At the recent Cadillac CTS-V Challenge there was plenty of time during the day to network and visit with other attendees.\u00a0 Even for an introvert like me, this was a bonus of the day, and I met several interesting people.<\/p>\n
Normally the conversation would go “Introduction \/ Reason for being here? \/ Discussion”.\u00a0\u00a0 So, my side of the conversation might be<\/p>\n
“Hi, I’m Bruce Nunnally from Caddyinfo.com”.<\/p>\n
“Yes, we’re a Cadillac enthusiast website that provides information and discussion about Cadillacs”.<\/p>\n
One Gentleman asked me, “So you’re Media?”<\/p>\n
to which I haltingly replied, “Well, I don’t think of myself as Media”<\/p>\n
Gentleman: “But you are.”<\/p>\n
Which of course, got me to thinking about the whole Media issue.\u00a0 The entire Cadillac CTS-V Challenge was a ‘new media’ event.\u00a0 This was not a Motor Trend, Car & Driver, Road & Track Event.\u00a0 This was Jalopnik and TTAC and Bloggers and Twitter event.\u00a0 Lots of us were Tweating <\/a>along the way,\u00a0 and shooting photos right out to a website or right to a twitter photo service so that readers could see the event happenings close to real time.\u00a0 This was a Media 2.0 Event.\u00a0 TV, Speed Channel and CNN is the exception — they were the classic Media at the event.<\/p>\n Not only could I get info out to the web, I could also keep up with what the other participants were commenting about the event in real time.\u00a0 So the Event definitely had the beginnings of augmented reality.<\/p>\n Media.\u00a0 I don’t think I WANT to be Media.\u00a0 To me Media represents a paradigm of unilateral communication.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The town cryer yelling out the news, with no participation from the crowd.\u00a0\u00a0 I want a dialog with my readers.\u00a0 Just as I enjoyed the networking opportunity at the CTS-V Challenge event, I want to have a chat with other Cadillac enthusiasts or other car nuts just because we share a love for the automobile.\u00a0 Interactivity and conversation, not publishing via whatever media and a mute audience with no means to respond.<\/p>\n But maybe that is Media 2.0 — commentary that invites access, discussion, and interactivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At the recent Cadillac CTS-V Challenge there was plenty of time during the day to network and visit with other attendees.\u00a0 Even for an introvert like me, this was a bonus of the day, and I met several interesting people. … Continue reading