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Getting my nails did by teens. Facebook, kik, youtube, skype...

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:13:00 -0400

Getting my nails did by teens. Facebook, kik, youtube, skype & instagram patterns!

Source: TopComputerScienceDegrees.com

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:10:05 -0400

Source: TopComputerScienceDegrees.com

visualfmra: Surfers at Bondi beach, including Ian who let me...

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:25:58 -0400

visualfmra:

Surfers at Bondi beach, including Ian who let me take his photograph AND gave me an impromptu surfing lesson!

Photos © Aliya Mirza

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WeChat diaries

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 05:58:00 -0400

Talking with a Chinese friend about QQ and WeChat, and a Japanese friend about Voxer and Viber. Both v evangelical!

My Chinese friend said WeChat is important as a personal diary, diary for friends and keeping her husband in China up to date with her life while she is studying in New Zealand. She got the idea from her Malaysian friend (also in New Zealand) who posts a photo everyday. So she does the same now; posting a photo and short text with it almost everyday. She wants to remember where she was and what she was doing.

She’s really social, so she’s always on QQ on her phone: it’s a really important way to stay in touch.

5 Key Principles for a Social Media Policy or Campaign

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:53:00 -0500

I went to the brill Barcampnfp last week. There was an interesting session in the morning on charities and social media: here are 5 useful points that were made and could form the basis of any good social media policy, non-profit or otherwise!

The personality of the brand is expressed on social media. Don’t just broadcast; be chatty, express the personality and culture of the organization, and make topical jokes and comments.
Social media can become another silo. If you’re aiming for a social culture across the organization, policies and strategies are not as good as teaching people or getting together for informal chats.
Get everyone in the organization invested in social media campaigns, and reaching out to their networks. You want them thinking: “Would this work better if it was social? Can I share this?”
‘Return on Investment’ for charities is often more like ‘Return on Involvement’. Social isn’t a fundraising channel as such. It’s also about awareness building, involvement, and volunteering.
Monitoring and reporting: Monitoring isn’t just about your own brand mentions - listen out for conversations you can join. When reporting within the organization, talk about stories and put the numbers in context. Some useful tools include Wildfire, Facebook Insights, Hootsuite, Sprout Social… but there are lots more out there!

"The Tumblr, for all its webbiness, embraced a kind of back-to-the-future sensibility: a suggestion..."

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:10:29 -0500

“The Tumblr, for all its webbiness, embraced a kind of back-to-the-future sensibility: a suggestion of what campaign messaging looked like in previous ages, when it played out on the community level.”

- The Atlantic, on the Obama campaign Tumblr — perhaps the best piece yet on political memedom, the uniqueness of Tumblr as a platform, and why it makes sense in the political sphere. (Only thing missing: a quote from Liba Rubenstein!) (via jessbennett)

vfmra: Useful series on qualitative research tools on...

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:36:49 -0400

vfmra:

Useful series on qualitative research tools on Ethnography Matters:

Where is the killer qualitative analysis app?

Beyond cassette tapes

Bring some coloured markers

Supporting Wikipedia analysis

"social isn’t a product,” she told me after I gave her a demo, “social is people and the people are..."

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:17:44 -0400

““social isn’t a product,” she told me after I gave her a demo, “social is people and the people are on Facebook.””

- Why I left Google

(via keeptheballrolling)

Magnum Foundation: Emergency Fund

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:53:00 -0500

Magnum Foundation: Emergency Fund

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Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:42:00 -0500

Photo by Sophie Ebrard

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:00:00 -0500

Photo by Sophie Ebrard

'Remapping Social Inequalities in an Age of Climate Change', Ulrich Beck (2010)

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:00:50 -0500

'Remapping Social Inequalities in an Age of Climate Change', Ulrich Beck (2010)

Photo

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:40:44 -0500

'Making Sense of Privacy and Publicity' [DANAH BOYD]

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:18:00 -0500

'Making Sense of Privacy and Publicity' [DANAH BOYD]

"The word “future” will soon go out of use"

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:15:00 -0500

“The word “future” will soon go out of use”

- Transcript of Reboot 11 speech by Bruce Sterling [Wired]

aliyamirza: Meditation tent at Occupy, London Photograph (c)...

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:59:49 -0500

aliyamirza:

Meditation tent at Occupy, London

Photograph (c) Aliya Mirza

Ethnography Matters: A new blog about Ethnography!

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:55:00 -0500

Ethnography Matters: A new blog about Ethnography! :

culturalbytes:

There’s a new blog about ethnography! Ethnography Matters explores what is means to be an ethnographer today.

Of all the amazing blogs out there on anthropology and design, there wasn’t a place where ethnographers who focus on technology & media could discuss and share ideas, methods, and…

fuckyeahchildrensbooks: Lilibet, Circus Child

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:28:57 -0400

fuckyeahchildrensbooks:

Lilibet, Circus Child

More batgirls via gunslinger

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:18:00 -0400

More batgirls

via gunslinger

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:59:53 -0400

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