http://www.ianhillmedia.com Journalist, Editor, Online Content Producer Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:32:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ianhillmedia.com/links-and-notes-from-my-neta-presentation-on-the-future-of-social-media/ http://www.ianhillmedia.com/links-and-notes-from-my-neta-presentation-on-the-future-of-social-media/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 18:48:29 +0000 Ian http://www.ianhillmedia.com/?p=2153 http://www.ianhillmedia.com/links-and-notes-from-my-neta-presentation-on-the-future-of-social-media/feed/ 3234 http://www.ianhillmedia.com/processing-project-no-2-objects/ http://www.ianhillmedia.com/processing-project-no-2-objects/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:55:14 +0000 Ian http://www.ianhillmedia.com/?p=1765 already mention how much I love Processing? Because I really, really love Processing. Here's my latest project, which was created using this tutorial. Watch the objects for a bit and you'll notice that their speed remains constant. If this project were created in Flash using Actionscript, everything would slow down over time and eventually move like sludge.]]> http://www.ianhillmedia.com/processing-project-no-2-objects/feed/ 1413 http://www.ianhillmedia.com/processing-project-no-1-lines/ http://www.ianhillmedia.com/processing-project-no-1-lines/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:17:54 +0000 Ian http://www.ianhillmedia.com/?p=1734 http://www.ianhillmedia.com/processing-project-no-1-lines/feed/ 2092 http://www.ianhillmedia.com/video-blog-day-one-of-the-beard-contest-and-organizing-social-media/ http://www.ianhillmedia.com/video-blog-day-one-of-the-beard-contest-and-organizing-social-media/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:18:11 +0000 Ian http://www.ianhillmedia.com/?p=1685 http://www.ianhillmedia.com/video-blog-day-one-of-the-beard-contest-and-organizing-social-media/feed/ 2948 http://www.ianhillmedia.com/ianhillmedia-tumblr-com/ http://www.ianhillmedia.com/ianhillmedia-tumblr-com/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:29:53 +0000 Ian http://www.ianhillmedia.com/?p=1659 tumblr. In some ways - OK, many ways - it resembles Blogger.com; tumblr and Blogger both bring together blogging and social networking in a site that is incredibly easy to personalize and use. They allow users to modify and create their own page themes while also following their friends and keeping up with their blog posts. Blogger and tumblr differ, however, in their presentation and how they are being used. Unlike Blogger, where the text is the star, Tumblr focuses on visuals and design. Many tumblr templates feature dominant, chunky fonts on simple yet eye-pleasing backgrounds - like American Apparel ads without the nudity. Tumblr users seem to have picked up on this idea and are focusing on visuals on the site. Take, for example, former 209Viber and local musician Dan Faughnder's tumblr page, which has a large image in every post.]]> http://www.ianhillmedia.com/ianhillmedia-tumblr-com/feed/ 2959 http://www.ianhillmedia.com/whats-next-for-social-media-and-news-organizations/ http://www.ianhillmedia.com/whats-next-for-social-media-and-news-organizations/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:29:54 +0000 Ian http://www.ianhillmedia.com/?p=1596 three Twitter accounts, a Facebook page and a MySpace page (all via Tweetdeck) as well as two Google Waves. Combined, they reach a total of between 4,000-5,000 social media users, mostly in Stockton and San Joaquin County. It's gotten me thinking about the effective use of social media in the news industry (as well as my crazed obsession with the Internet, but that's a different post for a different time.) We in the online media world like to jump on the latest, coolest social media technologies and try to put them to work at our news organizations. Our theory is that social media will play an important role in the future of communication, and we in the online world need to be progressive when it comes to using new technology. I don't disagree, but given the number of social media sites out there, and the still relatively small audience for social media in some markets, I've been wondering how we can organize our limited schedules and resources to best take advantage of those technologies. Is it worthwhile to spend hours Tweeting when there are less than 500 Tweeps in your community? Should we focus on providing new content to lure users in, or should we be doing more to look for new marketing tactics to let users know we're available online? Does social media's success at targeting niche markets mean we should be moving away from providing general news coverage online?]]> http://www.ianhillmedia.com/whats-next-for-social-media-and-news-organizations/feed/ 1794 http://www.ianhillmedia.com/four-tips-for-print-reporters-who-tweet-and-introducing-twitter-com209vibe/ http://www.ianhillmedia.com/four-tips-for-print-reporters-who-tweet-and-introducing-twitter-com209vibe/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:32:30 +0000 Ian http://www.ianhillmedia.com/?p=1541 Recordnet's LENS blog and building Twitter.com/209Vibe (left), a resource for music and entertainment fans in Stockton and Modesto, California. The latter is the fourth active Twitter account that I run or help maintain. 209Vibe on Twitter is designed to serve as a local entertainment wire. Promoters and musicians Tweet or send me information about upcoming concerts and events and I (re-)Tweet it. I also re-Tweet entertainment stories from local news organizations and occasionally interact with performers. My goal is to make Twitter.com/209Vibe the first stop for local residents who want to know where they can go for nightlife in their community. In its first five days, Twitter.com/209Vibe attracted 85 followers and been added on three lists. It may not sound like much, but considering there are probably less than 40 active Tweeters in Stockton, I'm very happy with the results so far. It's gotten me thinking a bit more about best practices for print reporters who Tweet. Reporters who have a smart, realistic approach to Twitter can use it to reach readers and build the sense of community that's vital in the new media world. ]]> http://www.ianhillmedia.com/four-tips-for-print-reporters-who-tweet-and-introducing-twitter-com209vibe/feed/ 1071 http://www.ianhillmedia.com/live-tweets-from-the-2009-new-media-women-entrepreneurs-summit/ http://www.ianhillmedia.com/live-tweets-from-the-2009-new-media-women-entrepreneurs-summit/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:35:39 +0000 Ian http://www.ianhillmedia.com/?p=1480 http://www.ianhillmedia.com/live-tweets-from-the-2009-new-media-women-entrepreneurs-summit/feed/ 1365 http://www.ianhillmedia.com/give-twitter-a-chance-technology/ http://www.ianhillmedia.com/give-twitter-a-chance-technology/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:42:15 +0000 Ian http://www.ianhillmedia.com/?p=1413 Twitter critics: I understand how you feel. Really, I do - because I once was among you. I didn't understand why anyone would be interested in following the day-to-day humdrums of a life. Why would you want to know what brand of cereal I had for breakfast, or what book I'm reading, or when I go to the grocery store? It's all so boring that a person's desire to know about it can seem dangerously voyeuristic. A Twitter user who shares the intimate details of his or her life, meanwhile, can appear arrogant and self-absorbed. You may have started a Twitter account in the beginning just to see what all the fuss was about, only to let it sit there unused when you didn't find content that captured your interest (or didn't offend your sense of decency). That's why my Twitter page was dormant for a few months.]]> http://www.ianhillmedia.com/give-twitter-a-chance-technology/feed/ 3413 http://www.ianhillmedia.com/schudson-stevebuttry-and-social-media-around-journalism/ http://www.ianhillmedia.com/schudson-stevebuttry-and-social-media-around-journalism/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:09:44 +0000 Ian http://www.ianhillmedia.com/?p=1364 http://www.ianhillmedia.com/schudson-stevebuttry-and-social-media-around-journalism/feed/ 2197