PodCamp Pittsburgh 7 had several really good sessions on old and new media.  Here are two that were recently posted.  Above is one on the uses of social media in the mainstream media.  Below is one on the use of sensitivity in language in social media to disadvantaged minorities.  Both include reporters from the Pittsburgh […]

Presenting statistics in social media 2012 from University of Pittsburgh I’m taking a break from this year’s election to write about my experience as a presenter at PodCamp 7.  This year I presented on the same topic “Presenting Statistics in Social Media” with modified slides which can be seen above.  I had a larger crowd […]

The Sessions for this year’s PodCamp are being announced for Oct. 27 & 28 at Point Park University.  So far on Saturday the 27th there are 19 sessions to choose from (including one by me on statistics and social media) and 12 on Sunday.  Of particular interest to PUSH/Healthcare4All PA members includes one on Social […]

I have an article published on Vermont’s Single Payer health care law passed last year in this month’s issue of The Thomas Merton Center’s newspaper, The New People.  It was adapted from a post on the PUSH blog which you can read here.  The New People article can be seen on page 3 in the […]

As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney prepare for Wednesday’s debate I give you audio clips from the 1912 election.  Below are the actual voices of Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Howard Taft in campaign recordings from that year (presented in the order that they finished).  Phonograph records were the Facebook/YouTube of it’s day.  Radio […]

In my one year anniversary post, I wrote that I hoped to write about a different list top 10 posts next year.  There is a different list on the built in blogger stat counter but some of the posts like my 100th Post appear to be inflated by bot traffic from places like Russia.  The […]

Social Media in Four Questions, Interview #12 from Eric Williams on Vimeo. At the ‘Twas the night before PodCamp party last year I was interviewed by my friend Eric Williams on Social Media.  Thanks to him for posting.  You can read his blogs at FunkyDung.com.

Two Weeks ago I posted on a workshop being held by PodCamp called: What’s a Tweet? And what’s all this Twitter about? : Computer Class This was a good class for beginners on twitter that was held at the Carnegie Library last month.  On October 27 & 28 Podcamp Pittsburgh will be holding what they […]

What’s a Tweet? And what’s all this Twitter about? : Computer Class I am often asked to show individuals how to use Twitter, Facebook and/or Blogspot.  Podcamp provides free classes on these topics.  This can be an effective tool in supporting nonprofits as well as relationships and business.  This next Wednesday, July 18, they will […]

After presenting at PodCamp Pittsburgh 6 this September at Point Park University I had hoped to post the YouTube video of my presentation here titled Presenting Statistics in Social Media.  Unfortunately due to technical glitches only 18 of the 40 presentations were saved and can be viewed here.  I can however embed the slides from […]