On my own time, off the state's dime, I want to do a blogger's user group here at SJSU. I would like us to get together, provide mutual support for and invite folks to speak to the people who are members of the SJSU community who are interested in webblogging.
So, let's do a blug! We could be blug bloggers.
Please comment here, or email me at s_sloan@mac.com if you are interested.
Dear Blogosphere:
One of the topics of conversation that came up in last night's great Geek Dinner with Robert Scoble is how a person presents his or herself and establishes a virtual identity with blogs. Should a person have one weblog where all thoughts, opinions, passions and ideas are presented? Or, should a person divide their blogs into categorys that can be viewed as a whole or by category? Or, should they have separate blogs for different parts of their lives?
I went the different blog route. I do not want folks to have to sift through what to them may seem like noise to get to the content (the signal) that they want. Also, I do not want folks to be turned off on what I present on one topic because they disagree with an unrelated opinion.
The down side is I may not be presenting an honest digital identity of who I am. So, for the sake of honesty and full disclosure, here it all is:
So, there it is Blogosphere, that is who I am. For the sake of full disclosure, I am posting this to all my blogs!
~Steve
Thursday's at SJSU is an exciting weblogging session facilitated by Robert Scoble.
Scoble is the Microsoft, Technical Evangelist for the US .NET Platform Strategy. He is a very much in demand speaker. His coming to our campus is very special. The session is free and being offered this Thursday from 2:30 to 4:00 in Room 225/227 of the Martin Luther King Library at San Jose State University in San Jose.
Robert Scoble graduated from SJSU 14 years ago with a Journalism degree and he has gone on to great things. He is on the leading edge of what Dan Gillmor, in his book "We the media," calls new media. In his book, Gillmor speaks highly of Scoble.
Scoble is a prolific and popular weblogger and is widely credited for putting a human face on Microsoft.
He will be speaking on the same subject he discussed at the recent Blogger Business Summit
Into the blogosphere: Why blogging changes the way people communicate is the title of his presentation. Simply put, Blogs are eating the lunch of many traditionally architected Web sites. In terms of reach, influence, cost and convenience, the advantages are indisputable and significant. For those still building sites the 'old' way, this hour will reveal why the future belongs to Bloggers. Robert Scoble, who FastCompany Magazine claims "may well be one of the most powerful people in Redmond" has helped shape Microsoft's blogging strategy, and has advised Bill Gates on the market opportunities. Robert will reveal why this new architecture rules and how to take full advantage of it.
This session is co-sponsored by the SJSU Center for Faculty Development and Support and the School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
Please RSVP to Dennis Dunleavy, Assistant Professor, Journalism and Mass Communications, (408) 924-3245 or Steve Sloan, IT Consultant, Academic Technology (408) 924-2374. Dunleavy and Sloan are the contacts for this event.
Scoble's weblog is here: http://scoble.weblogs.com
This cute little film is a great intro to using podcasting. It is in Real format and you can download the player here. The film is done by Lisa Williams and it is very well done.
Robert Scoble wrote some great words about SJSU professor Steve Greene and included a link to a Greene site.
We, at SJSU, are really looking forward to Scoble's visit! Without minimizing the terrific efforts of professor Greene I would also strongly recommend looking at the work of SJSU Journalism professor Dennis Dunleavy. Professor Dunleavy is enthusiastic about emerging technology. He not only talks the talk, he walks the walk. He has been teaching using this blog for quite some time! He has built a global conversation of students, academics and professionals that is very exciting! Also, he has worked hard at SJSU making arrangements for facilities and doing publicity and evangelizing to make the Scoble event happen.
There is a cadre of folks working to bring new media technology to our great campus. This is one recent accomplishment:
SJSU RSS Feeds
We are very lucky at SJSU to have great faculty members like Dunleavy and Greene.
Into the Blogosphere, Facilitated by Robert Scoble, Microsoft Technical Evangelist for the next generation of Windows Longhorn and the US .NET Platform Strategy
This is a very special event!
Simply put, Blogs are eating the lunch of many traditionally architected Web sites. In terms of reach, influence, cost and convenience, the advantages are indisputable and significant. For those still building sites the "old" way, this hour will reveal why the future belongs to Bloggers. Robert Scoble, who FastCompany Magazine claims "may well be one of the most powerful people in Redmond" has helped shape Microsoft's blogging strategy, and has advised Bill Gates on the market opportunities. Robert will reveal why this new architecture rules and how to take full advantage of it.
This event will be Thursday, February 10 from, 2:30p to 4:00 in Room 225/227 Martin Luther King Library. Please RSVP to either Photojournalism professor Dennis Dunleavy, CFDS Staff at 924-2303 or cfd@sjsu.edu or Steve.Sloan@sjsu.edu that you are coming. Robert Scoble is a dynamic and highly sought after speaker and this may never happen again!
Robert Scoble, in his blog, has a post about tablet computing and the company he works for, Microsoft. He says they are not marketing the technology well enough. I think Bob has hit the nail on the head. I think this technology has so much potential. In my opinion: tablet computing needs a “1984” campaign, or a “think different” campaign, to educate folks about, and evangelize the merits of, this technology. I have been sitting down one-on-one with educators and showing then what the technology offers. But, that is a slow way to spread the word. I think we need a company, like Apple, to come out with an exciting tool and tell folks about it in a way that gets their attention. If not Apple, can HP or Toshiba take up this challenge? I would like to see that happen.
Today's San Jose Mercury News has an article on Podcasting. It is great to see this emerging technology got play. There is such a variety of wonderful new technologies coming on-line. It is hard to always know what to pay attention to! Podcasting is one to watch, one-to-one RSS is another.
Also today, I saw a post on ZDNet on the topic of one-to-one RSS feeds. This has a lot of interesting potential applications in education. What if the same RSS feed that is used to carry a Podcast is used to deliver targeted information pertinent to each student? Data could be streamed to a student in a rate that matched that student's learning pace! All sorts of information could be delivered taking advantage of always-on broadband connections and one-to-one feeds, even one-on-one podcasts.
Potentially this could replace phone, E-mail and Web as the primary channels between teacher and student. Using secure RSS students and faculty members could exchange information without the static and security concerns created by SPAM and phishing threats. A secure RSS source could be trusted. Security + Trust? That is more than your can say anymore for E-mail!
Podcasting is a subset of RSS (it depends on RSS 2.0.) So, any development in the field of RSS needs to be looked at for possible application in the podosphere.
More information about the visit to San Jose State University by Robert Scoble is posted here! Robert's visit is higly anticipated. Bob graduated from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications where he worked for me over a dozen years ago.
On Feb 10 Robert Scoble will be coming to SJSU. Scoble will be speaking in the new King Library and the event will be reportedly open to the public. I have also been informed he will be speaking to several courses in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Stay tuned for more details!
