Why Walled Gardens are Wrong for College Social Networking
In the Secrets Behind Myspace and Facebook lecture we do a quick introduction to digital identity: It was easy when your digital identity was primarily how you represented yourself in chat rooms, to pretend to be anyone you wanted to be. Your digital identity did not have to overlap with your real identity. Now, with […]
We’re #4 on Google!
Most of you will giggle at the joy we get about moving up the Google ladder, but in a way, it’s a modern measure of our importance in the world. It bothered us when someone would say they Googled our website and couldn’t find any info. Alas, we made it to the first page behind […]
Swift Kick has left the MySpace
Swift Kick has had a company page on Myspace for a couple of years. We’ve met people, it’s been mostly cool. Recently, myspace** has gone downhill. It was always a little rough around the edges, and this left room for creativity to flower and we enjoyed that. In the last year, however, it’s just been […]
Facebook as a Forum of Action
Facebook provides a direct connection to college students. As student affairs professionals, we see the potential for building a stronger rapport with our students by using this tool in Student Activities. In an earlier note, I mentioned using Facebook to advertise events; however, that is only the beginning. Facebook can play a vital role in […]
The Blogger / Feedburner Move [How To]
I did an ed session at NACA and APCA about cool marketing uses of Facebook/Myspace. A number of people wanted to know how to do photo streaming into profiles. Here’s the quick version (sorry to be brief, I’m at NACA again and it’s always a little crazy). Set up an Activities board blog on www.blogger.com […]