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Twitter at the Dinner Table

2010-03-25T21:20:34.000Z

When I initially taped this segment for Frontline I had no idea how technology would in the months ahead impact my relationships. Because of certain family issues Ive blogged about a huge rift has resulted with my in laws. For them, their take on blogs and the internet is airing your dirty laundry for the entire world to feast on. I on the other hand feel so thankful that I have a blog and a community like twitter with whom to share my life. For me during this diffcult period with my in laws the support Ive gotten via the webisphere and social media has essentially been a life line for me. The only concrete change Ive made since taping the segment is that I am now per my daughetrs request shutting off my blackberry. I'm learning that I need to shutdown in order to make my kids feel that they're a priority...Although I'll admit sometimes I find it difficult.

DN direct link: http://www.pbs.org/frontline/digitalnation/participate/?p=1095

Teaching Digital Ethics

2010-03-25T21:17:50.000Z

My name is Nancy Mantelli and my background is in producing corporate videos and non-broadcast commercials. After mentoring high school students on an MTV contest, I was offered a position at West Potomac Academy teaching CTE (Career and Technical Education). CTE classes are taught by industry professionals in the field in which they have studied. Teenagers offer a totally different outlook on life and having been in the corporate world for 20 years, it is both refreshing and a little scary to hear what they have to say. Teaching them the legal ramifications of the film and video world has been my biggest challenge. Many of the students don't understand how far-reaching and global the internet is, so they tend to be too open and willing to share information with strangers. We spend a tremendous amount of time talking about how careful they have to be with posting videos. Anything uploaded to you tube must be approved by me.

DN direct link: http://www.pbs.org/frontline/digitalnation/participate/?p=532

The Technological Generation Gap

2010-03-25T21:15:23.000Z

Since the making of this video, I have returned to freelance life to pursue my creative and professional goals. My father may not be the most internet-savvy guy around, but he is very savvy about life and human nature. A lot of the skills that he taught me about networking and hard work have translated to the way I use the web. He was supportive of my decision to leave MTV News because he trusts me. I recently discovered a comment on one of my blog posts from an old Wordpress blog - my dad finally found me online! He called me to let me know he had posted. I explained to him that he can now find me at danielacapistrano.com.

DN direct link: http://www.pbs.org/frontline/digitalnation/participate/?p=4901

Heartbreak... Twice Around

2010-03-25T21:02:25.000Z

Like it says in the vid, I'm Jeff Newelt AKA Jahfurry and I'm a PR/Social Media consultant/teacher (and comics editor, and jazz/reggae promoter/performer, and writer). Being a Social Media consultant means I get paid to be on Facebook. I teach people what "poking" means, I cut signal through the noise on behalf of cool clients like Doug Rushkoff (of Digital Nation fame), Paul Pope, DJ Spooky, Molly Crabapple, Royal Flush, Bill Ayers and others badasses. But mastering social media is not just about pushing information out, its about controlling what comes in. Managing your incoming feed is as important as learning how to get info out there if you want to stay both informed and sane. It's unnatural and unnecessary to receive ANY information from certain people, I.E. exes, enemies, total strangers, and its often TOXIC. Doug Rushkoff asked me to tell my poignant/embarrassing social media story, and I agreed to do so, even though I don't enjoy, and actually FRIKKIN' HATE, giving information about my or hearing about other's relationships, AT ALL. IT'S PERSONAL, and in the "Sex and the City" age folks OVERTALK, BUT in this case, I did so, and talked about the "Facebook surgery" I conducted because I realized that, I'm good at this stuff and others may not be. Also the ettiquette of Social Media is really just being formed. I was willing and able to delete an ex and her relatives and friends without any guilt, or without feeling like a pussy, because its JUST NOT NATURAL to have certain folks in your feed. Imagine someone running into your cubicle at work and shoving photos in your face of your ex-girlfriend, her cousin, her new beau, etc... it's not that big of a deal but IT JUST AINT RIGHT>. Neither is having these people in your feed, or even as friends at all. DON'T BE AFRAID TO DELETE FRIENDS. If you don't delete ex's (ones you don't plan on ever being friends with) you'll be tempted to PEEK, and THAT AIN'T NATURAL, is like being given the ability to be a fly on the wall at parties that no way in hell you should be invited to nor should u want to go to. SO MUCH TIME AND EMOTION IS WASTED by having unnecessary people in your feeds / as friends. PRUNE YOUR NETWORK. If folks get offended you deleted them, that's more proof you were right to do so.

DN direct link: http://www.pbs.org/frontline/digitalnation/participate/?p=371

Becoming More Like My Avatar

2010-03-25T21:00:35.000Z

I was surprised when I started becoming like my avatar until I realized that avatar creation is an experimental process that helps us understand how we authentically see ourselves. There are many factors about life that can't be controlled, but the process of avatar creation and participation in Second Life, a highly creative environment created by participants, has deepened my design aesthetic and perspective across all areas of my life. I run a bureau of my business, Dancing Ink Productions, in Second Life, working with major global companies like IBM, Manpower and Linden Lab, the company that owns Second Life. So my avatar needs to be professional, but that doesn't just mean "in a suit." I'm also an artist, and I've worked on prototypes for major commissions in Second Life. Becoming more like my avatar is a design aesthetic but it's also a real-world experiment in self-creation and meaningful collaborative relationships. It's important that this dynamic be explored because it's going to permeate the global culture and economy in the Imagination Age. Identity and community creation are becoming less rigid and more fluid, like a game, and this might just be what saves us from ourselves over time as we face challenges that require a new approach.

DN direct link: http://www.pbs.org/frontline/digitalnation/participate/?p=5740