This is a rare fairly personal, reflective post. I don’t do this often. So if your not into hearing my personal observations about life and death, don’t bother watching this video.
I was inspired here by recent events — primarily watching my friend Sarah Dopp this week share her experience of attending the death of her [...]
This audio clip, from a July 11 On the Media interview with NYT media reporter David Carr, says it all:
Listen Now!
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WNYC - Soundcheck: iPhone, iHate (July 29, 2008)
“The Apple iPhone has inspired a cultish devotion for its music applications and sleek design. But there’s a growing backlash of “haters” who argue that the hysteria is all hype. On today’s show, a no-holds-barred smackdown on the iPhone.”
(tags: iphone perceptions mobile problems audio)
A blogosphere of their own [...]
Twitter / publicdomain
This is too funny. This Twitter user is publishing Moby Dick, 140 characters at a time….
(tags: literature twitter experiments fun social+media)
Funny YouTube Irony
LOL! If you post youtube videos on your site, make sure you check first what comes up in “related videos.”
(tags: video sharing relevance prejudice fun tidbits+fodder social+media)
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News you can use: New Thinking: Gerry McGovern
“Historically, press releases were never intended to be read by the public. They belong press archive, not on a homepage. Publishing a press release on a homepage says the communicator is too lazy to take the press release and turn it into a story.”
(tags: pr+marketing news overload research [...]
A quote for the curmudgeons | Howard Owens
“Here’s a quote for any online manager dealing with a newsroom of curmudgeons. It’s from Theodore Roosevelt. Blow it up big and post it for all to see.”
(tags: history perspective curmudgeons journalism innovation tidbits+fodder)
PressThink: A Most Useful Definition of Citizen Journalism
Jay Rosen’s definition, which has caused a stir [...]
SocialAddict - 11 Social Sites, 1 Adobe Air Application | Blog on a Stick
Since I’m demoing Ping.fm for posting updates to multiple social media services, I’m trying this posting app too
(tags: social+media software)
del.icio.us Complete :: Firefox Add-ons
When, oh when, will this extension be updated to work with FF3? I miss it, especially because it supports [...]
Twitter Status - Updated follower/following counts
maybe I dont have quite as big a posse as I thought
(tags: twitter statistics)
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The Changing Newsroom | BlogHer
kim Pearson on training kids to do interactive journalism.
(tags: journalism generations kids media+evolution)
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NewsCloud.com - The news you need, hand-picked by readers from around the World
Interesting project — collaborative news assembling/curating. Was just talking to the founder. Worth checking out
(tags: community news tools tidbits+fodder)
The Changing Newsroom | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)
New PEJ study on coverage quality that’s getting discussed at a Knight Fdn event I’m at [...]
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