Tag Archive: social media

A Social Media Christmas – The Digital Story of the Nativity

TweetThanks to OJ for this! I Laughed so hard, I suspect my neighbors think I’ve gone quite mad. 776,985 views in four days… Now, that’s HAWT! How social media, web and mobile tell the story of the Nativity. Christmas story told through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, Wikipedia, Google Maps, GMail, Foursquare, Amazon… Times change, the…

u·sha·hi·di – Testimony – Social Media and Change

TweetChances are, you’ve not heard the Ushahidi story if you think any of the following is true: (a) one person cannot trigger a revolution (b) most people are selfish and uncaring. (c) most people are not interested in issues outside their immediate communities. in 2007, one person, Ory Okolloh, a prominent Kenyan lawyer and blogger…

Most popular YT video – Justin Bieber – over 374,403,983 views

TweetBaby, baby, baby, Oh, baby, baby, baby, oh, baby, baby, baby… Based on YouTube views, Justin Bieber is the most popular being on the planet. Don’t take my word for it. The website, Social Media Today, bills itself as The Web’s Best Thinkers on Social Media and the Bieber fact is one of the YouTube…

Social Media for Social Change

TweetI’ve been thinking about the impact of social media on social justice and on creating change. In 2008, we saw how the Obama campaign harnessed the power of technology to elect a little known senator to the presidency. In researching the idea of social media for social change, I came across the “We are Visible”…