Great Lakes THAT Camp

Great Lakes THAT Camp was a great success. This was my first unconference, and it really suits my style. The basic premise, as Ethan Watrall said at the end, is to put a bunch of smart people in a room and see what happens. Most people proposed topics beforehand, and in the morning of the . . . → Read More: Great Lakes THAT Camp

Twitter Backchannels

The phenomenon of backchannels has fascinated me lately. It started at danah boyd’s talk at U of M (.mov version) back in October, where a twitter hashtag (#danahjsb) was announced early on. Although I didn’t know anybody there, I ended up in a conversation with others in the room while the talk was going on, . . . → Read More: Twitter Backchannels