Getting Over Fear of Failure to Make Rapid Decisions View more presentations from Paul Gillin. For the past 10 weeks I’ve been a faculty member of the Knight Digital Media Center Leadership Conference, helping editors from 10 newspapers learn how to incorporate social media into their newsrooms. The online training sessions culminated in three days […]
Q&A on the state of social media
One highlight of the Traveling Geeks‘ trip to London came during the Econsultancy Roundtable that took place on our last day in London, in the storied Globe Theatre overlooking the Thames. Patricio Robles of Econsultancy conducted a Q&A with me about the state of social media. Here’s part of our conversation: In your opinion, what […]
Photos of Traveling Geeks in Cambridge
Here are 117 Flickr photos of the Traveling Geeks’ visit to Cambridge, UK, last weekend, from meeting local business leaders to local architecture to punting on the Cam. We had a brilliant time — and learned a lot, as well as contributed back — so need to thank Karyn Barnes, Sherry Coutu and others who […]
Howard Rheingold on essential media literacies
21st century media literacies from JD Lasica on Vimeo. A week ago, as we were wrapping up the Traveling Geeks‘ two-day visit to Cambridge, I was walking down the main drag with author Howard Rheingold when we stopped for a moment in front of King’s College. I took out my loaner Flip Ultra and shot […]
Skimlinks: Make money from your blog
Skimlinks: Revenue through recommendations from JD Lasica on Vimeo. During the Traveling Geeks‘ visit to Seedcamp in London last week, I sat down for a short interview with Alicia Navarro, founder and CEO of Skimlinks, an affiliate marketing service aimed at publishers that want to make money from their shopping recommendations. It’s an alternative to […]