Technology

Community Management

by Jonathan Coffman January 4, 2009

Key Social Philosophies: Doing social media takes a lot of work, understand what you’re getting into. Putting a personal voice on official communications is always important. The technology is always changing, know what you’re getting into before diving in. Take risks, those companies and individuals who aren’t afraid to innovate are the ones who will [...]

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About Jonathan

by Jonathan Coffman January 4, 2009

Social media means little if you don’t have that critical part, people. Real people want to make and grow connections. With the power of the Internet, I can help you harness those social connections and opportunities using the latest in technology and best practices. We have just begun to realize the possibilities of human interaction [...]

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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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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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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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Time For A Comeback (I'm renewed, refreshed, and ready to blog)

by Jonathan Coffman September 1, 2008

It’s been way too long since I last posted to my blog here. For that, I apollogize. It seems (and I plan to analyze this a little more later this week) that the more I Twitter and micro-blog, the more my full blog suffers. I’ve effectually decided to put my site and blog on hold, [...]

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links for 2008-06-19

by Jonathan Coffman June 19, 2008

Making Light: AP to negotiate with sham “Media Bloggers Association” AP and the Media Bloggers Assoc. » mathewingram.com/work | BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Whither the AP The A.P., Hot News and Hotheaded Blogs – Bits – Technology – New York Times Blog Seriously? Who do these people think they’re fooling? Daily Kos: State of [...]

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Are Podcasts Dead?

by Jonathan Coffman April 7, 2008

In case you didn’t know, I’ll be in Las Vegas Sunday-Wednesday for the NAB conference (National Association of Broadcasters). The Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism is sponsoring my trip so that I can present Contributr to the masses. (Let’s hope Contributr is ready, more on that tomorrow!) As I was looking [...]

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My Ideal Job

by Jonathan Coffman April 4, 2008

By way of looking introspectively at my self and my ambitions I have a pretty good idea of my ideal job is at this point. I’ve known for quite some time that being in the service of the public and working toward a greater good is in my blood. My mother was a teacher and [...]

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Crossing The Skills Divide

by Jonathan Coffman April 3, 2008

There is an almost constant drone of phone calls and emails in my life right now, I’m right in the thick of finding a job for when I become available in May. It hasn’t been an easy road, but I’ve made great strides in my approach, the types of jobs I apply for, and the [...]

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