Concerned Citizens

Friday I attended a session at SXSW titled “The Ecosystem of News” presented by Steven Johnson, author of The Ghost and several other books. The session focused on the status of traditional media in a world that has become so connected with the largest number of content authors than ever before. Johnson compared the news media environment to an ecosystem where everything has some sort of effect on the other elements of the system. The question becomes what role each element plays within the ecosystem and what elements survive changes in the system. In other words, will traditional media survive these dynamic changes? Read more…

I’ve been adding more and more to my social media toolkits lately. I’m now on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and I’m blogging on three different blogs. I’ve also made Facebook my home page on both my laptop and my cell phone. I text and I e-mail. I’d say I’m pretty connected. These days I may be too connected as I’ve found that as others join these channels I’m starting to drop into information overload of a trivial nature. Now I have friends on Twitter and Facebook telling me if they are feeling good, bad, or just feeling. Note to them: Too much information! Read more…