social media trends, emerging tech, & academic apps - luc 2012
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Social Media Trends,Emerging Tech,&Academic Apps
Tara Radniecki
ITS Tech DayApril 15, 2012
Loyola University Chicago
Hyper-Connected
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Smartphone-Update-2012.aspx?src=prc-headline http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/E-readers-and-tablets.aspx?src=prc-headline
http://www.pushon.co.uk/news/young-people-would-now-rather-use-social-media-than-watch-tv-according-to-latest-study/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385960,00.asphttp://insights.iyogi.com/research/iyogi-insights-33-parents-say-i-do-to-ipad-for-their-kids.htmlhttp://insights.iyogi.com/research/63-people-prefer-to-stay-connected-than-warm.htmlhttp://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/01/25/there-are-now-more-iphones-sold-than-babies-born-in-the-world-every-day/
Joe Murphy. Important Mobile Trends for 2012. http://www.slideshare.net/joseph.murphy/hhlib6-trends-talk
Social Curation
● Selecting, storing, and sharing online data (including text, images, videos, and more) from a variety of sources.
● Biggest trend is visual curation - creating, collecting, and sharing images
Social Curation
Pinterest's Rapid Rise● Hit 10 million U.S. unique monthly users
faster than any other site before
Pins of Interest...
● 17.2% of all pinboards are categorized under Home○ Arts and Crafts (12.4%)○ Style/Fashion (11.7%)○ Food (10.5%) ○ Inspiration/Education
(9.0%). ● Food category gets the most
repins.http://mashable.com/2012/03/12/pinterest-most-popular-categories-boards/
● More than 3% of all boards are titled “For the Home,” followed by:
○ “My Style,” (1.97%)○ “Products I Love”
(1.86%)○ “Books Worth
Reading” (1.68%) ○ “Food” (1.23%).
Pins of Interest
● Pinboards about products tend to generate the most “likes” from users.
● More than 80% of all pins are repins.● etsy.com is the most popular source for pins. Rounding
out the top 5 are: ○ Google.com○ flickr.com○ tumblr.com ○ weheartit.com
http://mashable.com/2012/03/12/pinterest-most-popular-categories-boards/
Integration for easy sharing● Facebook● Twitter
Adding Pins
Let's get ready to....● Microblogging platform
● Curation: Quick & easy to grab and collect content from around the web
● 120 million monthly unique visitors
● 15 billion monthly pageviews
● Easy integration to Facebook Timeline & Twitterhttp://mashable.com/2012/01/23/tumblr-15-billion-pageviews/
Reddit"The front page of the internet."
● 2 billion pageviews in December 2011● Users add links to content● Other users may then vote the posted links
up or down, causing them to appear more or less prominently on the reddit homepage
● Topical sections called subreddits
● Food photography, discovery, and reviews
● Share your food pics and recommendations
● Search for nearby foods
● Location-based Guides
● Users curate their own pictures (spotted) as well as other foodstuff they discover on the site○ Loved○ Wanted○ Guides - either they created or follow
● Sharing via Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Foursquare, & Flickr
A Mobile Must
● THE photo-sharing app
● 27 million users on iOS app ● Just released Android app - more than 1
million droid downloads in the first 24 hours
● Integrated sharing w/ Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, & Foursquare
Location, Location, Location
● Explore feature
● Virtual check-ins
● 250,000 menus
Not just for checkin' in...
● Leave & read tips
● Make to-do lists
● Integrates w/ Facebook and Twitter
hyper-personalization
Curated Web: A web that provides people with the ideas and information they are looking for before they even know they are looking for it, is imminent.
- Gary Nix
http://www.business2community.com/social-media/14-trends-of-social-media-culture-0136261
Almost creepy...
http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/296121/10-hilarious-google-autocompletes
QR Codes● Quick Response Code: two-dimensional
barcodes
○ To read a QR Code, you need a smartphone & an app that reads barcodes
○ Usually points to a web address, but can point to...■ email■ text message■ vCard contact■ text■ and more...
http://blog.queaar.com/post/8811809234/infographics-the-rise-of-qr-codes
http://blog.crowdscience.com/2011/08/qr-code-examples/
NFC Tags● A short range wireless technology that is
based around a passive, non-powered source (NFC tag) and an “initiator” device (your smartphone).
● It allows two devices embedded with NFC chips to transmit small pieces of data when they are in close proximity (~2"). This data can be credit card information, coupons, tickets, texts, urls..
http://tappinn.com/
Social Media ConsumptionSolitary activities no more...
● Television● Movies● Music● Reading
Shares to Facebook & Twitter
Academic Apps Blitz
Here we go....!
Productivity
cardmunch
Reading
Instapaper
Ebooks
Taking Notes
Penultimate
Jot Not Scanner
Dragon Dictation
Writing
Documents to Go
PresentingAdobe Connect
Keynote
Attendance
Attendance
Grading
Essay Grader
Course Management
Research
http://libraries.luc.edu/m/
LUC Libraries' Homepage
Questions?
Tara Radniecki
about.me/tararadnieckitradniecki@luc.edu
tmradniecki.tumblr.comtwitter.com/tmradniecki
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