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40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes

July 16, 2009 – 5:29 pm

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

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in emotions, friends | Comments (0)

Saving Newspapers: The Musical

April 17, 2009 – 8:16 am

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

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Collaboration Takes Many Forms

July 1, 2008 – 10:10 am

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 [...]

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The Stereogram Approach to Finding the Meaning of Life

June 9, 2008 – 1:12 pm

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 [...]

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JibJabbing Intellectuals

April 27, 2008 – 1:42 pm

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.

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New J-Skills: What to Measure?

April 10, 2008 – 10:02 am

Berbercarpet, via Flickr (CC license)

Journalism sudents need the right tools — and skills — for the kinds of careers and opportunities they’re really going to be making for themselves.

Picking up on my post yesterday, Univ. of Florida journalism professor Mindy McAdams challenged me (and her other readers) to translate my quick list of what j-schools [...]

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Spammer with a sense of humor

November 12, 2007 – 10:02 am

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!

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

October 15, 2007 – 12:22 pm

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 [...]

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