Are You Connected?

Earlier this week, I attended an interesting San Diego Press Club event entitled Are You Connected? around the topic of social media. Approximately 60 journalists and communications people were in attendance. The panel included two communications professionals and two journalists. 

A few things that I found most interesting:

• A debate over whether social media provided an echo chamber for inaccurate information or whether you could count on the online community to "out" anyone spreading misinformation.
• A suggestion to go mobile with your social media and just commit.
• Several recommendations for social media sites to check out: Blip.fm (become a DJ), Friendfeed.com (consolidate your social media networks), Brightkite.com (track your friends whereabouts and activities in real time) and twellow.com (Twitter yellow pages).