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My Email Process

by Jonathan Coffman December 1, 2008

I find it fascinating to learn about how others use technology in their lives so today, I present: how retrieve and process email. First off, I’m not a GTD person, that sounds all fine and dandy but really doesn’t work so well for me. I DO try to stay organized but let’s be honest, I [...]

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Top 3 Twitter Tips

by Jonathan Coffman November 18, 2008

Top 3 Twitter Tips Whenever I tell someone that I work in social media (and explain to them that social media is things like blogs, wikis, Twitter, Facebook, etc) they almost always come back and ask me what Twitter is and why someone would use it. I’ll save that post for another day (although I’ve [...]

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Notice Anything Different? My Site Has A New Color Scheme!

by Jonathan Coffman October 16, 2008

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been working with a talented young person to revise and revamp the look and feel of my blog. The new design went live sometime last week but in case you only get my posts via Email or RSS – visit the site and take a look. I’ve brightened [...]

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99% Of Incoming Students Connect on Facebook Prior to Class

by Jonathan Coffman October 13, 2008

Yesterday I ran across a fascinating article saying that 99% of Amherst College freshman had already connected on Facebook via an “Amherst College Class of 2012” Group. Out of the 438 registered freshman, 432 had joined that specific FB Group the week before classes even started. Lately I’ve been hearing more and more about how [...]

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Lip shaped pita bread

by Jonathan Coffman September 28, 2008

Ok, so this isn’t my typical post, but something amazing happened tonight when I was eating mini pita for dinner. A pita shaped like lips! It’s the craziest thing. Unfortunately it wasn’t a Jesus shaped pita, otherwise I’d be posting this to eBay instead of my blog. The picture follows. Tweet

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Hurricane Ike Media Review: KHOU.com

by Jonathan Coffman September 15, 2008

Among the Houston based local media scene, KHOU is a solid contender and very popular station. Like the other local network affiliates they had “wall to wall” coverage on-air and online. Their broadcast transmission was also being streamed live online. I do want to preface each of these reviews with the web technology or content [...]

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Hurricane Ike Media Review: Judging Criteria

by Jonathan Coffman September 15, 2008

As I mentioned yesterday, I’m going to be writing reviews of the local and national media’s response to Hurricane Ike this past weekend. What I’ll focus on: Update frequency Web site usability User generated content solicitation and usage Multi-media coverage Distribution of content outside the “walled garden” Innovation, or lack thereof in coverage Where I’m [...]

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The Week Ahead: Reviews of the Media Response to Hurricane Ike

by Jonathan Coffman September 14, 2008

All next week I’ll be walking you through the online and on-air media response of both the national and Houston based media. As opposed to most national disasters I actually have a personal connection to this one with my family living in Missouri City, Texas, a Houston suburb. I currently live and work in the [...]

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Houston Chronicle Excels in Hurricane Ike Coverage

by Jonathan Coffman September 13, 2008

As someone who not only is interested in news and journalism, but who also works in social media for a living I constantly see television stations and newspapers who either don’t take advantage of advances in technology or completely ignore the true value in the power of people. This morning as I think about my [...]

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