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40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes

YouTube – 40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes.
Kwan Booth sent me this, since I’ve been awfully short on inspiration lately. Thanks!

Saving Newspapers: The Musical

From the East Bay Express. Now: Is their proposed solution one idea, or two? Hmmm…

Collaboration Takes Many Forms

Just after I was talking to my business partner Adam Glenn about how journalists need to learn more about the culture and skills of collaboration (remember, the news biz is steeped in competitiveness — often to the point of paranoia), my musician friend Mark Brummer sends me this video:

See how much fun collaboration can [...]

The Stereogram Approach to Finding the Meaning of Life

Gary W. Priester (Click image to enlarge.)

Often, the first challenge in life is simply to see the target.

I really used to hate stereograms.
When they became popular in the early 1990s, they often reduced me to serious frustration and headaches. I would stare at them — glare at them, really — trying to will their embedded [...]

JibJabbing Intellectuals

This is a brilliant form of commentary on so many levels, I’ll just let it speak for itself.

Thanks to Tom Vilot for the tip.

Spammer with a sense of humor

OK, I love this
I just found in my Wordpress moderation queue this comment, submitted in response to my post about my blog being hacked by a spammer hawking Viagra:
“I hate viagra spam!!!”
…With (of course) a link to a site that sells Viagra. ROFL! Nice try, but no dice!

Skin in the media game: Smart investing in the attention economy

Ian Ransley, via Flickr (CC license)

Do you treat online media like a spectator sport, or do you really have skin in this game?

Recently, my Poynter colleague Roy Peter Clark caused a stir with his article Your Duty To Read the Paper. There, he wrote:
“I pose this challenge to you: It is your duty as [...]