Bringing Community TV online

Over the past week or so I’ve been writing about my experiences in community television over the years and some of the striking similarities that social media has to the original days of community television. As a result of my articles, I have met Colin Rhinesmith, who is the Community Media Coordinator at Cambridge Community […]

Squidoo and Hey Monkey-Brain

I’m enjoying discovering innovative ways people are tacking social media. Here are two tools I’ve come across that are breaking some ground and making me think. Ok so maybe I’m a bit behind the times but I’ve been playing with Squidoo today. It’s kind of a neat way to show off stuff you know about. […]

Internet 101 – Chapter 2

Okay so you’ve all had a chance to practice clicking on links, have read a few blogs, and even Googled a bit, right? Keep practicing, it gets easier each time you do it. I had a question from one of my readers about navigation. The problem was there was no “Home” button on the web […]

Internet 101

My Mom’s best friend just got on the Internet. Yup, she’s got herself a computer, a dial up connection and a web browser. I think its fantastic! My parents, who have been Internet-savvy seniors for the past few years (mostly because both their technology-professional kids made them!) helped her to get set up and showed […]