The Kingston Daily Freeman Blogs: Life, I wrote.: February 2013

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

First tweets

So here are the very first tweets by some members of Digital First Media. Order is chronological. You can easily get yours.

Insightful stuff.
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Labels: Twitter

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

DFM chat on engagement projects, goals and platforms

Journalists, members of Digital First Media and pretty much everyone else who wants to - are going to be taking part on the weekly Twitter chat Wednesday at noon, Eastern Time.

Today we're talking about engagement in journalism: What projects work? What are the goals? What platforms should you use? Bring your questions, too, because, you know, engagement!
The live feed is posted below. But you can also follow the chat here or here or also here. And you can also check out past chats over here.

If you want to chime in, post a comment in the container or a tweet with the hashtag "#dfmchat" so it can appear below.

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Labels: community engagement, dfmchat, digital first media, engagement, Idealab, images, journalism, jrc on demand, jrcchat

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

DFM chat on fair use and the use of photos in the age of social

Screengrab from Romenesko. SUE ME.

Journalists, members of Digital First Media and pretty much everyone else who wants to - are going to be taking part on the weekly Twitter chat Wednesday at noon, Eastern Time.

Today we're talking about fair use in the age of social: Can you tweet that photo? Can you use that screenshot online? What about in print? Can you use a photo or screen grab from a Facebook profile if the user is dead? What are YOU unsure about?

The live feed is posted below. But you can also follow the chat here or here or also here. And you can also check out past chats over here.

If you want to chime in, post a comment in the container or a tweet with the hashtag "#dfmchat" so it can appear below.

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Labels: dfmchat, digital first media, Idealab, images, journalism, jrc on demand, jrcchat, photos

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

3 games to play during the State of the Union

View the story "State of the Union games" on StorifyState of the Union gamesThree games to play during the 2013 State of the Union.Storified by Ivan Lajara· Tue, Feb 12 2013 09:38:13

BINGO

Let's play President Bingo!Are you ready for the State of the Union? Let's have some fun with it: Grab a bingo card and play along - mark off five spaces in a strai...CGD State of the Union BINGO - Interactive Online Cards 2013 : Center for Global Development : ArticleIndependent research and practical ideas for global prosperity.Play LWV State of the Union BINGO! | League of Women VotersAre you ready to participate in your democracy? Download your LWV State of the Union (SOTU) Bingo game boards here, and tune in with us f...

DRINKING GAME

2013 State of the Union Drinking Gamedebatedrinking2013 State of the Union Drinking GameOfficial Drinking Game for Barack Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address - Feb 12, 2013

QUIZ

The State of the Union Quiz: Test your knowledgePosted at 11:09 PM ET, 01/24/2012 President Obama addressed the nation in his third State of Union speech on Tuesday night. Did you watch...

Labels: bingo, sotu, state of the union

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

DFM chat on Facebook strategies for journalists

Journalists, members of Digital First Media and pretty much everyone else who wants to - are going to be taking part on the weekly Twitter chat Wednesday at noon, Eastern Time.

Today we're talking Facebook strategies for journalists: What to do if your reached has decreased. Subscribe or page? What to do with negative comments. How to deal with the constant changes.

The live feed is posted below. But you can also follow the chat here or here or also here. And you can also check out past chats over here.

If you want to chime in, post a comment in the container or a tweet with the hashtag "#dfmchat" so it can appear below.
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Labels: dfmchat, digital first media, Facebook, Idealab, journalism, jrc on demand, jrcchat

Monday, February 4, 2013

10 things your Facebook posts say about you

View the story "10 things your Facebook posts say about you" on Storify10 things your Facebook posts say about youStorified by Ivan Lajara· Mon, Feb 04 2013 09:52:05The following are incredibly expert insights on the kinds of things you post on Facebook and what they say about you, and we’re not saying that just because we were on Facebook at work and got caught and then we said it was research for a column, no sir.

1. You are a reactionary.

You are the kind of person who is incensed and must reply to every post from your crazy uncle about his fear of gay, atheist, illegal immigrants with guns on welfare and who have leprosy who are going to take your job, even though every time you post a nuanced dissection of his post he only replies with, “THIS IS AMERICA!”I can't believe I just saw a complaint about gay, atheist, illegal immigrants with guns on welfare and who have leprosy who are going to take your job.THIS IS AMERCIA!Ivan Lajaraphotoamerciaiswithmitt

2. You are a troll.

You post things just to get reactions from people. You revel in the reactions to your posts about your fake fear of gay, atheist, illegal immigrants with guns on welfare and who have leprosy who are going to take your job.I'd like to know what Obama is going to do about gay, atheist, illegal immigrants with guns on welfare and who have leprosy who are going to take our jobs!We're running a blind box ad for your job with that description right now.Matt DeRienzo

3. You are a drama queen.

You have to tell everyone how there is a lady in front of you at the store who’s buying way too many lottery tickets and you are going to be late for your haircut and your new iPad’s batteries just ran down and there’s no new episodes of “Downton Abbey” on Netflix and there’s no olive in your martini and your Lexus’s GPS was wrong that one time and your parents are embarrassing you on Facebook by posting old photos of you. You think Facebook is filled with pointless posts by others who don’t share your understandable gripes about how your car seat warmer is not working properly. You preceded your sentences with “OMG,” an obvious acronym for something we don’t feel like googling right now.OMG. There are no new episodes of “Downton Abbey” on Netflix. The world is over.smallpox hits the caste, everyone dies. show is over. move on.Robert G. Miraldi

4. You are needy.

You like to share that you work too many hours and your boss is mean and nobody understands you and you’ve got the flu and your cat peed on your bed and your kids won’t listen to you and your spouse doesn’t shower and your taxi is late and your food is cold and there’s a cloud over your shoulder raining only on you and people look at you funny at the store when you are in your pajamas buying five-hour energy drinks. Then you spend hours reading and liking all the posts from your friends posting unhappy emoticons and writing that things will get better. Then you’ll write a ton of “Thank you guys!” posts, which will be followed by a post that your hands hurt from all the typing.Nobody understands meHow could they when you don't understand yourself? Ha!Joe Norley

5. You are an over-sharer.

You post tons of photos of your feet, your kids, your pets, your food and yourself. You change your profile picture all the time with self portraits taken at every bathroom you go to, because, obviously, bathrooms are the best destination in Cancun.If you take photos of your feet, I take photos of my feet. Make it stopivanlajaraDelicious electronicsivanlajara<div>‎. Tony Adamis (@tadamis1) didn't know what a bathroom duckface selfie was. So there. <a href="http://t.co/u9dpdxL1" class="">http://t.co/u9dpdxL1</a></div>Ivan Lajara.@tadamis1 didn't know what a bathroom duckface selfie was. So there. #fb http://pic.twitter.com/u9dpdxL1Ivan Lajara@ivanlajara Really regretting endorsing your social media work to @recordonline now.Alex Panagiotopoulos

6. You don’t know what platform you are in.

If you are using hashtags and “@” signs and you are not even reposting from Twitter, #youAreDoingItWrong#I #think #I #am #getting #the #hang @ofthis *happy face*

7. You are too angry.

The world is coming to an end. The economy is in shambles and everyone must know how incensed you are by all this and, thus, you are going to ‘Like’ causes because clicking on things ends world hunger.After extensive fact checking, it turns out Abraham Lincoln never said, 'don't believe everything you see on the Internet.' Everything I know has been a lie.

8. You are too happy.

You post photos of angels with inspirational quotes and sayings and advice from world figures you find online, like “Don’t believe everything you see on the Internet - Abraham Lincoln.”Happy thought for the dayIvan Lajara

9. You are lying.

You accept all the event invites you get just to get them out of your notifications. You make a cake and tag all your friends in them as if they were there because you want them to see your cake. A photo from @ivanlajaraivanlajaraFra

10. You are not lying.

It’s not OK that your poop is green and it’s not OK to share that on Facebook. You shouldn’t have eaten that cake.OOKAY http://twitpic.com/c0x4kd #fbIvan LajaraIvan Lajara is Life section editor of the Daily Freeman in Kingston, N.Y.. He can be reached by calling (845) 331-5000, ext. 502 and by email at ilajara@freemanonline.com but he won't respond. Avoid his blog at dailyfreeman.blogspot.com and don't follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ivanlajara or ‘like’ him on Facebook at http://on.fb.me/ivanlajara.