Twitter and Social Media Chain Reactions
Posted in Avatar Photos, Blogging, Free Software, Online Education, Second Life, Twitter, Video, Web 2.0 by wayne.porter on March 18th, 2007 Pondering Relationship Formation
This is nothing new, as I have pondered the paths of widgets, content, people and media in a blog post before…02/02/2007 Others have too. However it is ironic how similar people keep popping up in these scenarios and new ones get introduced. This is a big part of “social media”.
Let’s explore, “tracer dye style”, a tiny sliver…
The Chain of Reactions
- I resist Twitter, actually complain about Sam’s cellphone ringing like crazy during the Gonzo Experiment in Las Vegas around January 21, 2007. but colleague Sam Harrelson wears me down as usual.
- I cave in and join Twitter and converse with Sam (3/16/2007) and begin to read more of his related “sphere”- Robert Scoble, Tara Hunt, Steve Rubel, many others, etc, etc.
- Enter “Fleep”. At this point Fleep and Myself are parties unknown (still are)- aside from “tweets” via Twitter.
- We track each other on twitter- probably related to mutual interests in virtual worlds like Second Life since I write about it frequently loving everything virtual. I remember adding her because she had a distinct avatar in her profile.
- More conversations and interaction occur on Twitter.
- Fleep makes a tweet (short post or “nano post”) about a virtual world teacher’s conference.
- I follow her stream, via a Tiny URL redirect and blog about the conference on 3/18/2007.
- Meanwhile, Fleep reads my old post on 03/14/2007: Web 2.0 - Feeding the Machines Your Reflection, which sports one of Steve Rosenbaum’s Magnify video widgets I picked up while reading his blog dated February 26, 2007, for my own entry on the “machine”.
I know Steve via mutual colleague Brian Clark’s, indiewire.com, (circa 1999) and- oh yes- secret cabals and censorship. Dated August, 28, 2006.
- Fleep tweets about the video via twitter 3/18/2007.
Watching the Machine is US/ing Us http://docublogtv.magnify.n… from wporter’s blog. Response: Excitement vs Fear
- Meanwhile I discover more about Fleep via her Twitter profile which leads to the University of Cincinnati Second Life Learning Community.
University of Cincinnati Second Life Learning Community (UCSLLC)
The University of Cincinnati Second Life Learning Community will evaluate the feasibility of using Second Life, a 3D multi-user virtual online platform (3DMUVE), in online instruction for the purpose of distance learning and to enhance traditional face-to-face courses. Our major goals are to share and develop resources as we examine the use of the Second Life virtual environment for instruction, pool our talents to build reusable learning objects and spaces in Second Life, and ultimately create a web-based resource for other educators that describes our process, the results of our experience, and our recommendations for its future use as an instructional tool.
The UCSLLC is generously supported by the UC Office of Information Technology Instructional & Research Computing department and the Ohio Learning Network Learning Community Initiative through the Southwest Regional Center at Miami University.
- Given my known interests in independent film and video and curation of machinima it is no surprise I explore the video archives at the UCSLLC.
- Here it appears Fleep has updated the University of Cincinnati resource pages with a reference to the very popular “US/ing US video” which I encountered via Steve Rosenbaum’s Video Widget under the “Misc Video about Technology” section.
- The entire loop prompts me to document the action in this blog entry March 18, 2007
- When I hit publish this will not only set off a series of track backs and pings, tags and searches, (no monkey calls I promise) but it will also be injected back into Twitter via an automated tweet- courtesy a Word Press plugin.
“This is one little stream of social media. This is not reliant on search. This is a big change in thought for some.”
Sam’s Wise Quote
“This is for everyone. whether they like it or not…they will be connected, absorbed, and drawn together or pushed apart by technology, by people, by words, by sound, by video, by media that doesn’t yet exist.” Says Sam on March 16, 2007
Even if the Wall Street Journal isn’t ready for it yet.
ADDENDUM August 2, 2007: Circle completes July 27th, 2007 and I “meet” Fleep.
Thanks for the dance Fleep and your insight into education in a virtual world. The reaction continues as this will fire into facebook…
How far do these and can these ripples flow?
ADDENDUM March 23, 2008: Over one year later. More documentation on how micro formats are forging new relationships via CogDogRoo. This brought to my attention courtesy of Chris Collins, aka Fleep. I write an updated piece on Twitter and it will move as nature intended.
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