Communications

Trying out a Social Media Contest

This week, I’m stepping from out behind the curtain to try being a contestant in a local social media contest. A local Saab dealership is holding a contest where 100 people each week receive a Saab to drive around. Our goal as drivers is to get people to be our “fan” on a contest page [...]

Communications, QR Codes, social media, Social Networks, Twitter
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What happens when the cloud goes dark?

A few thoughts about planning for a cloud outage

Amazon AWS, Amazon S3, Cloud, Communications, Emergency

Is UCLA setting a dangerous precedent with its response to student’s video?

I don’t talk much about social media here – it’s done better and in more volume by other higher ed bloggers and on Twitter, but the UCLA situation of the last few weeks piqued my interest. Alexandra Wallace, a student at UCLA, posted a video on YouTube making fun of Asian students in the UCLA [...]

Communications, social media