Photo credit: Laptop by JaredVanderzell As a part of Philly Tech Week, I decided to attend the Green Tech Showcase. Here, four different groups spoke about different innovations they were doing for the environment. The speakers included Micah Gold-Markel of Solar States , Christine Knapp of GPIC, Deb Boyer of Azavea, and LJ Petroni of Mark…[Read more]

Photo credit: Elevator by JaredVanderzell This post is in response to the question posed by professor Stephen L. Johnson from here, “In just a few sentences, what would you summarize as a key “take-away” that you’ve learned from this course this semester?” My response would be the importance of knowing your audience. That’s what it really…[Read more]

Photo credit: Social Media by JaredVanderzell In response to Gary Stein’s article, ” Nobody Gets Social Media… Yet “, he takes a look at mistakes people assume with social media when regarding buisness. He lists these as using motivational statements instead of mission statements as to how to utilize social media, ego-centric measurement…[Read more]

A short stop-motion video I put together about an unsuccessful villain. The images were shot with a Canon 7D and a 35mm 1.4f L lens. Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premier Pro were used for post processing and compiling.

Photo credit: Laptop by JaredVanderzell Promoting you blog is an important part in increase traffic and your online presence. It is important to develop strategies to do this that are both realistic and measurable, to ensure that you are effectively doing what you intend. Below, I developed 2 such strategies. Idea #1: Use social networks for…[Read more]

Photo credit: Social Media by JaredVanderzell The below questions were prompted from this blog post by Professor Steven L. Johnson regarding the use of social media promotion for companies. The companies that I picked were Coca-Cola and Turkey Hill, both beverage producers. Do the companies do a good job of promoting themselves through…[Read more]

Photo credit: Cork Spider by Jared Vanderzell I am the Editor-in-Chief of Temple University ‘s undergrduate yearbook, the Templar. In our reading of The Starfish and the Spider , by Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom, I have come to realize that this organization is very much like a spider. My reasoning can be found below. Hierarchy The…[Read more]

Photo credit: Community by JaredVanderzell The below questions were prompted from this blog post by Professor Steven L. Johnson regarding the meaning of online community. The answers to the questions are based off the online post How To Build Community by Christine Cavalier . In our reading last week in The Starfish and The Spider, it…[Read more]

Photo credit: Facebook by JaredVanderzell In response to this posted discussion questions from Steven L. Johnson , this post will look at the use of Facebook as a standalone news platform. I believe that it is not a viable option to launch a Facebook-only news portal. Due to current limitations within the architecture framework, such as not…[Read more]

Photo credit: Plugin by JaredVanderzell Plugins provide us a great opportunity to customize this blog how we like and track important data. We currently utilize 3 important plugins that make this blog successful. Those are cforms, GoogleAnalyticator, and Unfiltered MU. Our reasoning for these plugins can be found below. cforms We use cforms to…[Read more]

Photo credit: Propaganda by JaredVanderzell In response to the commentary by Erik Sherman at bNet called So, Why Does the Air Force Want Hundreds of Fake Online Identities on Social Media? and this posted discussion question by Steven L. Johnson , this post will look at the ethics of government use of social media. When governments become…[Read more]