Daniel Johnson, Jr.

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I’ve been playing Real Time Strategy (RTS) games for about 10 months now. Thanks to a former coworker, I started playing Starcraft 2 (SC2). Thanks to Daniel Lewis, I also recently started playing Lord of Ultima (LoU).

Both of these games have multiple processes going on at once, and good game play requires adequate attention be given where needed; i.e., a good combo of micro-management and macro-management. For example, in StarCraft 2 you have to get your economy up and going at the beginning. Once you get that going well, you begin building the rest of your base and your battle forces. Eventually, you go in for the attack. At every step you have to make sure your economy is still going strong. When you’re sending troops to attack, you have to make sure your troop production is still going.

I’ve only been playing Lord of Ultima for a couple weeks now, and yet again, timing is key. You have to get your resources going, so you build and upgrade Wood Huts, Cottages, Quarries, and Iron Mines, for example. But you only have so many build and upgrade orders you can issue at any one time, and the higher the upgrade, the longer the process will be.

Similarly, you have a recruitment cap. You can only recruit troops based on the levels of your barracks, training grounds, and other related buildings. When you want to issue commands to raid dungeons, you can specify a mix of troops, but it takes time for them to travel to and from.

It’s like building and managing community. (more…)

Image by danieljohnsonjr via Flickr

Organizing New Media Cincinnati events has been something that I’ve grown into, ever since the very first one in October 2007. I sincerely appreciate the NMC Steering Committee members who have been volunteering their time to help make New Media Cincinnati the best version of itself in the area that it can be, and I hope the community can feel their influence and impact.

Back in 2007, these events initially were extremely informal meetups where we’d let people know we were meeting and would see who’d show up. Eventually, we began having more structure around a certain topic, and it gave me a chance to explore different sorts of events. Some of these were conducted well, and these were certainly some great learning experiences.

I’ve been thinking about different types of events I’d somehow like to be involved in, whether organizing, running, or just participating. (more…)

Geez. It’s October already.

For three years now, I’ve been organizing events for the in-person social networking community I founded called New Media Cincinnati. We actually have the October event coming up this weekend.

My approach in getting the word out about these events has changed over time, from sending multiple direct messages to followers, to using Facebook as the medium to plan and organize the events.  For awhile we even had a wiki set up. I thought I’d share some of  my current approach to getting the word out.

An approach to event marketing

In 2008, I began using Eventbrite to organize, plan, and run the monthly events, which have become known as New Media Cincinnati Second Saturdays (mostly because people always wondered when we met). I’ve enjoyed using Eventbrite, and I’m not ashamed to recommend them (and for you to use my affiliate link!). (more…)

Here are some video comments I recorded in response the the reaction to this month’s New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday being monetized. (more…)

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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