September 2010
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Assignments for Wednesday, Sept. 29
Special thanks to Jed Alpert of Mobile Commons for his guest lecture today.
Due in class on Monday, Oct. 4:
Keep reading ‘The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World’s Greatest Encyclopedia’ by Andrew Lih; you need to have it finished by the end of next week.
Add an article to the delicious feed.
Write a blog post on The Cathedral and The Bazaar and Web 2.0.
Assignments for Monday, Sept. 27
Great class today. The PDF of the Powerpoint is now on the class Google Group in the “Files” section.
Due in class on Wednesday, Sept. 29:
Start reading ‘The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World’s Greatest Encyclopedia’ by Andrew Lih; you need to have it finished by the end of next week.
Add an article to the delicious feed.
Looking forward to seeing you...
Assignments for Wednesday, Sept. 22
Great class today! Send Sam a Twitter message and shower him with gratitude.
Don’t forget to buy a copy of ‘The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World’s Greatest Encyclopedia’ by Andrew Lih; that’s assigned reading for Wednesday. But here are the readings for Monday:
Due in class on Monday, Sept. 27:
Read “The Cathedral and the Bazaar” by Eric...
Assignments for Monday, Sept. 20
Due in class on Wednesday, Sept. 22:
Finish reading: Ken Auletta’s ‘Googled: The End of the World As We Know It’.
Add at least one article to Delicious.
Prepare some questions for our guest, Sam Graham-Felsen. Be sure to read his bio; check out his Obama for America blog; and if you are so inclined here he is on social media: YouTube, Tumblr, and Twitter.
A few things I mentioned in...
Assignments for Wednesday, Sept. 15
Due in class on Monday, Sept. 20:
Keep reading: Ken Auletta’s ‘Googled: The End of the World As We Know It’.
Add at least one article to Delicious. Here is the link about how to create a Delicious bookmark. DO NOT CREATE A DELICIOUS ACCOUNT — use the class’ shared account — username mppdigital and the password we discussed in class.
Write your second blog post, a reading...
Assignments for Monday, Sept. 13
Great class today - and we didn’t even get to the good stuff, like how the domain name server system works!
Due in class on Wednesday, Sept. 15:
Make sure you send me and Leah your website address (your “URL” or “URI” or “domain name”).
Point your blog to your domain name. Instructions are here.
Add at least one article to Delicious. Here is the link...
Assignments for Wednesday, Sept. 8
Due in class on Monday, Sept. 13:
Finish reading ‘Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations’ by Clay Shirky
Setup your Wordpress.com blog
Use InstantDomainSearch.com to find an available domain; use GoDaddy to purchase it. You will need a credit card. It should cost approximately $10. Remember to say “No” to all of the additional offers they will try to...
Forwarding your domain
To Forward Your GoDaddy Domain Name to your Wordpress blog
Log in to your Godaddy Account Manager.
In the My Products section, click Domain Manager.
Select your domain name.
Click Forward, and then select Forward Domain.
Select http:// .
In the Forward to field, enter your Wordpress blog address. This should be something like “http://niccoa.wordpress.com” .
To automatically...
Assignments for Wednesday, Sept. 1
Apply for membership to the class Google Group
Set up a LinkedIn account. LinkedIn is the social networking service for professionals. After you’ve got your profile setup, invite me to be your friend. You should use my Harvard email address, Nicco_Mele [at] hks.harvard.edu. After you’ve invited me, then invite your friends.
Read The Long Tail by Chris Anderson, an article from Wired Magazine....
Welcome to the Fall Semester, 2010
Welcome to the website for DPI-659 at HKS, “Media, Politics and Power in the Digital Age”. Our first class is today, Wednesday. If you’re planning registering and being a part of our digital adventure, here is where to start:
(1) Take a moment to carefully review the syllabus, especially the section on assignments and grading. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
(2) Set up a...