I call this "Social Media for Adults" where I explain why you might want to use Facebook but not MySpace, problems wikis can solve, and what the heck is Twitter anyway? This was delivered at a local user group in April 2009 and also via podcast at http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/2009/07/08/213-special-mug-presentation-on-social-media/

1. Social Media for
Grown Ups
Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Podcast
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2. Social Media, Web 2.0, New Media
They’re All the Same Thing
• What is it?
• Why do I care?
• What do I get out of it?
• Isn’t it scary?
• Maybe I don’t want to!
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3. What Defines Social Media?
• User-generated content WITH
collaborative interaction
• A blog without comments wouldn’t be
social media
• A podcast without a blog wouldn’t be
social media
• A wiki you don’t share isn’t social
media
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4. So Give Us Some Examples
• Blogs
• Podcasts
• Wikis
• Facebook/MySpace/LinkedIn
• Flickr
• Twitter
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5. Why Do I Care?
What Do I Get Out of It?
• Why do you come to the Mac Club?
• Social interaction
• To get help
• To not feel so alone in the Mac world
• Social Media gives you a small bit of
the same thing!
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6. Podcasting, Wikis and Blogs, Oh My!
• You’re probably familiar with blogs by
now
• Key is the comments for the
conversation
• You’ve heard about podcasting from
me before, right?
• Wikis...
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7. Wikis
• Use a wiki when you want to have someone help
you write something
• Why send a document around with “track
changes”
• At work I write EVERYTHING in a wiki
instead of Word!
• Party Invite Example
• Demonstration of Podfeet PBwiki
• http://podfeet.pbwiki.com
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8. Facebook-ish Sites
• Facebook/MySpace - Share photos, videos, links,
and what you’re thinking about with your friend,
connect with old friends
• Largest Growing Demographic is 35-50 yr olds
• MySpace - the Trailor Park of the Internet
• LinkedIn - professional, interesting to build network
for future job search
• But I don’t want anyone looking at my stuff that I
don’t know!
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9. How is Flickr Social Media?
• Flickr isn’t just about posting your
photos online
• It’s about building a community of
people to critique your photos
• Too much pressure for me! But maybe
you’re really into great photography
and want to learn
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10. • Most difficult to explain
• It’s a 140 character microblog
• Um, what?
• Twitter is what you make of it
• Who you follow, who follows you
• Instant news - plane crash in Hudson river,
earthquake in China, journalist in riot in Middle
East
• I use it as a research tool!
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11. • BACKUP CHARTS IN CASE THE
INTERWEBS FAIL
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12. Podfeet PBwiki
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13. PBwiki editing window
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14. Facebook Home Page
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15. My Facebook Page
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16. Facebook Photos
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17. Facebook Privacy Settings
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18. My Flickr Home Page
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19. Flickr Recent Activity
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20. Flickr Sets & Collections
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21. Flickr Group Example
“Cool Cell Phone Photos”
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22. Podfeet Twitter Page
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23. Nambu for Twitter
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