Are Twitter Storytellers the Heroes of a New Postmodernism?). It’s written by Amanda Cosco who is proving to be my social media soul mate – recently she’s written articles on foodies, citizen journalists, Lady Gaga, and super hot nerds. Ms. Cosco discusses […]
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Social Media and the Art of Storytelling
A few days ago, Chris Sullivan of MyNorthwest.com wrote an article called “The art of storytelling in a world of technology”. He asked if you can tell a story over Twitter and wondered if the limitations of the medium limited the message. He quoted professional storyteller Anne Rutherford as saying “Whatever their age, whatever their […]
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