Here is Tweet Talk 3, featuring Mike Montalto-Rook, Lis Boyer, Donna DeNoble, and myself (Brandon Rubenstein). We feel like we have hit our stride in terms of dynamics, content, and flow, but we welcome your feedback! Tweet Talk 3 – 2008 TLT Symposium.mp3

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I acknowledge that my previous blog entry about Have-nots was written with the intent of being controversial in an effort to induce discussion. If you read it, you will notice that there is shock value in paragraphs 1 & 2 and I apologize for making anyone feel insulted. In reflection, shock value was not the [...]

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Thoughts on the TLT Symposium will be forthcoming, but first I wanted to share our the next installment of our podcast, Tweet Talk. This episode features our discussion on the Wikipedia entry for Twitter, and our brainstorming for how we can enhance the entry with our own efforts. TweetsTwitterWiki.mp3

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Hi All, I shaved Tweet Talk 1 down to 23 minutes, and I added some music tracks that I made up for the intro, transitions, and finale. I also converted it to mp3. Listen to this new version and enjoy! Tweet Talk 1 (edited).mp3

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I know some people have already seen this link, but there are some subscribers (Hi Sean!) who don’t follow the entire course site. Here is the first podcast by my group, The Tweets. We begin by discussing Twitter before tackling some of the other, tougher issues and themes of this class. Podcasting seemed to be [...]

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Here is something I have been thinking about with regard to ‘peripheral’ members of our community. With Carla, or even internet lurkers (hello out there to all of our fans; we do this for you, and thank you for your support!), there is some quantifiable and observable way for us to know that they are [...]

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Design through Disruptive Technology Instead of design as an easier way to create a solution to a problem, we now think design is the only way to solve a problem. Design implies intention; it is more than just creating something. If the purpose/intention is to have a conversation, then the design should be about enabling [...]

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Group members: Brandon, Liz, Mike, and Donna First we discussed the definition of “Disruptive Technology.” Is it about social upheaval and disrupting the status quo, or is it about interfering or interrupting order? Community in Disruptive Technology A community is a unified body of individuals, and when using disruptive technologies they are not bound by [...]

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Group members: Brandon, Liz, Mike, and Donna First we discussed the definition of “Disruptive Technology.” Is it about social upheaval and disrupting the status quo, or is it about interfering or interrupting order? Community in Disruptive Technology A community is a unified body of individuals, and when using disruptive technologies they are not bound by [...]

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