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Category Archives: The Web
The power of content, by the author of Content Rules
In this short interview, CC CHapman gives a really good, clear and concise explanation of the importance of content and how it works on social networks. He emphasizes the power of storytelling, and notes the surprising (to some) hipness on … Continue reading
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Let’s watch Erato’s “Call Your Girlfriend” go viral, in real time
On Facebook today I came across a video shared by a friend whose musical taste I respect, so I gave it a click, and had that wonderful experience of discovering something great and unexpected. It’s three members of a female … Continue reading
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Literacy now includes not just language, not just media, but code, too.
…as we’re reminded by CodeNow, featured at WhiteHouse.gov today: CodeNow focuses on developing the next pioneers in technology by teaching underserved youth foundational skills in computer science and programming with the objective of narrowing the current digital divide. The organization … Continue reading
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Top Drupal Gotchas, #2: White Screen / Not Enough PHP Memory
Cross-posted at O’Reilly Broadcast. Continuing my effort to spare newcomers to Drupal from falling into this powerful content management system’s most common traps, this time I look at a frequent cause of white screens – the sudden and scary devolution … Continue reading
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“Understanding Social Media” seminar
I’ll be giving a free seminar on Understanding Social Media at the Monterey County Democrats’ Center For Change in Monterey Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 from 6 to 8 pm. This is part of our Training For Change series for Monterey … Continue reading
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Top Drupal Gotchas: “Access Denied” and Permissions Problems
Cross-posted at O’Reilly Broadcast.
The Drupal Content Management System keeps getting better and better. But the learning curve is still steep and the interface is still tricky – even after working with it for several years, some gotchas keep tripping me up. That tells me it’s worth jotting them down, hopefully to spare a few other Drupallers falling into the traps I’ve fallen into enough times for all of us.
This time: Mysterious problems logging in or accessing content.
These are fairly common and can have a variety of causes. The ones I’ve found most often… Continue reading
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Politicians’ Web town halls boost their approval ratings – Nextgov
Lawmakers’ Internet-based town hall meetings increase constituents’ approval ratings for the politician, enhance citizen engagement in politics and ultimately impact the probability of participants voting for that member of Congress, according to a new Congressional Management Foundation report. CMF Executive … Continue reading
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WhiteHouse.gov Goes Drupal
From Personal Democracy Forum: http://personaldemocracy.com/node/15131 WhiteHouse.gov has gone Drupal. After months of planning, says an Obama Administration source, the White House has ditched the proprietary content management system that had been in place since the days of the Bush Administration … Continue reading
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Google Wave Preview
via wave.google.com Tim O’Reilly: “Jens, Lars, and team re-imagined email and instant-messaging in a connected world, a world in which messages no longer need to be sent from one place to another, but could become a conversation in the cloud. … Continue reading
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A List Apart: Articles: In Defense of Eye Candy
via alistapart.com A great post on why attractive design is more useful, by UI consultant Stephen P. Anderson. Emotions are not just the waste heat of cognition, they’re essential to cognition. So attractive products are not just “more fun” to … Continue reading
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