http://dpignett.blog.usf.edu daily checkups on rhetoric, composition, new media, and my life! Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:48:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Compare and Contrast: http://dpignett.blog.usf.edu/2008/09/29/the-future-of-the-internet-redux Who knows when I’ll ever get to see this [considering my new Wisconsin town has yet to get Burn After Reading], but I know I’ll look as hard as I can to find it. May even drive to Milwaukee since this schedule says filmmakers will be there in ... http://dpignett.blog.usf.edu/2008/09/28/trouble-the-water I can’t think of a better way to introduce rhetoric to my class next semester. http://dpignett.blog.usf.edu/2008/09/27/rhetoric-defined Cross-posted at Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster: Last week I was interviewed by the communications staff here at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. They contacted me, saying they had heard about my research into the post-Katrina blogosphere, and the result of our conversation is this press release, which was sent out to ... http://dpignett.blog.usf.edu/2008/09/27/old-media-new-media-and-my-post-katrina-blues I’ll be presenting a paper on teaching with Twitter at 4Cs next year, so, in order to get my “data,” this Monday I will present my students with their task of creating accounts on the popular microblogging site. I was nervous over the summer when the Fail Whale kept rearing ... http://dpignett.blog.usf.edu/2008/09/18/youre-no-one-if-youre-not-on-twitter All students at UW-Stout are given a laptop and (seemingly) no preliminary briefing on the course management software, which means it’s up to individual instructors to talk them through menus and screenshots. That’s fine by me b/c I like to limit the technology I ask students to use their ... http://dpignett.blog.usf.edu/2008/09/13/facebook-does-not-a-digital-native-make quite simply put… What The F**K is Social Media? View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: socialmediamarketing marketing) http://dpignett.blog.usf.edu/2008/09/03/what-the-fk-is-social-media Things have escalated beyond imagination: “The footprint of Katrina was about 400 miles when it hit. Gustav currently has a footprint of 900 miles and continues to grow.” Video of the mayor’s official press conference is here. My parents are staying in Picayune, Mississippi, for the time being. ... http://dpignett.blog.usf.edu/2008/08/30/the-storm-of-the-century Re-posting this from FoodMusicJustic.com: Levees.org has just posted “The Katrina Myth” to YouTube. The more people who visit this video,watch it, rate it, and comment on it, the higher it goes in the YouTube ratings. If you are a YouTube member, rate it with a high rating (five stars) and make ... http://dpignett.blog.usf.edu/2008/08/29/the-truth-about-a-thoroughly-unnatural-disaster As today is the 3rd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, I’m honored to have been asked to reflect on my own experiences over at the Open Society Institute’s Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster blog. Some information about the site is as follows: Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster was named the best nonprofit ... http://dpignett.blog.usf.edu/2008/08/29/katrina-media