Archive | Social Media RSS feed for this section
Use Data Journalism to Increase Visitors to Your Website

Use Data Journalism to Increase Visitors to Your Website

If you’re interested in ideas about increasing the number of visitors to your website, check out this presentation that I gave to Austin’s Hacks and Hackers. The purpose of the group is to connect developers (hackers) with journalists (hacks). The Most Important Take Away People love data …when the data is about themselves. The Rest [...]

Read full story Comments { 1 }
How do you tweet so much?

How do you _________ so much?

From time to time, I get asked “How do you tweet so much?” Since I only send out about 5 tweets a day, I think what people are really asking is: “How do you find time to tweet?”   Twitter is an In-between Activity. The Answer: my day usually involves running at least 2 to 3 [...]

Read full story Comments { 0 }
A Deeper Dive Into Urban Planning Trends from the APA 2011 Conference Tweets by @EvansCowley

A Deeper Dive Into Urban Planning Trends from the APA 2011 Conference Tweets by @EvansCowley

This blog post is a guest post written by Dr. Jennifer Evans-Cowley, Associate Professor and Section Head of City & Regional Planning at Ohio State University. It rocks, and I’m glad you are reading it! I (@EvansCowley) recently returned from the American Planning Association’s 2011 Conference where I was part of a session that talked [...]

Read full story Comments { 1 }
Urban Planning Trends at the APA’s 2011 Conference

Urban Planning Trends at the APA’s 2011 Conference

Background on the APA 2011 Conference I just returned from the American Planning Association’s 2011 Conference where I volunteered to run the Twitter table. Upon the return, I wanted to identify urban planning trends that were being discussed at the conference. Last year, I was able to suck down all of the conference tweets a [...]

Read full story Comments { 11 }
Twitter Handouts & Interview with Jeff Wood, @theoverheadwire

Twitter Handouts & Interview with Jeff Wood, @theoverheadwire

Today, I’m at the APA 2011 Conference talking to planners about using Twitter. I’ll be demo-ing 6 of my favorite Twitter tools that will help you find tweeps in your city, grow your followers and track re-tweets. Also, I’m passing out 3 handouts: 1 for newbies (new to Twitter), 1 for novices and 1 for [...]

Read full story Comments { 0 }