If you’re a seasoned vet of PodCamp, you probably have a good idea of what you need to bring along with you. Last year, being my first in-person attendance, I brought way too much along. Maybe this year I will learn my lesson (but if you follow my blog, you know packing a lot is [...]
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I Have No Idea I went to PodCamp Pittsburgh 4, and was instantly overwhelmed. Not necessarily in a good way for this introverted chickie with a small, family blog. However, I hung in there and I met some really great, helpful people, who didn’t laugh in my face and ask what I was doing there. [...]
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I’ve been thinking about neighborhoods and neighbors lately. One of the things I love about Pittsburgh is its neighborliness. From what I’ve seen Pittsburgh has some of the friendliest people in the world. They make good neighbors, and Fred Rogers was the exemplar par excellence. It’s sort of a city with a small town feel, or [...]
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My first PodCamp was PCPGH3. I was invited by a former co-worker (and good friend) to come and see what it was all about. I was a very new blogger. I was afraid to sign up for a Twitter account. I’d only been a Facebook user for a couple of weeks. I didn’t know much. [...]
Read moreTools, not Toys: Teaching Practical Social Media Use in Journalism and Beyond Does the seeming social media savvy of your students leave you wondering how you can teach these people? While your students may log on to Facebook every hour, few have given thought to applying that experience to practical ends. A successful educator can [...]
Read moreUsing Drupal 7 for Blogging The Drupal 7 version of the Drupal CMS is being released with improved features for bloggers including ease of installation and maintenance and improved handling of images, videos, and audio tracks. This session will cover reasons for using Drupal, installation and maintenance of a Drupal website on a shared-hosting server [...]
Read moreMemo From Your Blog’s Legal Department What? Your blog doesn’t have (or need) a legal department? This session might change your mind, by providing introductory, general information concerning legal issues relevant to bloggers. Topics may include copyright (including fair use); defamation (including liability for third-party content); shield laws and compulsory disclosure of IP addresses; taxation [...]
Read moreSWF Seeks… The Birth of a Blog: How I Evolved from Lurker to Creator Terra McBride has been involved in social media in some form since 1998. But it was in November 2009 when McBride went from a relatively passive participant to a full-blown content creator. She began her personal style blog, Stylish White Female, [...]
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