January 2, 2010 – 4:13 pm
Over the past few years, I’ve noticed my personal patterns of writing and reading have changed significantly. Some of this has been in response to the changing technology of communication — the rise of social media, in particular. But some of it has also been about where I am in my life and my work.
Here’s [...]
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September 13, 2009 – 3:51 pm
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Last night, I attended the Hasta Luego party for my friend Kara Andrade, who won a Fulbright and so later this week is heading to Guatemala with her partner Brad for about a year. She’ll be starting a new citizen journalism venture there. I’ll be following her progress on her blog and [...]
September 13, 2009 – 3:51 pm
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At a party in Oakland last night I asked David Cohn what freaks him out the most as founder of the Spot.us crowdfunding journalism project.
YouTube – 40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes.
Kwan Booth sent me this, since I’ve been awfully short on inspiration lately. Thanks!
November 12, 2008 – 2:02 pm
For years and years I’ve followed the work of Jeremiah Owyang, one of the brightest online and social media strategists around. (Currently he works for Forrester Research). We had a chance to catch up a bit at Denver’s Thin Air Summit this past weekend, where he gave a top-notch presentation on the The Future of [...]
October 29, 2008 – 1:01 pm
My friend David Cohn of Spot.us today mentioned a fun site I absolutely adore: Stuff Journalists Like. (It’s a riff on the instant classic: Stuff White People Like.)
And what kinds of things do journalists like?
Dressing differently
Press Areas
Awards
All of which point out what dorks my colleagues can be. But if you need more proof, check out [...]
August 20, 2008 – 3:05 pm
This morning I had the privilege of attending some of the morning presentations from this year’s crop of TechStars startup companies in an event called “Investor Day,” held at the Boulder Theater. TechStars is a Boulder, CO-based program that provides seed capital and mentorship for tech startups. SocialThing (which just got bought by AOL) and [...]