Editor’s note: The following post was written by Professor Jill Hurst-Wahl and Matthew Gunby, recent graduate of the LIS degree program at the iSchool. The current conversation around the value of a professional library and information science (LIS) degree recurs on a regular basis, no matter what is going on in our communities, in education, → Read More
Kelly Lux
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- I connect people and share information = I work in social media. Executive Editor of Information Space, Social Communications manager at the iSchool, Co-founder of #CMGRchat on twitter and Adjunct Professor teaching Social Media and Online Community Management.
Posts by Kelly
Tips for Landing your First IT Job
Editor’s note: The following post is by Tracy Tillapaugh, Career Counselor in the Syracuse University Office of Career Services. Before I started to work for Syracuse University’s Career Services office in 2011, I worked as a Technical Recruiter for three-and-a-half years. During that time I experienced many odd behaviors from job-seekers. So, how can you → Read More
Boeheimian Rhapsody
Syracuse University comedy troupe “Humor Whore” released a video entitled “Boeheimian Rhapsody” on Wednesday evening that is now going viral on Youtube. The writers of Boeheimian Rhapsody include iSchool undergraduate student Samii Ruddy, Newhouse undergraduate Nick Ferreiro, and VPA undergraduate Matt Del Greco. The video is largely modeled after the music video for Queen’s Bohemian → Read More
‘Cuse has Glass: Students, Faculty and Alumni selected for #GlassExplorers
Way back in February, the tweet stream for #IfIHadGlass was seemingly never-ending. For the uninformed, this was a twitter and Google+ contest run by Google in the United States. People who were interested in receiving one of the first pairs of Google Glass (at a cost of $1,500), were asked to tweet or post to → Read More
SBinSV Highlights the Power of Alumni Connections
Editor’s note: The following is a post from Shefali Haldar, one of a group of students who recently returned from the iSchool’s signature trip - Spring Break in Silicon Valley. I was only in the Silicon Valley for a few days, but learned so much about the area and about myself. So far, I have → Read More
Beyond the Money: Some in Silicon Valley have Loftier Goals
Editor’s note: The following is a post from Charlene Hinton, one of a group of students who recently returned from the iSchool’s signature trip - Spring Break in Silicon Valley. Several preconceived notions accompanied me on my way to Silicon Valley. These notions included the ubiquity of genius ideas fighting for capital, the never-ending flow of “play” → Read More
Pitching Life Lessons from Silicon Valley
Editor’s note: The following is a post from Katie Lemanczyk, one of a group of students who recently returned from the iSchool’s signature trip – Spring Break in Silicon Valley. While visiting the famous startup accelerator 500 Startups in Silicon Valley, we learned some pitching basics from Andy Sparks. They break down into four easy → Read More
Google, Bing and SEO: A Wealth of Information at SxSW Q&A Session
Yesterday, I attended a panel titled “How to Increase your Rankings in Google and Bing” comprised of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) experts from Google (Matt Cutts), Bing (Duane Forrester and Search Engine Land (Danny Sullivan). The panel turned out to be more of a Q&A session, but was well worth my time. The star power → Read More
Checkthis: Brilliantly Simple Social Posters
One of the greatest benefits of my job is that I get to meet so many people who work in cool startups, which means I get to discover all the latest and greatest apps and services. Checkthis is the latest in a long list of discoveries I’ve made via friends on the Internet. What is → Read More
Waiting for the Mailbox App: Frustrating or Worth it?
Editor’s note: The following is a joint effort from Anne Marie Suchanek and Billy Ceskavich. Orchestra, Inc.’s new email client, Mailbox, has taken the tech world by storm in the past week. The new iPhone app promises to change the way we approach email. It has won glowing praise. skepticism, and everything in between. Two → Read More