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Posting to wordpress from my iphone

August 7, 2008 – 4:44 pm

I’m writing this on my iPhone. Just installed the free wordpress iPhone app. This would really be great if there was a Bluetooth keyboard for the iPhone. (I loathe this $@?:&@!!! Touchscreen keyboard for anything more than a few words at a time…)
But the big bummer here is that I don’t see any way to [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in mobile, processes, tools, usability, writing | Comments (2)

My Tumblr experiment: Exploring options for fast, easy posts

August 7, 2008 – 10:57 am

People contribute more when contributing is easy. That’s true for posting to sites or forums as well as donating money.
That said, many sites make it surprisingly hard to post. Not excruciatingly difficult — but just laborious enough to be a barrier to some would-be contributors.
This week I’m experimenting with using different tools to post to [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in Microblogging, collaboration, content management, exploring, problems, processes, productivity, tools, usability | Comments (0)

Why I keep talking about Nokia’s US Service

May 19, 2008 – 11:38 am

Some people have asked why I keep talking — on this blog and elsewhere — about Nokia’s US service problems. This video explains my motives. In a nutshell, it’s because I want to keep options open for journalists. Tools like the Nokia N95 represent a way for journalists to make their own opportunities, regardless of [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in Conversations, Media Musings, PR & marketing, business, careers, journalism, media evolution, mobile, personal, problems, solutions, telephony, video | Comments (4)

Nokia Talks More (Much More) About US Service Problems

May 16, 2008 – 12:34 pm

Nokia Conversations Blog

Nokia’s Conversation Blog has launched an extended discussion on its myriad US service problems.

I’m happy to report that there has been some progress (small, but real) from Nokia in terms of addressing it US service problems, which I’ve written about extensively.
First, here’s their most concrete step forward so far: Today, Nokia announced that [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in Conversations, Mac, PR & marketing, accountability, business, collaboration, community, conversational media, critical thinking, forums, help needed, mobile, problems, processes, software, transparency | Comments (1)

David Cohn: Pushing journalism frontiers

May 7, 2008 – 7:49 pm

At the NewsTools 2008 conference last week, I had a chance to sit down with one of the emerging luminaries of entrepreneurial, experimental journalism. David Cohn runs the BeatBlogging project for NewAssignment.net, and he also works with NewsTrust . Plus, he runs a great blog of his own and is a constant presence on [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in business, careers, collaboration, community, conversational media, innovation, interviews, journalism, media evolution, processes, skills, social media, social networks, video | Comments (4)

Nokia USA promises changes, but still misses the point

May 7, 2008 – 9:35 am

Steve Jurvetson, via Flickr (CC license)

Venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson had some nice things to say about the Nokia N95 in March 2007. Wonder what he thinks of the US service and support?..

Looks like Nokia USA is making some initial moves toward improving how it serves the US market. So far, these seem focused strictly on [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in PR & marketing, business, conversational media, mobile, problems, services | Comments (0)

Geneva Overholser: Transparency Trumps Tradition

May 5, 2008 – 8:01 am

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, [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in business, credibility, interviews, journalism, problems, processes, skills, video | Comments (0)

Toxic Journo Culture Oozes Across Blogosphere

April 29, 2008 – 7:41 am

E-Media Tidbits on Poynter.org

My Tidbits post yesterday seemed to resonate with a lot of journalists. Check out the comments .

My E-Media Tidbits post yesterday, Journalism: A Toxic Culture? (Or: Why Aren’t We Having More Fun?) (cross-posted to Contentious.com) has gotten many comments and also picked up wider traction. Here are the various people [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in Conversations, community, conversational media, culture, journalism, media evolution | Comments (1)

Rupert Howe mourns his dead Nokia N93

April 28, 2008 – 2:38 pm

A post by Beth Kanter today introduced me to the work of videoblogger Rupert Howe, who recently emigrated from the UK to Canada. I checked out his videoblog, Twittervlog.tv, and saw that I’m not the only one who’s been having a passionate, torrid, heartbreaking affair with Nokia’s N-Series high-end phones.
Here’s Rupert’s moving tale of the [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in problems, tools, usability, video | Comments (1)

Vegas-bound, sans Nokia N95…

April 25, 2008 – 1:18 pm

Quick video post from the Denver International Airport today. Thanks again to the folks at Nokia for raising on their own Conversations blog the issues related to Nokia USA’s inadequate service I’ve been talking about on Contentious.com. (See Nokia’s posts yesterday and today) . I appreciate their willingness to engage in a frank public [...]

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