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The DaVinci Institute - Approaching Maximum Freud
“This is the period when industry players have to spend lots of time on the Freudian Couch to understand what’s going on. A period of extreme chaos, and also a period of extreme opportunity. But here’s the most important part. All technologies end.” (tags: future change technology news+biz tidbits+fodder thought+leaders)

BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Cleveland’s burning river of bloggers
When is an ombusdman not an ombudsman? When he’s a corporate mouthpiece. Jeff Jarvis writes of the Cleveland PD: “When they invited bloggers in, they wanted bloggers’ voice and coolness. But they didn’t want to learn bloggers’ ways.” (tags: blogging journalism ethics controversy newspapers problems tidbits+fodder analysis transparency)

An Apple tablet is on the way according to unreliable, totally anonymous sources | APC Magazine
Brilliant article that totally nails my frustration as a Mac user and journalist! “No one ever expects to see a source actually named in these ‘exclusive’ reports, because the threat of legal action of a co losing a lucrative Apple mfg contract…” (tags: Mac rumors attribution accountability risk business hardware technology journalism censorship)

TubeMogul.com - Online Video Distribution and Analytics
Gray recommends this for video sharing: “Free service that provides a single point for deploying uploads to the top video sharing sites, and powerful analytics on who, what, and how videos are being viewed.” (tags: video sharing tools services syndication metrics)

Yedda for bloggers
Cool Q&A tool for bloggers. (tags: tools blogs)

International Association for Literary Journalism Studies
“The conference hopes to be a forum for scholarly work of both breadth and depth in the field of literary journalism, and all research methodologies are welcome, as are research on all aspects of literary journalism and/or literary reportage.” (tags: events journalism academic)

BlogWorld Expo - Blogging Ethics | WebProNews
“PR could and would violate the basic rules of ethics to get what is needed to be done for the clients (this is the PR people that are not involved in social media.) It seems like the astroturf / fake blog would be the first thought in the brainstorm” (tags: PR ethics transparency blogs identity nefarious problems mycoverage AmyGahran events)

blognation Canada » Blog Archive » Blogger Ethics–Oxymoron?
“Blogger ethics isn’t an oxymoron. For me the bottom line is being transparent. My readers will know who my clients, when I’ve received software for review (therefore free)…I think that is extremely important to being a credible source for you. ” (tags: blogs ethics transparency business PR events mycoverage AmyGahran)

Who’s standards are yours? « Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech
“What ethical standards should nonprofits have when using new media tools, like blogs? Many nonprofits have the self-identified standard of working for the good and not for the man. Is the community your servingproud of way it is represented online?” (tags: blogs ethics nonprofits community reputation perceptions events mycoverage AmyGahran)

Jeff Jarvis on “Cleveland’s Burning River of Bloggers” | Writes Like She Talks
RE: Jeff Coryell/WideOpen/Plain Dealer flap: “I know that there are PD people who are sick about what’s going on. They need to act like bloggers - and speak up, for goodness sakes.” (tags: ethics blogging journalism newspapers controversy problems tidbits+fodder mycoverage AmyGahran events)

Media 2.Open: Ethics in Blogging Workshop at BlogWorldExpo
“Lynne from Fast Company: talked about someone who had asked to have a comment deleted from her personal blog. At first she wasn’t going to do it, but after considering the person’s request she may either take it down or add a respons. ” (tags: blogs ethics comments AmyGahran mycoverage events)

Utterz - Welcome
Moblogging services that’s doing a lot of marketing at BlogWorld. Don’t know if they’re good, but I’ll check them out. (tags: audio blogging media microblogging mobile podcast services video photo)

Criteo widgets
Recommendation widget I might try. Which blogs did my readers see before they came to me? (tags: widgets)