Dopp Juice » Blog Archive » Engage.com is neither bi-phobic nor lazy. (They’re just really busy and use slow servers.)
Why can’t I be bisexual on your site? “That was a database decision. We allow you to be straight or gay, but bisexuality requires searching the entire database, and that’s a big load on the servers.” [...]
Twitter Can Be Liberated - Here’s How
“Several popular bloggers have complained that it’s time to ditch Twitter and move to a decentralized version of the service that won’t go down every time usage spikes. one aspect of Twitter - it’s openness - could also be its Achilles heel.”
(tags: twitter services social+media media+evolution infrastructure change disagreement)
courier-journal.com [...]
Skribit: Blog Topic Suggestion Application
“Skribit is a user-generated content suggestion application for blogs. Effortlessly assemble what your readers really want to hear.”
(tags: blogging blogs community crowdsourcing ideas services widgets writing)
On Saturday I attended an event held by the Northern CA chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. I was covering the keynote panel, “New Money, New Media, New Hope,” live via my amylive Twitter account. Fellow journo and Twitter user Saleem Khan submitted a couple of questions for me to ask the panel. However, [...]
Nielsen Online Service to Track Computer, Mobile Internet Users
“Nielsen Online has unveiled a new syndicated Internet measurement tool, TotalWeb, that will track both Internet and mobile use. Stats on the unduplicated, unique audience for more than 200 Internet sites across computer and mobile platforms.”
(tags: mobile statistics business business+models media advertising services tidbits+fodder)
GovTrack.us: Tracking the U.S. Congress
1-person operation — govt. data resource — info and analysis. Recommended by Bill Allison of the Sunlight Foundation.
(tags: government databases datacasting transparency resources services)
Jtm-sv - Media Giraffe
Wiki for NewsTools 2008 session notes
(tags: conferences events media journalism wiki)
Your Media Consortium Community Network
Apparently this group is having a conference in CO next week.
(tags: [...]
A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
Mike Williams of KU just showed this to me, way cool!
(tags: visual+communication visualization data tools resources)
Here’s why I’m going to get myself some “internet insurance.” I never want to deal with this situation again.
And BTW, Nokia (you’re still listening, right?) this NewsTools 2008 conference I’m out is a big reason why I bought my N95 last month — remember, the one that bricked after your firmware update and that you [...]
I’m not exactly Blanche DuBois, but…
I’m at the NewsTools2008 unconference at Yahoo HQ in Sunnyvale, CA — where 150 news/media people, academics, and technologists are gathered to figure out better tools to support journalism that matters. (Follow my live coverage on my amylive Twitter account.)
…And I have apparently come down with a cold. It [...]
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