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Jonathan Coffman

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February 1, 2010

Well, now that it’s February 2010 I’ve already pretty well given up on that New Years Resolution to blog each week!
But… I do have some pretty amazing posts all in various phases of draftiness that will be coming your way over the coming weeks.
Here’s a preview:

The Innovators Dilemma (Public Media Edition) – The Problem
The Innovators [...]

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links for 2009-09-28

September 28, 2009

The National Parks: America's Best Idea: | PBS
Ken Burns' latest opus is "The National Parks" which presents the story of our nations most beautiful landscapes
(tags: National Parks, PBS, Ken_Burns, TV, education, documentary, national_parks)

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A Brief History of PublicMediaCamp

August 5, 2009

Tuesday I gave you a quick summary of Public Media Camp and what it means, today I’d like to walk you through some of the vision behind why #PubCamp, and why now.
Personally, I hope that the unconference movement marks a transition in civic and community service volunteerism — local public media stations have always been [...]

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Announcing – PublicMediaCamp

August 4, 2009

After several months of chewing on and discussing it, PublicMediaCamp is finally being announced to the public today.
Back in March of this year, Andy Carvin, Margaret Rosas, Jen Reeves, and several other passionate supporters of public and community media got together at DrupalCon DC to discuss the future and how tackle it.
One thing we all [...]

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Working on the site a little…

May 25, 2009

First off, thank you for sticking with me. I’ve really done a fantastic job of ignoring my blog for the last several months. In the mean time, I’ve been spending most of my time over on Twitter where I’ve amassed a nice little following.
In the meantime, there has been a lot of thinking going on [...]

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links for 2009-02-23

February 23, 2009

PBS Engage | PBS at SxSW 2009 in Austin, TX | PBS
PBS is holding many events at the 2009 SxSW Interactive Festival in Austin, TX. Visit the PBS area across the street from the convention center to meet with Public Broadcasting Service employees to see demonstrations of our latest tools and services, and help us [...]

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Gearing up for the Oscars

February 21, 2009

Today I’ll be hanging out at the AMC Loew’s Georgetown theatre to watch all 5 Best Picture nominees, courtesy of AMC Theatres. Be sure to follow my Tweets throughout the day for information about the event, the films, and more!
Here are the films and times I’ll be in them:

“Milk” – 10:30  a.m. – 12:38 p.m.
“The [...]

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Meet Me at SxSW Interactive

February 20, 2009

Meet and Chat with me and other PBS Employees at the SxSW Interactive Festival March 13-17, 2009.
In just a few short weeks I’ll be headed down to the SxSW Interactive Festival (I’ll be in Austin March 13-17) with PBS Engage. We have lots of very fun events planned and lots of opportunities for you to [...]

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Thoughts on Twitter’s Growth

February 13, 2009

I often write about Twitter, but here are some fresh thoughts on my usage, and it’s value.
Twitter’s growth has been widely reported in both the mainstream, and technology/social media spheres so I won’t get into that today, but what I do want to discuss with you is how the value propisition of the service has [...]

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Where are all the Location Aware Social Networks?

February 7, 2009

Where are all the Location Aware Social Networks?
As someone who spends a lot of time reading, trying out, and evaluating social media products and services I find it very hard to believe that we haven’t yet seen a game changing location aware social network, or at least extension of an existing system.
Sure I use traditional [...]

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