I still use AOL as an account. I even use the AOL client at times to power through my email. I wish AOL would recommit to making its mail faster with less spam and with less sig files and ads in it.
I am sorry I am not as smart and as hip and as technologically savvy as this blogger. I don’t write as well either.
I have flaws. He obviously doesn’t because he is young and cool. I am not I am a digital AARP member. Thank you. Read this one.
It was once called Net Noir. Then repositioned after an acquisition into AOL Black Voices and now it is re-launched with a great touch- as HuffPost Black Voices. AOL was the first destination in cyber space for this kind of great diverse programming; we started it back in 1994! I was there.
It is great to see AOL investing in great new content. It is great to see the folks at the Huffington Post spending time on this newly enhanced publishing platform. Well done.
And kudos to Sheila Johnson for lending support to this effort.
The Facebook messaging service aside the Facebook homepage reminds me of AOL circa 1994. Home page and Buddy List aside one another.
Content – community – communications – presence; all integrated.
Facebook messaging now looks like AIM to me, buddy lists with real time one click messaging opportunities embedded right next to content.Well done! I have my AOL client software open right now. Looks very similar to me.
Out with the old- in with the new. Recycle the old. Do it better and call it new.
What is next? “Welcome…you’ve got friends?”
Facebook and American Express do a deal. Social graph and credit. Dynamic and important. Click here for more information.
134,000 results in 0.13 seconds. Type in “Varlamov signs with KHL”.
This is how media works today. Instant- fast – unaccountable.
A Tweet is generated and recycled.
It leaps to become a story. The story is then recirculated.
It goes from online sources to great and established media entities; to newspapers, to cable to local television newscasts. The headlines morph from rumor to fact.
It thus must be true. Just look at the headlines and see how rumor morphs to facts.
The media gets manipulated by an overseas agent; and a freelance media rep. That was too easy wasn’t it?
But news moves so quickly. The media is off to the next story and rumor. So who cares?
Who cares if the old pixels are incorrect? The monster was fed and the stories are disposable. The media awaits the next tasty morsel from the blogger. In the old days the generator of bad news would be put into the penalty box. In the new world there is no accountability and we await the next feeding.
“Ted Leonsis’s deleted blog post”– 30,700 listings in 0.09 seconds.
In the old days an established media journalist would call or email and ask “What is up?” What just happened with the blog post going down? What does this mean?
But not today. There is an algorithm awaiting feeding. Controversy sells and being first to post matters. Being second to recycle is important to listings into Google crawlers. Deleting a blog post is BIG NEWS. We want our links to be linked back from 30,700 sites. Who cares if it was because of a typo and an editing process?
Who cares if what was posted in my blog post turned out to be pretty accurate and transparent. It was more important to be first with the big news of a “deleted blog post”.
And so it goes.
Jagr to DC-2011-71,000 listings; Jagr to Pittsburgh 2011-2,470,000 listings; Jagr to Philadelphia 2011-2,510,000 listings. All in less than a second. Permanently glued into the algorithm.
Media have a big responsibility. A tough job; but a higher standard to execute against I believe.
Being accurate and trusted is important. Providing context is crucial. It is more important than being “first to post”.
Off of my soap box now. Thank you.
How long could you go without Google? Facebook? and being connected?
College students made this film. A social experiment. No heads down texting. Having to look people in the eye. Having to make real world connections…imagine that?
A really good one on SnagLearning. Like drug addicts kicking the habit!Let us celebrate outdoor living this long weekend. Let us connect more with each other. But first watch this film. LOL. On SnagFilms.com.
A great young start up located right here in Georgetown.
Angel investors believing in the local economy and wanting a young company to prosper.
They are hiring talent.
They have an interesting idea. Click here to read about them in the Washington Post. Thank you.
I can’t add any more folks to my Facebook friends list. I maxed out at 5,000 friends more than a year ago. Please don’t send emails or messages asking me to add you to my friend’s list. I simply technically cannot do it. Perhaps you can follow me on Twitter? That is a good route.
Also please don’t send me emails on important matters to my Facebook messaging box. I don’t review it that often. I read my email at my personal email address which I don’t circulate publicly but is well known and at WashingtonCaps@aol.com and TheWashWiz@aol.com.
I have just seen some very distraught messages from folks saying they have emailed me at Facebook and I haven’t responded.
I noted that this is not a viable email box for me. I clean it out about every ten days or so. I do not consider this a viable means of communications to me for requests or problem resolution.
I apologize in advance to you all. I can’t keep 4 email boxes going all of the time.
Please understand. I want to do my best but my Facebook box sometimes has 500 unread messages from the world of Facebook members. It is hard to manage. It is overwhelming at times.
Thank you.
This is getting way out of hand.
I encourage our players to be interactive and to be transparent. I want them to be on Facebook or to Tweet away. To respond to emails; to be out and about; to sign all autographs; and to be approachable.
Thirteen years ago, I gave all of our players’ laptops and email addresses to jump start the effort. It was the first time in professional sports that happened.
Just so you know, I blog every day and I am on Facebook and Twitter. All of our players are as well. It is generational.What I did say in an interview was that while most people like interactivity, some fans have told me they don’t like seeing some players’ Tweets or posting personal photos and that seeing behind the curtain sometimes makes a fan lose some respect for the player.
Interactivity can cut both ways.
I hope this provides some perspective and context here as this is the third article I have read that makes it sound like I don’t encourage our players to be online and in social networks. Thank you.