August 2011
1 post
WatchCheck out my son (Will Waters) on the local news. He’s the cocky one saying “chipping is pretty easy… once you know how to do it).
February 2011
2 posts
Keynote panel at SoCon11 →
Speaking event at the SoCon11 conference, Feb 5, on the convergence between Social Media and Mobile
October 2010
5 posts
CNN Beta: Behind the Scenes →
“They’re also explicitly working on what Dermot Waters characterizes as “being a good web citizen” by pointing to local news sources and blog posts which are outside CNN’s domain.”
Quotes from ThinkMobile conference →
#journchat with @prsarahevans →
Coming soon: CNN on Google TV →
Today, Google announced the details around their Google TV product, which will officially launch this month. With Google TV, users will be able to access the internet directly from their web-enabled television.
CNN is pleased to announce that we will be a launch partner with Google. It is our desire to make our CNN.com articles, videos, and photos available to all users on all platforms and all...
What Happens When Facebook Goes Down? →
Apparently I was quoted in this article. Who knew.
“The ideal scenario is that our two systems are segregated enough that when Facebook goes down, there is no impact on the front end of our site,” said Dermot Waters, senior director of product development at CNN.
September 2010
2 posts
Liveblogging a Web 2.0 Expo panel: "How Real-time... →
Live blog of our panel at Web 2.0 Expo NYC
August 2010
2 posts
Live blog: Real Time Storytelling – SES SF →
Here’s a good live blog of our real-time storytelling panel at SES San Francisco
Real-Time Storytelling: A Real Story →
Interesting story!
Coincidentally, Dermot Waters, senior director of product development, CNN.com, was also speaking at Connected Marketing Week. During a panel, “Real-Time Storytelling,” Waters explained how the cable news network has embraced so-called citizen or “participatory” journalism. When asked whether a citizen blogger is a journalist, Waters answered: “If...
July 2010
1 post
Interview: CNN's Sr. Director Dermot Waters on... →
One session definitely worth attending at next month’s SES in San Francisco is Real-Time Storytelling where panelists will discuss how mainstream media must embrace social media and take on the critical role of curator of the conversation in order to survive. I was able to catch up with Dermot Waters, Senior Director of Product Development, CNN.com, who will be participating on the panel.
April 2010
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March 2010
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How to be cool (and not uncool) on Foursquare →
Many of you are active users on Foursquare. More of you have at least heard of Foursquare. And the rest of you are probably just annoyed by your friends posting updates from Foursquare.
Foursquare is a very rapidly growing social network allowing users to “check-in” and share their location with their friends. There is also a gameplay component, drawing a page from the original four square...
January 2009
1 post
WordPress creator Mullenweg is many bloggers' best... →
While still in high school in Texas, Matt Mullenweg created blogging software he hoped would be easier and prettier to use. Less than six years later, Mullenweg’s WordPress has become the No. 2 blogging platform behind Google’s Blogger, signing up 10,000 new bloggers daily.
CNN programmers tweak the basic templates afterward to CNN’s needs, so that a CNN blog looks nothing...