The Association of Graduates for the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York is a non-profit organization that has recently forayed into new social media platforms in an effort to increase its global outreach and fund-raising opportunities.  Located in the newly-constructed Herbert Hall Alumni Center on the grounds of the military academy, [...]

It’s certainly true that the Apple Logo on the back of the screen is for others to see, not the computer owner. I hadn’t thought about the white earphones having a similar purpose. Sharfstein and Stein (American Economic Review, 1990) have an important paper on herd behavior in the financial industry. Earls [...]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/technology/28twitter.html?_r=1&ref=technology

An effective, though far less altruistic, use of social media than we’ve previously discussed… the best black Friday prices!

They are effectively using some of the tools we’ve talked about it class. Great article, and good use of images.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/business/15digi.html?_r=1&hpw

Though Apple hasn’t put such technology to use, a recent patent shows they are investing in research that could greatly increase the ability to advertise. This includes advertisement that must be viewed in order to use a technology, and may go so far as to force users to answer questions about or click through [...]

            Pete Kilner and Tony Burgess, the creators and co-directors of the U.S. Army’s junior officer Community of Practice (CoP), known as MilSpace, are working tirelessly to maintain their existence as knowledge brokers for the larger organization.  If they aren’t in Washington D.C. briefing key leaders or deployed globally connecting to young officers, you can [...]

This looks like a great project, Carrie. I lived in east Tennessee for several years and I love the Appalachians!

It’s another great example of innovation in providing access to information, though the lack of technology in this case is fascinating. The use of symbols to visibly display news topics and the uniting affect for the community (it’s even called “Daily Talk,” not “Daily Read” or “Daily Chalkboard”) are even of sociological interest.

You have a great Blog going, Raj. I love the picture of you in Times Square opening NASDAQ! Great use of flash mobs as well. You are obviously working hard for your cause and broadcasting your message effectively.

            In March of 2000, four Army captains working as professors at West Point used their spare time to launch the website www.CompanyCommand.com (now http://cc.army.mil) in order to connect junior military officers (lieutenants and captains) and foster in-depth conversations about leadership and the challenges associated with their profession.  Use of the website by officers grew [...]

Here’s a related article from today:

http://www.buzznews.net/buzz-extra/general/5227-noted-steampunk-arrested-for-tweeting-g20-demonstration

http://timespeople.nytimes.com/packages/html/timespeople/xmlhttprequest.html?url=%2Fsvc%2Ftimespeople%2Ftoolbar%2F1.0%2Fuser&method=get¶ms=&bell=http://www.nytimes.com/svc/timespeople/bell.html

Here’s an article related to session 4’s reading and the class discussion.

Thanks for the link to the Clay Shirky TED Talk, Mariana (it did work). It’s actually a pretty good summary of some of his key concepts from the book, and there is another video on the webpage from 2005 that covers others (coordination costs, institutional loss, and cooperative infrastructure). His opening points on [...]

I plan to start a blog on TubesCodeContent once it’s active!

Last night I put leftovers in the microwave to evade Gigi (the cat), but I forgot about them… (

I appreciate the low-cost effectiveness of radio telescopes, but I’m not sold on the efficiency of such an enormous data repository!