While Twitter and other social media proved invaluable mobilization tools during the Mumbai attacks, the mob-side of Twitter reared its ugly head.  Rumors spread faster than the wind, fueling the scared and angry mob.  Are we entering a time when the entire global population needs an education in responsible journalistic practices?  How can a mob manage fact versus fiction? Would rules and channels help?

My SPECTATOR/LURKING husband just asked if it was easy to CREATE a storytelling video.  What was his motivation?  Watching another persons YouTube video on a topic my husband is an expert on.  The video fell short of his expectations, could be improved on and he wants to make his own, improved one. (Read more about motivation).

What is your motivation to create?  Have you uploaded something to YouTube?

Or, How to Optimize UW Career Resources.

I and a couple of others graduate this quarter.  I want to let you know about some of the resources available through the Career Center at Mary Gates Hall.  I found out about them rather late in the game and I suggest you start much earlier (like NOW).  (You may need to be logged into your UW account to view these.)

For those in their FIRST YEAR OF GRADUATE SCHOOL-  This seminar on how to optimize your grad school experience is being held on November 20th from 4 to 5:45pm.  http://tinyurl.com/5zzpkd.

For expanding beyond your job title or education area, take the Dependable Strengths Seminar.  There is one in December after the quarter ends. It is an excellent investment to find out your personal trends and interests. Read more…

I looked into several sites; Slashdot and Apache for their contribution rules and resulting rank and reputation process. I then considered potential application to MCDM site.

SlashDot Moderation. I like the idea of Slash Dot’s moderator process for filtering out the “wisdom” of their crowds.  Read more…

At the recent UW Engineering Job Fair, Mr. Bill Benzer of SPU (Seattle Public Utilities) suggested I take a look at how WSDOT (Washington Department of Transportation) was using social networks.  They have a Facebook presence and are asking the public’s opinion on how we want our information .  Do you want traffic jam information Tweeted to you?  On a gadget or widget on your desktop? Cellphone RSS feed?  Some other method?  I encourage you to enter the discussion, if the MCDM doesn’t have the answer, who does?  Now, if they can just link to our car GPS mapping device and update traffic clogs in color like on their map….

Wonder how the housing market folded?  Friends of Ira Glass explain how the financial crisis happened in his audio file, Giant Pool of Money at This American Life http://tinyurl.com/5fl6z7. I caught this audible podcast episode early last summer as I faithfully downloaded my subscription at iTunes. It was worth revisiting again last week.

Now they’ve followed up with Another Frightening Show About the Economy to explain more about how our economic crisis went global. http://tinyurl.com/497nkq

Locally, we’ve been talking about the head-turning affect in our rank/reputation research group.  Podcasts noted above clearly describe the startling phenomena of rapidly matched business strategies to keep market share. Did too many heads turn?  In attempting business survival of the fittest, was lemming-like behavior the unintended consequence?

I think these American Life podcasts are excellent examples of digital storytelling that both educate and entertain.

I am focusing here on the People part of Groundswell’s POST process.  To recap on last weeks posting, the P in POST is People, referring to your social techno-graphic/audience/target group.  Watching their YouTube posted video expanding on this idea, the blogging community is divided into 6 levels of interaction: (For more on the 6 levels and why YOU need to know them, click here).

Mr. Porter, a web designer/developer reports on the recent release of Yahoo’s social design patterns for reputation systems release. Yahoo classifies one’s site activity into the following types of competitive spectrums: Caring, Collaborative, Cordial, Competitive and Combative. Apparently Mr. Glass of Yahoo gave a talk at last year’s IA Summit on ‘Designing your reputation system’ that gives an impressive outline for starting your own reputation system. His best advice for improving one reputation is… (click for the rest)