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I'm quoted in this CNN story. Cool — and they linked to my blog, too
My favorite part:
" It is inevitable that a Web site seeing Twitter-style growth would face some glitches and a backlash from early adopters, said Laura Fitton, a consultant and co-author of the book "Twitter for Dummies." "There's going to be all kinds of people using it all kinds of different ways," she said. "The purists can go pound rocks."
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Findings from the research suggest that newspapers are not providing potentially influential “brand stewards” with the necessary tools they need to fully realize their role as influencers. These shortcomings include the failure to optimize the search experiences at their website and the lack of integration between content and social media functionality.
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This looks like a very intrguing tool I'll have to explore: "Exhibit lets you easily create web pages with advanced text search and filtering functionalities, with interactive maps, timelines, and other visualizations."
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Example of how to set up a searchable online database quickly. Good combination of tools!
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Interesting perspective to getting value out of Twitter, even though it doesn't jibe with my experience. See my comment.
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If you ran down the fair use test, it's difficult to see how a public Twitter message wouldn't easily qualify. If it's ESPN, it would be for commercial use, but not in the sense of "selling" the content. Plus, it's for journalistic reasons, which is often given a fair use pass. Second is the nature of the copyrighted work — which, being a Twitter message, I would guess most judges would assume it's expected that the content can (or even should) be repeated. The third test fails, since it would be the entire message, but the fourth test, on "the effect on the potential market for the copyrighted work" would almost certainly point towards fair use. Since the four factors aren't weighted equally, I think the only clear "failure" is the weakest and least important of the four tests (how much of the content was used — which is way outweighed by the other factors), it's hard to see how this isn't a perfectly reasonable use.
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The post by Mark Cuban that sparked this debate…
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"I'm not a diplomat, and I don't work for an aid organization or a secret Iranian nuclear facility. Is it still possible for me to visit North Korea?" The answer to this frequently asked question is probably Yes!!! The exception is (officially) US citizens and South Koreans – though the restriction on US citizens is sometimes lifted for brief periods. Journalists have to apply for a special type of visa. For all you other people the recipe for realizing your dream Stalinistic-theme-park vacation is simple.
When going to North Korea remember that there are some things you'll have to leave behind. Your cell-phone will not be very popular with North Korean customs. Same goes for newspapers and magazines, characterized as imperialist propaganda. Laptops, DVDs, CDs and other electronic equipment. If you're an avid photographer bringing too much equip. might raise the suspicion that you're a journalist. Though, on the bright side, most tourists are not very thorougly searched on arrival.
