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The Cultural Background of (German) Digital Games
Over the course of the last two weeks I conducted a couple of interviews for my Ph.D. dealing with the was the perception of digital games differs in Germany and Australia. By talking to just a couple of people you can tell how the cultural history of a country also influences the way modern media [...]
Also posted in Jens Schroeder, Video Games, germany Tagged Ascaron, BlogCampaigning, DS, EGDF, Et cetera, germany, home computer, Kultur, Wii, Yager 1 Comment
Games: Empathy Enhancers?
Not only can Tetris apparently cure trauma but videogames can also enhance empathy in children.
A new book by psychiatrist and gamer Dr. Kourosh Dini, desribed as the “definitive assessment of video games’ impact on children, including on their physical and emotional health, and educational and social development” explains that
Games have lots of benefits, which [...]
Back In 09`
Hey there BlogCampaigning fans – Jens and I hope you had a good holiday season, and we’re going to start posting a little bit more regularly now that we are both back from vacation.
We’re also working on a new design for the blog, and we expect to have some great guest posts in the [...]
Don’t Like the Fact that 91% of the Population is Against You? Blame the Research!
South Australian Attorney General Michael Atkinson, the person holding back any progess on the introduction of an R18+ for digital games in Australia, labeled a report commisioned by the Interactive Entertainment Association of Australia “absolutely bogus polling” and “trash”. The report, which found 91 per cent of Australians support the introduction of an R18+ rating, [...]
Blogs You Aren’t Reading But Probably Should: SEOMoz.org
I recently wrote a post on this blog introducing you to Jan Chipchase’s Future Perfect blog in an attempt to introduce people to some blogs that might be outside their usual reading scope. Continuing with this series is a post about SEOMoz and why you should be reading it.
A concept that has been around for [...]
Also posted in Blogs You Probably Aren't Reading But Should, Communications, Online, Parker Mason, SEO Tagged BlogCampaigning, Ed Lee, Search Engine Optimization, SEO Leave a comment
Getting Started Online Part Two: RSS
(note: this is a belated followup to the post I wrote almost a month ago about Twitter)
A few weeks ago, I told my roommate about the magic of RSS feeds. I also told him about how he could go about subscribing to these feeds using an RSS reader like Google Reader.
Last week, I couldn’t help [...]
Also posted in Online, Parker Mason Tagged BlogCampaigning, Delicious, Getting Started, RSS, tricks, wikipedia 2 Comments
On Comments
Since the launch of CNW’s Social Media Release a few weeks ago, I’ve often been asked if including comments on the body of a release are a good idea, and if people should opt for them.
Comments are a great tool. If people react to your release in a positive manner, this could be reflected in [...]
Email to FTP?
You know what would be awesome? What would be awesome is if someone created an email to FTP service.
I’m talking about the kind of system where you could simply email files to your server.
To upload files related to BlogCampaigning, I have to use either an FTP program (using Fetch for Mac right now) or Dreamhosts [...]
The CNW Social Media Release!
Yeah, after a few months of wicked hard work from a whole bunch of different people, the CNW Group Social Media Release has arrived!
If you’re not sure what a Social Media Release is, check out this video that CNW commissioned the amazing Mark McKay to do:
If you didn’t get it from the video, one of [...]
Also posted in Communications, News, Online, Parker Mason, Social Media, Toronto Tagged BlogCampaigning, Brian Solis, CNW, CNW Group, Mark McKay, SHIFT, SMR, Social Media Release, todd defren 1 Comment
When Is It Okay To Take Off Your Suit Jacket In A Meeting?