by: danah boyd
I was on NPR this morning with Doug Rushkoff, an Illinois detective, Saul Hansell (NYTimes) and a drummer from a band that has a profile. Needless to say, the topic was MySpace, but it was a much more balanced conversation than the typical coverage thus far. We talked about teens, bands, Murdoch, etc. I even got my own profile exposed on the air. For those who want to listen, there's a stream and podcast online.
One of the things that made me smile is that P!nk's "Stupid Girls" is one of the transition songs. Yesterday, in prep for the piece, they asked me about music consumption on MySpace. I talked about bands getting their word out and about how people were putting up videos. I mentioned P!nk's latest video and how it made me happy to see that message spread. So, it made me quite joyous to see that come across on air as well.
On a different note, one listener wrote me and encouraged me to get public speaking training. ::sigh:: I'm still sad that i could never get into Barbara Tannenbaum's speech training class back at Brown. I *know* that i sound ridiculous when i speak, but i've never known how to solve this problem. I just avoid listening to myself. So, does anyone have a suggestion for getting speech training?
Original Post: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2006/05/02/nprs_on_point.html
