You may very well walk out of the theater after seeing “The Social Network” and think “Wow! That Zuckerberg guy is a genius!” Or you might think, “What a moron!” Or both. That’s why I think the new film about the founding/founders of Facebook is so compelling. It’s an interesting tale of the genesis...
At long last, here is that Jeff Jarvis lecture in the spirit of TED. As noted a several weeks ago … it’s an interesting speech on education, media, innovation, Google, collaboration … and it starts with the “What Would Google Do?” author declaring, “This is bullshit.” Here’s a couple excerpts from the rest: I...
When we get to the newspaper unit in LBCC’s Media and Society class, one aspect of newspapers we agree that we like is how you happen upon stories, photos and other items that catch your interest as you turn the pages. You learn about things that you weren’t necessarily looking for. You become engaged...
Fellow TED fans … Another one of our favorites, “What Would Google Do?” author Jeff Jarvis, just made his debut talk to TED. (He said the video will be posted in a week or so.) Based on Jarvis’ notes posted on BuzzMachine, it’s an interesting speech on education, media, innovation, Google, collaboration … and...
Recently, students in my Media & Society class talked about the challenges Google faces in China: namely, subjecting the Google search function to censors in exchange for access to a huge online market. Now that it appears Chinese authorities are tracking down activists by monitoring Google searches, the company is re-evaluating its business in...
New media guy Jeff Jarvis puts forth an interesting proposition: Bankrupt newspaper companies should use their bleak financial condition as an opportunity to take a bold step into the future. Ditch the presses and all the rest of their “old media” overhead and become entrepreneurial, going all-in online and better serving readers: Bankruptcy enables...
Now that Fall term is officially completed at LBCC, I’m doing some “research” over the break, beginning with reading Ken Auletta’s new book, “Googled: The End of the World as We Know It.” (I already have my students read Jeff Jarvis’ book, “What Would Google Do?” for Media & Society.) Twenty-four pages into “Googled”...
Fascinated by what’s going on in Iran? BuzzMachine blogger Jeff Jarvis and Thomas Friedman of the New York Times offer a pair of useful commentaries on social networking vs. despotism. In “The Virtual Mosque,” Friedman writes: What is fascinating to me is the degree to which in Iran today — and in Lebanon —...
Be the first on your block to get in on Flutter, the “nanoblogging” ap that’s sure to sweep the nation. … and then there’s … Watch Real Life Twitter on CollegeHumor … and Twitter unites strangers on a train … -rp-
New media advocate and journalism professor Jeff Jarvis has three words for the newspaper industry: You blew it. In one of the better rants laying out the ineptitude of the industry to adapt in the new millennium, Jarvis comments on the state of newspapers in this BuzzMachine missive in connection with the Newspaper Association...
