Leaving Ja.

As we prepared to depart Norman Marley Airport I questioned the Immigration Officer about the plane parked close to the cargo area. Rumors were that it was American and there to help Jamaica with extradition matters. The Officer dispelled that by asserting that the plane was Russian and with supplies to Haiti. That piece of information got tweeted immediately. After all, it was from an authentic source and I was playing my part in quelling rumour-mongering tweets.

POWER of New Media
Reggae Sumfest 2010, renamed ‘mudfest’ by some, has come and gone but remains indelibly etched in my memory for bringing clearly and resoundingly home to me the POWER of social media. At the event I wrote 24 tweets about Chris Brown, many with picture attached. A tweet is a microblog comprised on a short sentence of 140 characters (about 17 words).

Back up the Chat!

Together we can work to ‘back-up the chat’ with facts when we talk about Jamaicans and use of new media technologies.  This list is being generated toward precisely that end.  Because music and music production is so important to Jamaica and Jamaicans, a list of Music Producers who are on Twitter would also be useful. You are invited to send me your names and Twitter ‘handle’.

WORK-IN-PROGRESS LIST OF DJs/Singjays/Singers on TWITTER

Payola not confined to music