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Making it to ReadWriteWeb and the NY Times

ReadWriteWeb: Technology is Great, but Are We Forgetting to Live?I usually describe myself as a "Web Developer," but often the technical aspects of my job are the least valuable service I provide. Above it I would rank what you might call my experience as a web citizen and online publicist. I put my first website together years before upstart sites like "Google" and "Myspace" came along and I published what I later realized was a "blog" the same month the word "weblog" was coined. I help clients connect with their audiences with a mix of print content, podcasts, pictures and videos, whether delivered through the open web or specialized services like Twitter or Facebook. A better job description might be Technology Lifestyle Guru.

So it was neat to be quoted last week in ReadWriteWeb, a top-twenty blog with hundreds of thousands of readers and a syndication deal with the New York Times Technology section. The article was "Technology is Great, but Are We Forgetting to Live?" by Sarah Perez. In a section called "When Should You Disconnect?" she wrote:
The fine line between what's worth documenting and what's not is a hard one to define. We immediately assume that the most important, the biggest, the most incredible moments are those that should be recorded. But it's these very moments that are best to experience live, with our full focus. As religious-focused blogger Martin Kelley notes, "there are times where our presence is much more important than any documentation." (He had just surprised himself by reviewing the grainy, blurry photos he felt it necessary to take while watching a bride walk down the aisle. In retrospect, this was exactly the kind of moment that could have gone unrecorded.)
It's a bit ironic that for all of the tech writing I do I was cited for my personal blog, but this blurring of the line between identities is becoming more common with the web. Thanks to Sarah and ReadWriteWeb for the mention!
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Tags: Lifestyle, Nytimes, Readwriteweb, Technology | Edit

Social Media and Non-profit Consulting

Martin has had twenty years of experience in the non-profit world. Much of that work has consisted of educating staff in the use of online technologies, publicizing the organization's work, and staying in closer touch with supporters and donors. The new era of social media is presenting even more opportunities and challenges: Martin can help your organization navigate these changes and rethink the relationship between program staff and websites.

  • What kind of software should we consider for our website redesign?
  • Should we start an organizational blog?
  • How interactive do we really want to be?
  • Who's going to do what work?
  • Facebook? MySpace? YouTube? How should we react to these?

Martin has worked with over two dozen non-profit organizations so he knows that the most important questions aren't technological but social: who makes changes, what's the work flow, how does work load change. Martin's practical experience in the non-profit world means he'll give practical advice: not just a solution that might work, but one that does work and is used.

Please contact Martin if you are interested in arranging a consultation.

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Categories: Consulting
Tags: Donors, Facebook, Nonprofit, Social Media, Supporters, Youtube | Edit

The Gorillas and Chimps of the Social Networking Scene

Over on the New York Times, an article about a new Nickolodeon-created website for parents

now in the final stages of beta testing.

In a nonpublic test of the site over the summer by about 1,000 recruited participants, executives learned that these users wanted to blog; now, every user with a profile can, Ms. Reppen said. Through the beta test, which is now open to new members, Nick is learning that parents want spaces to sell their crafts, a separate Christian home-schooling discussion and bigger type on the Web site. Local discussion boards will also be added, as will user-generated video.

They also quote a Nissan marketing executive, who says that "community sites are one of the big phenomenon happening on line this year."

There is a big shift going on.

It's startling to realize that my three year toddler is almost the same age as Myspace and older than Facebook. In just a few short years they've come to dominate much of the online world, especially with under-25 users. The kind of independent blogs that dominate a sites like Livejournal and Blogspot don't have the web of cross-connections--what I called the "folksonomic density"--of the new social networking sites. It seems appropriate that Myspace was founded by spammers: who knows more about sucking people in?

The question: will the net have room for independent niche sites? Myspace is changing its architecture to disable key linking features of third-party embedded plug-ins like the from the popular video site Youtube. The big search sites also want a piece of this market--new features on Yahoo local and the geotagged maps on Yahoo's Flickr are impressive). It all reminds me some of the debates about local food co-ops versus enlightened supermarkets: is it a good thing that organic produce and soymilk can be purchased at the local Acme, even if that cuts into the independent co-op's business? Don't we want everyone to have access to everything? In the end, philosophy won't settle this argument.

Categories: Practical 2.0
Tags: Beta, Facebook, Myspace, New York Times, Nick, Nickolodeon, Nissan, Parents, Phenomenon, Wikipedia | Edit

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