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Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard » Blog Archive » Can newspapers fix old errors?
“If the NYT is truly the “paper of record,” and its archives deserve high Google rank by virtue of their unimpeachability, the paper should divert some of the $ it will take in thanks to that rank & look into reader complaints about old articles.” (tags: history corrections newspapers search findability ethics business reputation tidbits+fodder media+evolution)

Teaching Online Journalism » What do new practices actually threaten?
“Interesting: that if a journalist has to do new things - different, additional things - it is a threat, or a detriment, to what she used to do. Change is inevitable in the practice of journalism. Resistance is natural. But not always right.” (tags: tidbits+fodder journalism media+evolution perceptions skills change adapting)

Japan’s Warp-Speed Ride to Internet Future - washingtonpost.com
“Japan’s lead in broadband speed is worrisome. It will shift Internet innovation away from the US, warns Vinton Cerf. “Once you have very high speeds, I guarantee that people will figure out things to do with it that they haven’t done before,” he said.” (tags: competition world technology innovation)

Didja: NBC to Launch YouTube For Ads
“Would you voluntarily watch ads if they were entertaining enough? NBC thinks so, and plans the launch of video site Didja next year to serve as a YouTube for commercials. ” (tags: advertising tv video sharing social+media business mainstream+media culture)

Phoja Debuts a Digg for Your Photos
“As Digg users become increasingly infuriated about the lack of a photo section…Phoja.com has launched a social photo discussion platform where you can share photos for any number of reasons, and start up a discussion.” (tags: social+media photo sharing)

The $100 Laptop: Review, Comparison, and Competition » The Bivings Report
“A slew of computers for absurdly low prices. Some, (XO & Classmate PC) are rugged, durable, and easy for jungle, desert, & other rough areas. Others (Asus Eee, Zonbu, Medson Celebrity) represent a push toward simpler cheaper tech for everyday people. ” (tags: world education technology economics business)

SpaceLift Imports Your MySpace Profile to Facebook
Due to launch Wed 8/29: “take parts of your MySpace profile and incorporates it into the structural design of Facebook.” interesting way to step the ‘walled garden” of the largest social networking site. Cool. Not as open as PeopleAggregator, though.” (tags: social+networks walled+gardens mashup tools)

Problems with Duplicate content on your site
“When Google thinks duplicate content is shown with intent to manipulate our rankings, we’ll adjust the indexing & ranking of the sites involved. The ranking of the site may suffer, or the site might be removed entirely from the Google index.” (tags: problems search indexing nefarious findability tidbits+fodder)

Zoho Launches Zoho Start: Netvibes for Documents
“The Zoho web office suite debuts a start page today: start.zoho.com. Zoho Start offers an iGoogle-style startpage from which to manage all your documents across Zoho properties. You can also get a Google Documents-style list view.” (tags: tools services technology collaboration)

The OpenFriend Project
“OpenFriend: standards allowing Social Networks to discover any of your friends already on their networks while protecting privacy. Goal: to standardize and make transparent the user experience of importing and exporting contacts from various networks. ” (tags: social+networks social+media openness transparency usability relationship+building)

Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Rethinking notes
“The more possible it seemed that I might have to start over with Notes from a Teacher, the more I started thinking about what it would become. The blog was saved, but I’m still thinking about what this blog wants to be and how it will change.” (tags: blogs journalism content+strategy change adapting tidbits+fodder)