Thursday, December 31, 2015
The most popular 'Yesterday, Internet, Today!' posts of 2015
How to make a slideshow with Pinterest and Flickr with Storify
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
On the Internet, nobody knows ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Kingston flurries
What follows is a test of 360 and virtual reality publishing so that you can see it in all your devices.
My test, using the current weather as the excuse, consists of taking images and photos with a
Ricoh Theta S, embedding 360-degree and virtual reality photos and videos, along with regular images, to see if it can be added to regular sites and even ~monetized~.
My setup is simple. I'm using Scribblelive live blogging/feed platform to add the content and test what works and what doesn't. You can let me know what works for you.
I'll also be using a
Homido Mini virtual reality viewer and will review that later. So far it's impressive for its size and it's the most portable one you can find.
Do let me know what works for you and what doesn't.
Read more »Labels: #dfsnow, 360, homido mini, Virtual reality, vr
Monday, December 28, 2015
The calm before the New Year
The quiet, dreamy period between Christmas and New Year is one of contemplation, as many of us come off from over-indulgence and/or over-stimulation, sliding into an almost trance-like ritual of assessing the specter of the year that passed and planning for the next. It can get foggy, like in some of the unusually warm days we've just experienced. But it also signals a potential rebirth and reset.
It's a good time.
Read more »Labels: cats, Google Glass, robots, Spectre, vr, yesterday's internet
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Yesterday's Internet Awakens
Where is my mind? It's been on ~
your lights~ and
some nascent projects and a war of stars I have yet to see, as of late. But I haven't forgotten the
internets of yesterday, today, as we come around the very unlikely anniversary of this very feature and/or blog section and/or
newsletter, depending on where and how you get it.
And as we approach the end of the year, looking back at what we've done and looking ahead at things to come, we pause to reflect while we circle back to our rituals filled with food, merriment and terrible year-end news listicles.
And stepping back, you can see how everything is connected.
Like string lights tied to trees.
It's a bright sight, if you let it shine.
Read more »Labels: cats, Google Glass, yesterday's internet
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Christmas won. Turn the lights on.
Someone complained the other day that the upcoming Freeman Holiday Lights tour something something
War on Christmas, and as much as I would like to engage in this Christmas tradition and/or debate in futility, I simply don't have the time this year. Because I'm making a holiday lights map!
Did you know that I've been adding Easter Eggs to it for at least five years? Yes, there have been cats.
Short hot take: The War on Christmas was over before it ever began, and Christmas won, by a landslide. Look around you. You can't escape it even if you wanted to.
WAR OVER.
So let's skip the unnecessary outrage, at least for a bit, and enjoy the holidays. And because you're nice
you get to see the map as I work on it. Don't tell my boss.
Read more »Labels: cats, Google Glass, holiday lights, yesterday's internet
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Here's all the other things the Ulster County Sheriff is saying about guns
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
DFM chat on engagement projects for the holidays
Journalists,
Digital First Media peeps, at least one twitter cat and anyone who wants to are going to be taking part on our Twitter chat Wednesday at noon, Eastern Time, to talk about all things journalism.
Today with are talking about engagement projects for the holidays! Sure, you've got your holiday lights tours, but how are you doing it? What are you using? What other things are you doing to engage with your communities? What tools make things easier to accomplish this?
If you want to chime in, post a comment in the container or a tweet with the hashtag
"#dfmchat" so it can automatically appear below.
Thanks for coming!
Read more »Labels: community engagement, dfmchat, engagement, holiday lights
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Not all ~content~
Have an idea and tell someone about it;
savor the look you'll get;
and then do it, anyway.
Not a particular novel idea, but one worth trying anyway.
Case in point: I've been wanting to do this for over a month:
And I'm doing it.
Your turn.
Read more »Labels: cats, Google Glass, yesterday's internet