http://lindseymastis.com Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:08:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://lindseymastis.com/2012/02/nasa-turns-boring-budget-briefing-into-interactive-twitter-experience-nasatweetup/ http://lindseymastis.com/2012/02/nasa-turns-boring-budget-briefing-into-interactive-twitter-experience-nasatweetup/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:13:20 +0000 Lindsey Mastis http://lindseymastis.com/?p=1791 http://lindseymastis.com/2012/02/nasa-turns-boring-budget-briefing-into-interactive-twitter-experience-nasatweetup/feed/ 0 http://lindseymastis.com/2012/02/interviewing-omar-afifi-during-the-egyptian-revolution/ http://lindseymastis.com/2012/02/interviewing-omar-afifi-during-the-egyptian-revolution/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:16:01 +0000 Lindsey Mastis http://lindseymastis.com/?p=1779 http://lindseymastis.com/2012/02/interviewing-omar-afifi-during-the-egyptian-revolution/feed/ 1 http://lindseymastis.com/2011/12/how-i-used-instagram-while-reporting-on-garage-fires/ http://lindseymastis.com/2011/12/how-i-used-instagram-while-reporting-on-garage-fires/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:11:20 +0000 Lindsey Mastis http://lindseymastis.com/?p=1687 I drove up to Urbana, Maryland (in Frederick County) today to do a story about two garage fires that happened at the same time and within two blocks of each other. Fire damage is often a very visual scene. I snapped a picture with my iPhone camera, uploaded the photo to Camera+ and added some enhancements (brightening the photo and blurring the edges so people's eyes would go straight to the burned out cars). Then I added the photo to Instagram and shared it on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and Foursquare...]]> http://lindseymastis.com/2011/12/how-i-used-instagram-while-reporting-on-garage-fires/feed/ 8 http://lindseymastis.com/2011/11/facebook-kevin-bacon/ http://lindseymastis.com/2011/11/facebook-kevin-bacon/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:14:45 +0000 Lindsey Mastis http://lindseymastis.com/?p=1630 Facebook Claims 4.74 Degrees of Kevin Bacon. In other words-- there's no long six degrees of separation between me and anyone else. Now there's just a little less than five. As a journalist, I've noticed this to be true. I've had to make fewer phone calls to get to the person I'm looking for. Spokespeople seem to respond faster (most of them). And sometimes all I have to do is mention what I'm doing and people come to me. What do you think about this new revelation? Is it great? Or is it scary? I'll let you ponder these questions while watching this hilarious Kevin Bacon commercial (just my opinion)...]]> http://lindseymastis.com/2011/11/facebook-kevin-bacon/feed/ 1 http://lindseymastis.com/2011/11/its-not-about-friends-its-about-subscribers/ http://lindseymastis.com/2011/11/its-not-about-friends-its-about-subscribers/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:55:06 +0000 Lindsey Mastis http://lindseymastis.com/?p=1621 Does having more Facebook "friends" make you more influential? Or should you start a Facebook Fan Page? For journalists, influence could be measured in number of "Subscribers." This is something fairly new and it's perfect for journalists...]]> http://lindseymastis.com/2011/11/its-not-about-friends-its-about-subscribers/feed/ 2