Dan Patterson

Reassessing Attending SXSWi

Dan Patterson — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:21:12 +0000

I'm giving serious consideration to not attending this year's SXSW Interactive conference. I've been mulling this idea for a while, and last night I left a comment on Facebook and a post on...

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New Episode : Protopodcast : Music

Dan Patterson — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:49:43 +0000

Protopodcast : MusicThere is a new episode of Protopodcast : Music available for you to download and enjoy. Protopodcasts are short, minimal podcasts that more closely resemble a good FM radio...

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Diamond's Laws To Live By

Dan Patterson — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:23:26 +0000

From time to time I like to revisit Diamond's Laws to Live By. Dave Diamond - KFI Dave Diamond was a rock n roll radio DJ in LA and San Francisco from the mid-50's through the mid-70s....

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Journalism and Google Buzz

Dan Patterson — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:37:27 +0000

I'm performing a little Journalism + Crowdsourcing + Trust experiment over on Google Buzz. Journalism and Google Buzz [Direct Link to Buzz Post] I'll be using Buzz for stories this...

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danpatterson [dot] com

Dan Patterson — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:12:49 +0000

Last week I completed the acquisition of the domain name danpatterson [dot] com and transition this site, my primary website, to the URL http://www.danpatterson.com. Technical Notes Links:...

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Building The ABC News Radio Digital Platform

Dan Patterson — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:36:48 +0000

This has been a really good year. While not lacking in frustrations, 2009 was full of many more regards and exciting moments. I work for ABC News Radio and am frequently asked...

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Squarespace Partnership

Dan Patterson — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:03:10 +0000

Note: The following post was written for the ABC News Radio blog [originating post]. -- -- -- It's official! The ABC News Radio web platform is now officially powered by Squarespace. ...

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Interviews From Web 2.0 Expo 2009 [Video]

Dan Patterson — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:20:55 +0000

My day job is as a manager for ABC News Radio. I'm in charge of platform development policy, web strategy, and content integration. Occasionally I also conduct interviews with political and...

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The Black Hills of South Dakota

Dan Patterson — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:42:37 +0000

This past week I traveled to the Black Hills of South Dakota. I flew in to Rapid City, and traveled north to Deadwood and Spearfish. I visited friends, saw family, and had a very nice...

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A Note About Breaking News

Dan Patterson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:35:57 +0000

In light of the #FortHood breaking news, I wanted to do a quick post about breaking news - particularly in this day and age of near real time information. While this is not official ABC News policy,...

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Interview With 'Trust Agents' Chris Brogan and Julien Smith

Dan Patterson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:07:23 +0000

Chris Brogan and Julien Smith, co-authors of the book 'Trust Agents' dropped by the ABC News Radio studios last week to talk about their book, community, and social media. I've known Julien and...

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Interview With Loren and Michelle Feldman, aka 1938 Media

Dan Patterson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:57:07 +0000

ABC News Radio is getting closer and closer to relaunching our web properties to better integrate with the social web. Part of this means creating various types of origianal content and video...

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Social Reward Systems; Or: Why Twitter Lists Are Good For You (And Twitter)

Dan Patterson — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:12:08 +0000

This is not a tech blog and we don't really care about social media. But we do care about people and information. And you might also have a Twitter account. If you don't...

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Development Site

Dan Patterson — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:11:04 +0000

Originally Posted for ABC News Radio. -- -- -- This is a Development Site. We could call it a jargony term like 'super-hyper-beta-alpha-release-candidate-0.81' or something equally...

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Video and ABC News Radio

Dan Patterson — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:07:50 +0000

Originally Posted for ABC News Radio. -- -- -- ABC News Radio Video Page For the past few weeks we've been playing around with video. We still haven't settled on a CDN ('Content Delivery...

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Facebook and Twitter Don't Matter (it's what they do, not what they are)

Dan Patterson — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:47:49 +0000

This is not a tech blog and you don't care about social media. However, you do care about people - you friends, family, and colleagues. You also care about information: be it news,...

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Interview with Gary Vaynerchuk for ABC News

Dan Patterson — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:43:37 +0000

This morning I sat down with author, wine blogger, and social media strategist Gary Vaynerchuk - aka, @GaryVee - to discuss his new book Crush It. Listen to the interview as...

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Sign In With Google Friend Connect

Dan Patterson — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:26:38 +0000

Originally Posted for ABC News Radio. -- -- -- Hi there! It's been a while since we've checked in. This is not to imply that nothing has been popping at ABC News Radio. The...

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How to Save Journalism [Ignite NYC Presentation]

Dan Patterson — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:44:52 +0000

On Friday, October 9th I will present a speech and deck at the Ignite NYC series @IgniteNYC. My speech is called "How to Save Journalism." The format for Ignite is pretty great: Speakers must...

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Candor the Book: Launch Day

Dan Patterson — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:24:49 +0000

Today is the official launch 'Candor,' the debut novel from author Pam Bachorz. Candor is a creepy, dystopian, young adult novel. Candor is a great, quick, weekend read but is far from...

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Protopodcast: When Elvis Died

Dan Patterson — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:49:47 +0000

The Protopodcast meme is spreading: My old friend Quentin Lewis has started a podcast called When Elvis Died. You should listen and subscribe to the When Elvis Died protopodcast: Download...

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Barack Obama / Steve Jobs: Two Speeches

Dan Patterson — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:15:03 +0000

President Obama and Steve Jobs: both will deliver high profile speeches today. Both are excellent rhetoricians. Both have been staggeringly successful, yet gone through some pretty rough...

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Personal Short URLs: DHP [dot] ME

Dan Patterson — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:01:53 +0000

This weekend I implemented my own, self-hosted URL shortner powered by Yours and run on Media Temple. I firmly believe the 'short URL' (popularized by TinyURL and Bit.ly for use on Twitter) to be a...

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Interviews From the United Nations Talk Radio Day, 2009

Dan Patterson — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:35:58 +0000

On June 4th, 2009 I sat down with several ambassadors, spokes people, and policy directors at the United Nations for the annual Talk Radio Day. 4 June 2009 – More than one dozen United States...

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Dan on Wine LIbrary TV NYC with Gary Vaynerchuck

Dan Patterson — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:04:13 +0000

Last Friday I had the pleasure of sitting in on a taping of Wine Library TV with Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) in New York at the Roger Smith Hotel. I was flattered to be invited to the wine...

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