sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Artificial intelligence has been around since the 1950s and it has gone through periods of hype (“AI summers”) and periods with reduced interest (“AI winters”). The recent hype is driven in part by how accessible AI has become: You no longer need to be a data scientist to use AI.

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Action Effective Model Hype 78

Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Whether you’re hosting a festival, 5K race, or gala, your pre-event promotion should hype up your event as the can’t-miss opportunity of the season. Take time to review all the content you have captured and that others have shared. Have them provide a backstage look at their event preparation by sharing video clips throughout the day.

Contest 84

Contest Headline Social Media Survey 84

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2009

My newest post is now up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Danah’s research shines a bright light on an issue many activists and organizations have been concerned about ever since the media hype around Facebook VS MySpace rose as a loud voice in the conversation about social media use.

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Community Myspace Social Network Demographics 100

Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2007

There are plenty of people on the "these ADD boneheads have finally gone too far" bandwagon (see this representative sample from USA Today), as well as some legitimate concerns about how twitter is the ultimate example of the way that 2.0's s focus on networks and immediate connectivity erodes any hope for flow and deep relationships.

Museum 20

Museum Twitter Mashup Broadcast 20

Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2011

It is still in its Beta testing phase, so its not fully released, but the amount of hype surrounding it is enormous. Most of the reviews are positive, with a few bloggers not ready to commit yet. While nonprofits bloggers are giving mostly positive reviews of +, library bloggers seem to be more leery of the new platform.

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Library Google Skype Blogger 58