Social Networks
Entries related to social networks, group psychology, anthropology, and really any of the social sciences.
#ff @rawarrior @westr @StaceyLSimon @MeredithGould @JBNorberg
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 03/18/2011 - 20:53Last week, my Follow Friday post focused on people that I expected to run into at the Social Media for Healthcare conference I was going to. Well, I’m back and and slowly digging out, so I figured I would highlight some of the folks I spoke with at the conference.
@rawarrior writes about rheumatoid arthritis. You should check her out on Twitter, and follow the link to her website and Facebook page.
@westr is teaches molecular biology and social media. It is a great combination and I really enjoyed several discussions I had with him.
@StaceyLSimon works in public relations for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. While she was at the conference, she still got a tweet out referring to something one of the doctors had written about radiation and Japan. Smart, and dedicated.
@MeredithGould has a doctorate in sociology. I really enjoyed talking with her about group dynamics as they exists online and I look forward to many future discussions with her.
@JBNorberg has only posted nine tweets as of the writing of this blog post, so there isn’t a lot to go on from her twitter presence. We had a good chat at one of the social events.
There were lots of other interesting folks there, but I figured I’d highlight these and then call it a week.
Wordless Wednesday
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Wed, 03/16/2011 - 09:26
Monday Morning
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 09:26It is a bright sunny morning in Jacksonville, FL. I arrived last night on an uneventful flight from Connecticut. For the next three days, I’ll be at a conference on social media and health care. I may be tweeting a lot, so if conference tweeting annoys you, you might want to unfollow me until Thursday. I expect that my blogging may also be a little sparse for the next few days.
I am currently working off of my old IBM laptop. I’m going to guess that it is about six years old. I’ve installed Linux on it, and it mostly runs smoothly, but it has been freezing a bit recently, so I’m trying to do some updates. However, the hotel WiFi is pretty slow.
On the plane down, I worked on the laptop a little as well as played with my Android phone in Airplane mode. I didn’t have a lot installed on the Android that worked in Airplane mode. So, I’m thinking I should try to tweak it for the flight back. Adding a podcast player would probably be good. Also, I have Squeak running on Android on my N900, so it might be fun to see if I can get squeak to run on the Samsung Android. I did take the MicroSD card from my N900 and put it in my Samsung. I could get to the files, but couldn’t launch Squeak.
I also kicked around running a virtual world program on my laptop. I have Imprudence and Hippo loaded on my laptop. However, I don’t currently have an instance of OpenSim running, so without an internet connection, there wasn’t a virtual world I could connect to.
I’m also thinking it is time to kick around Blender or some other good animation program. I’m also thinking it might be good to kick around Alice again sometime soon, and even take another shot at OpenCroquet.
It was nice to be disconnected from the internet for an extended period, but still have access to technology. It gave me more time to kick around ideas of things I should try to set up.
Meanwhile, I got a phone call from home. Kim has been sick, and now Fiona has gotten it.
I Get My News on Twitter
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 10:28I’ve just packed for the social media conference in Florida and threw my shirt with ‘I Get My News on Twitter’ on it in the bag. It is often a good conversation started.
I’ve been thinking about this a bit over the past few days as I’ve followed what is going on in Japan via tweets. Various topics have trended, with Fukushima often on the list, accompanied by Godzilla and Pearl Harbor. The Godzilla and Pearl Harbor topics have been gotten plenty of complaints. Is it really appropriate to talk about Godzilla during a nuclear emergency in Japan? Can anyone in their right mind talk about one of the worst earthquakes in recorded history as appropriate payback for Pearl Harbor?
As an aside, the best Godzilla comment I saw was that if you want Godzilla backwards, he repairs a half destroyed burning city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
There have been a lot of tweets about Fukushima. Reading the tweets and various article and websites linked to the tweets, it seems like there are a lot of people presenting different viewpoints reflecting their own views as opposed to what is going on. Some talk about how it isn’t really a big issue. Others point to the coverup of a nuclear accident several years ago and wonder what is being covered up now.
There have been pictures and videos posted of the powerplants and maps of what could happen if radiation is spread.
It is a stark reminder about how fragile we all are, especially when confronted by a large natural disaster.
Yeah, I get my news via twitter, but I also very carefully check my sources.
#ff #mayoragan #hcsm #fqhc
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 03/11/2011 - 22:10@daniellecass @gingeranderson @billyorr @g24khamr @jeisman @BRIGETTESCOTT @mlinson @kevindarst @MrsARodriguez @StacyLSimon @amyconcetta @MeridithGould @tahughes @toplineMD @LaurenVenoy @texasgirl11 @randyschwartz @kathybarbour @chrisboyer @shelholtz @LeeAase @raganreporter @MarkReganCEO
Normally on Fridays I post a Follow Friday (#ff) entry to my blog. Through the magic of TwitterFeed it shows up on Twitter as a Follow Friday tweet with a link back to my extended thoughts about whom I am following and why.
Normally, it is people that I’ve been following for quite a while, or people that I’ve recently met. Today, I am doing a preemptive Follow Friday.
You see, Sunday afternoon, I’m flying down to a Social Media conference in Jacksonville, FL, which goes by the hashtag, #MayoRagan. Since it is health care and social media, I figure I should add the #hcsm hashtag, and since I work for a Federally Qualified Health Center, I figure I should add #fqhc to the list.
As is often the case, people that will be attending the conference have already started tweeting ahead of time. With this, I can spend a little time getting to know who will be there.
Starting off the list is @daniellecass, @gingeranderson, @billyorr, @g24khamr, and @jeisman. It appears as if they are on a lunchtime panel together. @daniellecass is a communicator for Kaiser Permanente and is listed as the moderator. @gingeranderson works for ScrippsHealth. She’s a mommy blogger and I’ve scanned her blog. She sounds interesting. @billyorr is an EVP for Racepoint Group. @g24khamr is another California EVP. At first glance Gary’s blog doesn’t seem all that interesting; yet another guy writing about social media, public relations and journalism. Yet his blog roll seems interesting. He lists himself as a fellow member of the Media Bloggers Association. He links to Global Voices, Jay Rosen, David Parmet, and even an old Second Life business blog. He just might be interesting to talk to after all. @jeisman appears to work for healthcare.gov, but I don’t find her in the program listing and she doesn’t seem to have a lot of information on her Twitter page either.
A bunch of other people have tweeted about being there and I’ve been reading various profiles, blogs, etc. I’m sure I’ll have a good time and have some interesting discussions, but it’s been a very long week, and something about all the profiles makes me feel like I need to bring a copy of Fear and Loathing with me to the conference.
