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Monthly Archives: April 2007

Tools of Engagement: Links and Notes for Discussion

Minnesota Public Radio got a lot of things about online community right with this "Idea Generator" project.

As I mentioned yesterday, tomorrow I’m giving a session about online political coverage called "Tools of Engagement: It’s a Conversation, Stupid!"
I’ve been collecting a lot of "string" for this talk, and I won’t pretend I have it thoroughly [...]

Online Political Coverage: Communities Matter More than Elections

View of downtown L.A. from my hotel window. This town looks better at night.

I’m in Los Angeles right now, where on Thursday I’ll be giving a session at a Knight New Media Center seminar on Election ‘08: Covering Politics in Cyberspace.
My session is called: "Tools of Engagement:  It’s a Conversation, Stupid." No, I didn’t come [...]

My archive links are working again

The gradual rehab of Contentious continues. Now existing links to my archives, which were created on an older blogging system, are working again. That’s a relief! Thanks to Justin Crawford and Tom Vilot for all their help with this project.

Rehabbing Contentious, gradually

Don’t worry! I’m still here, working hard.

I know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted to Contentious, for good reasons.
First of all, I’ve been totally slammed with work. I mean, back to 60+ hours a week most weeks. This brought out one of my worst personal flaws: I always tend to put own [...]