Daniel Johnson, Jr.

Close your eyes for a moment and listen to the world around you.

What do you hear? Music playing your computer? The TV? The hustle and bustle from the cafe you’re in, maybe. If your room is really quiet, you might even be able to hear the sound from the lights or the ticking of a clock. If you’re in class, you probably hear your teachers and fellow students. Maybe there are birds outside your window, and you’re able to hear them singing.

Now imagine if that has been taken away. Quite a different experience, for sure. (more…)

Today in Cincinnati, Ohio we’re expected to get 3-5 inches of snow. Whenever an event like this happens, it’s always fun to watch Twitter for the presence of the hashtag #snOMG.  As I watched, I mentioned how funny it would be if Morgan Freeman narrated the #snOMG tweets. I’m no Morgan Freeman, but I thought it would be fun anyway to narrate some of the tweets myself. Here’s something I put together relatively quick, just for fun.

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I first found out about Ze Frank about two or three years ago when I’d heard of other podcasters talking about “The Show“, a daily video podcast he did for an entire year. While browsing C.C. Chapman‘s blog a couple months ago, I saw a post entitled “Creating Moments with Ze Frank“. In that post was this video in which Ze shares several inspiring moments he’s shared over the years with people online. Ze is, as C.C. put it (and I couldn’t agree more), “a warped, twisted, comic genius mind that after watching this video I have a new found respect for.”

Spend an hour and watch this video of a talk he gave at Webstock earlier this year. Maybe watch and listen with headphones, as there are some explicit moments that are NSFW.

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Today I will be on a panel at the University of Cincinnati as part of the Broadcast Educators Association (BEA) conference, talking about The Future of Local News.  Others on the panel with me are Brennan Donnellan, Hagit Limor, Elissa Sonnenberg.

Here is an excerpt from the event description I received:

Ten years ago, there were two strong local newspapers that competed on both sides of the Ohio River with Cincinnati and Kentucky editions of The Post and The Enquirer . A joint-operating agreement between the Gannett-owned and Scripps-owned newspapers dissolved in 2007 and The Cincinnati Post ceased publication. Meanwhile, four network-affiliated television stations continue to local news with the Fox affiliated WXIX-TV recently adding a local newscast. Yet, WXIX-19 news’ additional newscast now must compete with hyperlocal content produced by Web sites such as AroundAnderson.com. Meanwhile a growing community of social media enthusiasts show up each month for meetings of the group, New Media Cincinnati, which is less than two years old. It’s a new day in local news and the future is bright for those who are forward-looking. The symposium will bring together those from the old and new media along with one who crosses both. The goal of this symposium is to arm broadcast educators with a 2009 perspective on what it means to do LOCAL NEWS and to gauge what that might look like in the next two to three years for the new broadcast journalists heading into the industry.

It looks to be an interesting time.

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Sure, I could have posted these as several, rapid-succession tweets.  I often use Twitter that way.  Instead, I’ve opted to use this post as a brain dump of sorts.

• Friday we had another successful Dayton-area lunchtime meetup of folks I know through Twitter and social media.  Carole Hicks, by the way, has created a New Media Dayton LinkedIn group, and we’ll be seeing more organization of these events through that group, I believe.
• I recorded audio from the lunch, more of a “who are you and what do you do?” type of exchange, just so people can get to know one another. I used the Griffin iTalk application on my iPod touch, and, after passing through the Levelator, added it to episode 117 of the Journey Inside My Mind podcast, which went up on Saturday.
• I really enjoy organizing and running events like this and New Media Cincinnati.  While I have so much to learn, I think I’m getting pretty good at it.
• Speaking of New Media Cincinnati – we need to have a planning phone call to discuss the June Second Saturday event. Probably this coming Thursday night at 8 PM. I’ll set it up at TalkShoe and will alert the group.
• I was interviewed on Friday evening by someone who is writing an article about using social media, namely Twitter, in church.  I’m not sure if my stuff will be included in the final article, but if it is, I’ll be sure to link back to it.
• Sunday after church we went downtown to the 2009 P&G Taste of Cincinnati for a couple hours. I was able to finally meet Twitter friends @geekjames, @5chw4r7z, and @ms5chw4r7z. Also great to see @shawnmummert again. I took some pictures and uploaded them to my Flickr page. I hope others will do the same, tagging them with cincytaste.
• I’m thinking about the meaning behind Memorial Day. My cousin Ben was recently deployed to Iraq and will be there for a little over a year. I need to call my aunt and uncle and let them know I’m thinking of and praying for them.
• This morning I read Proverbs 25 and was struck by how important it is to be spreading good news of any kind.  I think that is something I’ve been called to do with all my work. As I said before, I have so much to learn, and to the extent I’ve been successful so far, I give God the glory.
• I’m spending most of the day today finishing up a presentation about social media I’ll be giving this Friday at Panera in Hyde Park as part of their “Meet Me at Panera” Coffee Talk series.

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