All about ning

A podcast in which I discuss the merits and limits of Ning with Pat Thornton

January 2, 2009

I spent 20 minutes or so talking about Wired Journalists and Ning with Pat Thornton last week for a BeatBlogging.org podcast.
Here are some highlights from Pat’s list of questions:

Would you choose Ning again if you could start over?
How specific should a topic be for a Ning site to be specific?
How many users are needed for [...]

2000 strong at Wired Journalists

May 15, 2008

So many milestones this week…
Here’s another one:  Wired Journalists now has more than 2000 members.
The Ning-powered social network that Howard Owens, Zac Echola, and I created back in January has exceeded our expectations, in terms of numbers, interaction, community, and the learning/teaching that’s going on there.
Plus, it’s really bringing some people out of the woodwork.
I’m [...]