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Comfest08 Media Tagging
The Community Festival is over, but our tagging experiment has just begun with our comfest08 Flickr group. Go HERE. The group currently has 27 members who have added 687 photos since it was started 2 days ago.
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Photos from COMFEST, June 27-29, 2008 in Goodale Park, Columbus Ohio. This Flickr group is a [...]
New Media Center Q&A
There is about an hour and a half worth of video below from last weekend’s Comfest 2008 New Media Center discussions with WCRS and the Columbus Social Media Cafe. Tim Eby of WOSU, Jeff Johnson of Urban Infill and Andrew Miller of Elephants on Bicycles participated in both discussions and really enjoyed our interaction with the attendees. I [...]
June Meeting Recap #5
Participants at the Columbus Social Media Cafe discuss the group’s appeal.
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What would you like in a Columbus Food Podcast? 4 Replies
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Last Thursday’s
Columbus Social Media Cafe continues to garner buzz within the local
blogging community as well as in the public broadcasting community.
The public broadcasting industry’s newspaper, Current, noted the event on it’s daily news update section today.
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The public broadcasting industry’s newspaper, Current, noted the event on it’s daily news update section today.
Posted by Tim Eby on November 19th, 2007 at 1:22pm —
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What Next?
I have found that what works best after a meeting like yours is to find one thing that we can all do together - it does not have to be big - but it is in the doing that the issues can be seen more clearly.
I was not with you on the night
What would be a simple thing that you could do together - bloggers and WOSU/COSI - that would put a marker down?
I was not with you on the night
What would be a simple thing that you could do together - bloggers and WOSU/COSI - that would put a marker down?
Posted by Rob Paterson on November 17th, 2007 at 10:51am —
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The Columbus Social Media Cafe - 24 Hours Later
Several of the attendees are starting to comment in the aftermath of last night’s Columbus Social Media Cafe, hosted by WOSU and COSI at WOSU@COSI.
One of the more animated and passionate discussions took place around the idea of Citizen Journalism, as seen in this short video excerpt.
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Posted by Tim Eby on November 16th, 2007 at 11:39pm —
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First Meeting of the Columbus Social Media Cafe
We at WOSU and COSI have been wondering how we could do more to help our community cope with some challenging issues. We asked ourselves:
What if we — your local public broadcaster and science museum — and those of you who are the local blogging experts got together and learned how to use Social Media to bring back that great American tradition of the community taking charge of its own problems?
Here’s what w… Continue
What if we — your local public broadcaster and science museum — and those of you who are the local blogging experts got together and learned how to use Social Media to bring back that great American tradition of the community taking charge of its own problems?
Here’s what w… Continue
Posted by Tim Eby on November 12th, 2007 at 2:45pm —
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The Columbus Social Media Cafe on Twitter
SocialMediaCafe: Don't forget the next Columbus Social Media Cafe is Tuesday night at 6:30 pm at Tech Columbus - http://www.techcolumbus.org/en/cms/?31
SocialMediaCafe: Don't forget the next Columbus Social Media Cafe is Tuesday night at 6:30 pm at Tech Columbus - http://www.techcolumbus.org/en/cms/?31
NPR News
Credit Crisis Shakes Confidence In Student Loans
The federal student loan program has helped tens of millions of students pay for college. But with the economy in a downward spiral, lenders have been pulling out. Funding for new loans has dried up. For the first time, public confidence in the program seems shaky.
Top Iraqis Seek Timetable For U.S. Withdrawal
Iraq's national security adviser says there won't be a security deal with the U.S. unless it contains dates for the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops. On Monday, the country's prime minister said he expects the deal to include a timetable for withdrawal.
WOSU News
Southern Ohio Monitors Spread Of Kudzu.
Long synonymous with the Deep South, Kudzu may now be creeping its way north. The fast growing vine, which is native to Japan, has been growing for decades in parts of southern Ohio, but climate change may make the state even more hospitable to kudzu in coming decades. Though it isn't yet the scourge here that it is in the South, efforts are under way to make Ohio Kudzu-free.
Sentence Is Pending In Ohio Workers Comp Case.
A federal court is hoping to wrap up what a
judge has described as the longest sentencing hearing he has ever seen. The sentence is expected Tuesday for investment adviser Mark Lay, who was convicted of fraud charges in the loss of $216 million
at the Ohio Bureau of Workers'Compensation.
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