Aram on Mason

• Conan O’Brien live-blogs his show on… Facebook http://feedly.com/k/hvczJn #
• NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Newspaper Review: Butler Collegian vs. UCONN Daily Campus http://feedly.com/k/fh6DJq #
• Facebook steps up efforts to work with journalists http://feedly.com/k/gak6YO #
• Movies with multiple Harry Potter wizards http://flowingdata.com/2011/04/05/movies-with-multiple-harry-pottery-wizards/ #
• New Book Explores 'How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture' (Eric Caoili) http://feedly.com/k/hf5iWO #
• WordPress 3.1.1 is Ready for Download with 26 Security Fixes http://feedly.com/k/dOJvgr #
• Geeks like me: What’s Engadget really worth? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ICringely/~3/kgX9TE6oSyE/ #
• Geeks like me: What’s Engadget really worth? http://feedly.com/k/ecBjTT #
• We're about to start the first session "The personal technocracy: Why we matter." Looking forward to it. Going to help run the CiL #wemedia #
• Getting ready to help cover #wemedia (@ Digital Sandbox) http://4sq.com/gx5UG0 #
• Follow the tweets and more media through CoverItLive at http://wemedia.com/nyc/live/ #wemedia #
• RT @SteveYavner: Three foundations #wemedia Its all digital… new trust systems… power shift to individuals. #wemedia #
• "Google, Apple, Facebook, a few others … a business model that is about crushing the cost of content." #wemedia #
• " … Is the new information empire better than the old one?" #wemedia #
• "This is about the role of committing acts of serious journalism" #wemedia #
• "I think they [the mainstream media] have done the wrong thing by chasing the iPad" #wemedia #
• The key to good meetups: communication. At a good meetup the lights are up and the people are a community not an audience. #wemedia #
• "It's very easy to forget just how powerful it is to give people the licence to talk to each other" – Scott Heiferman #wemedia #
• "After 25 years of connecting with my audience, what if my audience connected with each other?" – Oprah #wemedia #
• "The next generation Oprah will have local chapters everywhere" #wemedia #
• "The most exciting thing in the future … is millions of people using their phones together" #wemedia #
• "The media business is a [relatively] small business." #wemedia #
• The big key to meetups is "Let's", let's help each other out, let's develop something cool, let's make ourselves exercise. #wemedia #
• "There is a meetup RSVP happening every few seconds, 24/7" #wemedia #wemedia #
• "Everyone's organized but the people" – John Gardner #wemedia #
• RT @SteveYavner: "Story of me becomes a story of we." #wemedia #
• Now @monaeltahawy is taking the stage to talk about 'Life on Twitter.' #wemedia #
• RT @jenmacmillan: RT @walyce: The next wave in social media isnt media, its people connecting to each other. – Meetup founder @heif #wemedia #
• @ksablan Hi! #
• .@monaeltahawy started as a journalist in American University in Cairo #collegejourn #wemedia #
• "9/11 killed objectivity" – @monaeltahawy #wemedia #
• "If you can't find the job you want, just create it." – @monaeltahawy #wemedia #
• Apparently WaPo reads every single essay and piece sent to them. Did not know that. #wemedia #
• "For every 10 male columnists there is one women" #wemedia #
• "What drives my opinion pieces is what gets me angry every morning." – @monaeltahawy #wemedia #
• "It always struck me that Twitter was this marketing tool, but people in the Middle East and Africa were using it for real things" #
• "It always struck me that Twitter was this marketing tool, but people in the Middle East and Africa were using it for real things" #wemedia #
• Now up is @fimoculous talking about "Conversations with ourselves." #wemedia #
• @burnsy1217 Build a conversation on the Twitter hashtag or the chat? – http://wemedia.com/nyc/live/ #wemedia #
• "On the west coast you launch it and they will come. On east coast you market the hell out of things." #wemedia #
• .@ThatKevinSmith was just picking his nose on the big screen. 😛 #wemedia #
• We are looking at VYou which is a bunch of famous people staring at a camera. Right now it just switched to Piers Morgan. #wemedia #
• ChartBeat, real-time analytics, gets a shout out. #wemedia #
• ChartBeat is $10 a month for your average blogger. Does anyone here use it? #wemedia #
• Shout out to Fairfax County with 1,400 new business the last year. Our office runs a feed with news there @FairfaxVANews. #wemedia #
• Co-working spaces with small companies are popping up. "So many 22 year old kids working on start-ups." #wemedia #
• "General Assembly" is the co-working space under discussion now. Check it out at http://www.generalassemb.ly/ #wemedia #
• @GizziMonster I'm 23, guess it's just too old. 😛 #wemedia #
• Now up is @corvida‎ of SheGeeks. #wemedia #
• "Did a lot of commenting, reached out to people, talking to people on Twitter. … Helps you build a snowball effect." – @corvida‎ #wemedia #
• 'I do it [blogging] for everyone. … It's not just let's right about something because we have a blog, there is a focus.' #wemedia #
• "What is building a value, not only in the market but in life." – @corvida‎ on what she covers with SheGeeks. #wemedia #
• "It [the blog] gives context to the conversations we have." via @corvida‎. #wemedia #
• Q: "Is there a living in this?" A: "Yes. … I use SheGeeks as a portfolio, a springpad." #wemedia #
• Q: "What are you going to do when you are 30?" A: @corvida‎: "Hopefully get my Bill Gates on." #wemedia #
• Now up @curationnation / @magnify to talk about curation. #wemedia #
• From my mobile phone with #qik http://qik.ly/HW8a7 #
• From my mobile phone with #qik http://qik.ly/HW8dc #
• Err. So I think I'm live streaming with Qik. Maybe? Someone tell me if it is working http://qik.com/aramzs #wemedia #
• "Content is no longer king, curation is now king" via @magnify‎. #wemedia #
• @l1br4r14n Yeah, I'm looking at the live stream and it seems waaaay behind. Audio is impossible to hear too? :/ #wemedia #
• "Successful curators have a voice, and a content mix." Lists: Collect, Contribute, Create. #wemedia #
• @l1br4r14n Sad. No idea how to fix. I have a full 3G signal too. #wemedia #
• RT @craignewmark: RT @LorrieGrace: "Retweeting is a powerful curatorial instinct" — @magnify #wemedia #
• The difference between a curator and an editor: 'An editor is a filter, curators are creating things that are often wholly new.' #wemedia #
• "There will be a rise of experts." #wemedia #
• 'People want experts' #wemedia #
• @LorrieGrace In the metal boxes on the floor. They are recessed on the sides. #
• "I think that great brands will prevail" says @steverubel. #wemedia #
• .@steverubel says further data collection allows social companies to better insinuate themselves into your life and create loyalty. #wemedia #
• @blogdiva I guess Google is one of the 'great brands' he was talking about. #wemedia #
• Ian Heidt of Qualcomm is demoing Neer. Very location aware mobile app. Very nifty. #wemedia #
• Check out the Ian Heidt's app Neer at http://www.neerlife.com/ #wemedia #
• Q: Will the bosses use this app to track employees? A: We've intentionality positioned it for the people you care most about. #wemedia #
• Neer encrypts data over SSL, which apparently not many apps do. #wemedia #
• Neer's information is not accessible outside of Neer. It's about people. #wemedia #
• I don't think it is a Pitch It contestant, just a demo. Looks interesting to me. Why don't you like it? #wemedia #
• Nate Westheimer ( @innonate‎ ) will now tell us how to make things. #wemedia #
• .@innonate: "Because we don't know how to code ourselves, we are going to keep making subpar products." #wemedia #
• From my mobile phone with #qik http://qik.ly/HW9nG #
• .@innonate Sat in a room for 5 straight days and taught himself to code. When he emerged, felt he could build things. #wemedia #
• 'Now that I can code, it doesn't cost me anything to build it.' http://ohours.org/ is the tool. Very cool looking. #wemedia #
• 'A good parent … discovers what the product wants to be, it's not about your hopes and dreams.' #wemedia #
• 'Don't put these irrational desires into what you create, it doesn't have to be the biggest company ever.' says @innonate #wemedia #
• Hey @innonate – When you get off stage, I'd love to know what resources you used to teach yourself to code. #wemedia #
• 'When it is not for profit … even if there is one person who really loves it, you don't want to shut it down.' #wemedia #
• "I'm doing this [learning to code] so I can make my own shit." says @innoate #wemedia #
• "I can pull my weight now." [because he can code]. #wemedia #
• Looking forward to hearing from Ben Berkowitz of @seeclickfix – one of my favorite tools for local. #wemedia #
• Also we have Melinda Wittstock – @NewsiTnews – who is from NewsIt #wemedia #
• Harold and the Purple Crayon is the book for entrepreneurs, Harold grabs his crayon, goes out and creates his own adventure. #wemedia #
• First up is Brett Pierce presenting Meridian Stories. #wemedia #
• Meridian Stories is a not-for-profit that features a series of digital storytelling competitions for schools around the world. #wemedia #
• .@PandoProjects provides community organizers with site building and organizing tools. #wemedia #
• @samplereality Yeah. I wonder if it is actually out of print or just pulled off Amazon to promote the Kindle version. #wemedia #
• First big project with @PandoProjects promoted community gardens. #wemedia #
• Tools to 'allow more young people to step up as leaders.' – @PandoProjects #wemedia #
• .@PandoProjects sees corporate sponsorships and university partnerships as a way to build sustainability for the non-profit. #wemedia #
• .@PandoProjects is sort of a meta-organization, organizing organizers. #wemedia #
• @BobRossOK Does seem like a solid project with a path for progress. #wemedia #
• Next up is Longshot Media. #wemedia #
• Longshot media came from the decision to build a magazine in 48 hours. #wemedia #
• .@longshotmag appeals to the student publisher in me. I can see a lot of uses in the University environment. #wemedia #
• .@longshotmag is all about printing the stories of communities, building engagement through projects. #wemedia #
• .@longshotmag has their own CMS to put content together. Print on demand company they are using now is Mad Cloud. #wemedia #
• I like that quote on the slide: "like I reached into the Internet and pulled out something real." says @couch #wemedia #
• They have a costs breakdown and timeline. Impressive. #wemedia #
• You can see @longshotmag's website at http://one.longshotmag.com – "Makes magazines out of Internet." #wemedia #
• @francescabirks Seems more production, isn't that their goal, a product? #wemedia #
• I'm not sure about publishing or Nike. I'd think the most potential for selling @longshotmag would be with events? #wemedia #
• Stable Renters is up next. #wemedia #
• I think for the next time round WeMedia needs to give presenters a wireless clicker. #wemedia #
• Nothing is in place to keep landlords in place by tracking their quality. That's what Stable Renters is up for. #wemedia #
• "88% of tenants in housing courts don't have lawyers and 90% of landlords do." #wemedia #
• Stable Renters goes into documentation of scores, not just blank numbers, could be used for legal issues. #wemedia #
• @kvonjan – that's the mark of a good idea right? #wemedia #
• "Stable Renters won't save the world but it will make your city better." #wemedia #
• Looking more at Ohours.org. Wonder if it could be used to fulfill distance learning requirements for Universities. #wemedia #
• Apparently there are quite a few mortgages that can only be paid off by breaking the law. o.0 #wemedia #
• Next up is Neighborhood Pages. #wemedia #
• Independent local media is the focus of Neighborhood Pages. #wemedia #
• Neighborhood Pages looks interesting, provides services, advice. IMO: A franchise model would make more sense. #wemedia #
• RT @PandoProjects: Check out our pilot projects! Http://tiny.cc/8zjch #wemedia #
• That being said, local media desperately needs the type of service they propose to offer. #wemedia #
• Cats and Dogs in the Neighborhood Pages presentation. #wemedia #
• That's a good idea, track a Google ad campaign to measure possible interest. #wemedia #
• Next up is FastCast – Read more at http://aramzs.me/3f #wemedia #
• FastCast – Get local news right away and on your mobile device. #wemedia #
• 47% of people get their local news via mobile. #wemedia #
• FastCast will be creating and curating content with professional journalists. #wemedia #
• Revenue streams for FastCast – Conference services, event promotion, hotel and airline partnerships and local advertising. #wemedia #
• Every entrepreneurial journalist should have someone to remind them that they need to make money. 😛 #wemedia #
• We actually are just finishing the process to get a mobile video service for @GMUStudentMedia – @voped. #wemedia #
• Clear Health Costs are the next up to pitch. See more at http://aramzs.me/3g #wemedia #
• Yay! A Prezi! I'm always a fan of Prezi users. #wemedia #
• "The problem: prices are a mystery." #wemedia #
• "You, the patient, knows nothing [about the price of medical procedures]." #wemedia #
• Clear Health Costs is a transparency platform. Reports on prices. Crowd-sourcing. Data-mining. Blog and forum. Builds a community. #wemedia #
• Curiosity: Would Clear Health Costs face information-request problems due to HIPAA? #wemedia #
• 175 million people is Clear Health Costs' potential audience. #wemedia #
• 'Transparency brings lower prices' #wemedia #
• "If they see self-interest, they'll do it [put medical information on the web.]" #wemedia #
• @danaseverance Not sure. I'll see if I can hunt the presenter down and ask. #
• @susanmernit Curiosity: Heard that franchising was part of your model but didn't see that in presentation. Still considering? #wemedia #
• Clear Health Costs is giving out transparencies to promote their site. Clever. #wemedia #
• Next up is @stoweboyd to tell us about 'The social future of work.' #wemedia #
• @susanmernit Like we spoke of, I think that many people desire the sort of credibility that a franchise might bring. #wemedia #
• "As usual, the introduction of new media leads to people doing things that they couldn't do before." – @stoweboyd #wemedia #
• "On the web all roads lead back to us." – @stoweboyd #wemedia #
• "We've taken back the open social discourse that the media was supposed to provide and did a really terrible job of" – @stoweboyd #wemedia #
• "Us nattering among ourselves can become the most important thing in the world." #
• "Us nattering among ourselves can become the most important thing in the world." #wemedia #
• "Us nattering among ourselves can become the most important thing in the world." – @stoweboyd #wemedia #
• "Increasingly … our sense of self is decided by who we follow." – @stoweboyd #wemedia #
• "Social tools … actually change our minds. … Our minds are shaped by the tools we use." says @stoweboyd #wemedia #
• 'If you expose old people to flight training software, their ability to drive increases significantly.' says @stoweboyd #wemedia #
• 'Multi-tasking may take 10,000 hours to build as a skill, like other human skills.' says @stoweboyd #wemedia #
• "Facebook is the new AOL." says @stoweboyd – They are threatened by new social OSs #wemedia #
• 'Switching to a notion of businesses as networks … more like a city than an army.' – @stoweboyd #wemedia #
• "In the future you won't apply to businesses, you'll just move there and start working." says @stoweboyd #wemedia #
• "The future is here, it's just unevenly distributed." @stoweboyd quoting Gibson. #wemedia #
• Now we get to a conversation with Craig Newmark ( @craignewmark ). #wemedia #
• Talking about @craignewmark's new project http://craigconnects.org/ #wemedia #
• RT @PBSMediaShift: 7 Social Lessons Learned from the MediaShift Mixer http://to.pbs.org/i2sSR0 (by @mediatwit / @PBSMediaShift) #wemedia #
• .@craignewmark is trying to find what people will pay for news media. #wemedia #
• Ahhh, PINE. #wemedia #
• "I try to avoid having vision." says @craignewmark #wemedia #
• "People like us are going to use the net to change the balance of power." says @craignewmark #wemedia #
• .@craignewmark wants to establish "networks of fact-checking that includes professionals and citizens." #wemedia #
• 'Citizen journalism, perhaps, hasn't worked so well.' says @craignewmark #wemedia #
• RT @stoweboyd: Anyone wanting more information about The Future Social World can sign up here: http://j.mp/h66ad4 #wemedia #
• Time to award these pitches. #wemedia #
• @busterbenson That sounds nifty. #
• The winner is…. #wemedia #
• The first winner is @PandoProjects ! #wemedia #
• The second winner is Stable Renters! #wemedia #
• .@PandoProjects one of the reasons they were picked was because they were turning ideas into action. #wemedia #
• Really enjoyed #wemedia today. Hope you enjoyed my tweets. I've got some video content to drop down, but that'll be when I get home #
• I'm at Yummy House (76 3rd Ave, at E 11th St, New York) http://4sq.com/gU38nb #

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