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KOUW the Conversation using Facebook as a sort of blog for a radio show

January 22, 2008 / / 0 Comments

A while or so back, the Conversation opened a Facebook account in preparation for a show about how the different generations use media differently. Then it sat there.

Then today, they imported a bunch of new posts into their Facebook account using the note application, seemingly setting up a blog for their friends. This would seem to be a way to generate a nice online conversation in addition to the email and phone traffic they already get.

Here’s a feed to their notes.

And here’s hoping. Apparently, their next show will be on sobriety checkpoints, so if you have an opinion, go over to their account and chime in.

KUOW’s Conversation gets a Facebook page, not a conversation yet (but they had one once)

January 7, 2008 / / 0 Comments

I emailed KUOW Conversation this morning about their show on how the generations use technology. I made the not so original point that they should set up a blog for their show, and they ended up setting up a Facebook page.

I’ve tried to friend them, but I’m wondering what a Facebook page is going to do for them. In my experience, Facebook is one of the least transparent of the social networks. Great if you want to keep in touch with friends, not so much if you’re trying to reach out.

I did find something really weird, that the Conversation did at one point have a blog. Its most recent post is this ominous one from about two years ago:

ConBlog temporarily down

The KUOW management is trying to decide whether they want staff members to do blogs.

So, I’m guessing the answer was no?

Conversate on the (KUOW’s) Conversation

December 24, 2007 / / 0 Comments

I was thinking about my post from yesterday, and I was thinking about what a KUOW’s Conversation blog would look like.

It would be not at all like this, but this is as close as I could get for free in a couple of days.

The Conversation already kind of blogs because they send out an email with the day’s topic and a handful of links on the topic. This takes that email and adds a comment thread.

And, of course its actually a wiki, so if I miss a day to add the email of the day, someone else can come along and add it. I’ll try to keep up though.

You can also suggest and discuss show ideas, which is kind of pointless right now because no one actually reads this blog/wiki.

KUOW’s Conversation, get thee a conversation

December 23, 2007 / / 0 Comments

So, Radio Open Source is back. But, all I’m saying is that it’s not really back. Its a podcast with a blog, sort of like Jesse Thorn is Chris Lydon.

But, I’ve been thinking: what’s to stop other hour long recent topic public radio shows from posting their topics and possible guests on a blog five or so hours before the show is supposed to begin?

Why can’t say, KUOW’s the Conversation have a blog? So, instead of asking us to email in or call to “join the conversation,” we could post up and have a conversation on our own, justl like ROS 1.0?

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