- I missed a couple of the first presentations because of technical difficulties but I was glad to tune into The "That's Not Cool Bro" Theory of Privacy presented by Brad Rosen (Twitter: @drabsnore), a professor at Yale University. He spoke of how our privacy is affected by real time social media. For example, if you don't like what John Doe wrote on your facebook, you block him, but John Doe's friend, Jane Doe, can take screen shots of your Facebook wall every day and send them to John Doe. Therefore, you're information is never completely private/ safe. "That's not cool bro..." but it happens. What you expect and what the law protects are two different things. "As the norms continue to grow and change, there will be a change in the law." (Rosen, B.)
- Another great presenter was George Couros, a principal from Canada, who presented 140 Characters of Kindness. He told this great, heartwarming story of joining Twitter and later posting a video of the last 20 minutes with his pet dog who was old and sick. He was touched by the friends and complete strangers who reached out to him to share condolences. (Couros, G.)
- F*ck SOPA: The World is Not Flat, but the World Wide Web Is was a great presentation by Alexis Ohanian (Twitter: kn0thing), a founder of Reddit. (A bandwagon I have yet to jump on.) He discussed SOPA, the day the web blacked out to make a stand, and the effect it had on the bill in Congress. He said "Syracuse University iSchool was the only school that came out against SOPA; I think Georgetown was for it." Needless to say I loved this presentation. Alexis discussed how he took videos for Occupy Wallstreet and covered the event extensively. (Ohanian,A.)
- Bob O'Brien (Twitter: @ClevelandBob) tweeted about LeBron from his dorm room and got famous! People were chanting his chants he created at basketball games when LeBron returned to the basketball court to play for Ohio.
- I was really touched by Alicia Staley's story. She was diagnosed with cancer while attending college at SU in 1991. Alicia was lucky to have supportive family and friends who brought her to and from chemo treatments and saw her through her many battles. She's now a 3 time cancer survivor. She used Twitter hash tags to find support for people battling cancer. She was surprised to find a young woman in a situation similar to her own. She said, "It take a village; you can't battle cancer alone;" which I thought was very inspiring and very true. My uncle just passed away from a hard battle with cancer a couple months ago. It was interesting to hear a survivor's perspective.
- I really enjoyed Tim Nekritz's presentation. He works out at SUNY Oswego and runs a "Day on SUNY Oswego Campus" dipity account. I loved his entrance: "[SUNY] Oswego is known for three things: Al Roker, Hockey, Snow. Oh and Jerry Seinfeld was there one semester and dropped out; probably because of the snow." The dipity project was a great way to get students engaged in their school. There were pics of the zamboni smoothing out the ice on the rink, students studying in the 24 hour room (I'll admit I tried to scope out my best friend who is known for studying there all hours of the night), concert performances, art galleries, and more. I thought it was a great way to promote the college.
- Hajj Fleming spoke about the Start up You Economy. I found some very powerful messages in his presentation. Change is evident; it's not a matter of if; it's a matter of when; that's the challenge of a start up economy. You have to be willing to disrupt yourself. Personal branding is telling stories; you have to be better than anyone else telling your story.
I really enjoyed attending this conference virtually. I hope it's the first of many more at Syracuse and across the globe.
(2011). The #140cuse Conference. Retrieved at: http://140cuse.com
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