December 2009
82 posts
8 Things Every Geek Needs to Do Before 2010 →
Organize your tech/geek life in eight easy steps.
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MSNBC criticized for response to terrorism story →
I suppose the correct response would’ve been to preempt all programming and sit around speculating about the terror attack for hours on end. I didn’t see MSNBC’s treatment of the situation (or CNN’s, or Fox News’s), but I know there wasn’t a whole lot to report other than:
Someone tried to blow up a plane;
The plane and everyone on it are OK.
I’m all...
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Find out who's favorited your Tweets. →
via @Shih_Wei
NPR affiliate KPLU to participate in online news... →
Excerpt: “The idea is to create original content, with each of the stations focusing on a highly-targeted niche such as immigration or the environment. […] Part of the goal of the project is to…
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Why I oppose paywalls (it’s not about traffic) →
Source: fmpgoh’s Flickr page.
When I talk about the drag paywalls have on traffic, I’m not really arguing that point so much as appealing to those who would consider paywalls. Their…
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“What the fuck is “video and photos posted on the Internet”? How does...”
– Washington City Paper’s Erik Wemple on how The Washington Post refused to acknowledge information from eyewitnesses and bloggers in the D.C. snowball fight/gun incident.
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“…even when [people] paid for newspapers they could get ‘the news’ for free...”
– FAQ: 3 questions about paywalls | Online Journalism Blog
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Converting print journalists to new media →
Source: billerickson’s Flickr page
I’ve been in a lot of classrooms and this is how I’ve always thought the learning demographics shook out: 1/4 of students want to learn, 1/4…
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The three E's of Twitter →
Engage, educate and entertain—yes, that third one pertains to news orgs. Be as dry as you want on your carbon-copy-of-the-print-edition Web site, but Twitter’s a cocktail party and you don’t want to be the d-bag who’s trying to float a sales pitch all night.
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“Journalists insist that their habitual practices are not artifacts of a...”
– Jay Rosen
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“…I’d like to see web applications and social media integrated into...”
– Jolie O’Dell on what her “wish” for new media is in 2010.
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“If college paper’s really wanted to prepare students for the real world, they...”
– Stuff Journalists Like: #64 college newspapers
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Two good ideas for blog posts →
I came across two great formats, I guess you could call them, for blog posts in the last couple days.
This first one isn’t anything too revolutionary, but it works really well for the blog I…
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WatchA Day in the Life of NYTimes.com - Bits Blog
This is pretty awesome: A time-lapsed data visualization of which U.S. and world locations are reading the New York Times throughout the day of June 25, 2009. [via @profsamuels_nyu]
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WatchAlexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media
“You don’t control your message anymore.” If something of yours takes off in a way you didn’t intend, find a way to roll with that (or, at the very least, be present in the conversation).
Writers wanted! (a designer, too) Blog for... →
Write for Mark Briggs’ blog while he’s off tending to business. No pay, but the exposure would probably be nice.
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“In my view, the potential for Twitter is huge. By using it, we were first to...”
– Kate Dubinski
The good kind of sports journalism rumors →
Source: artolog’s Flickr page
I and every other Mariners fan had a huge day Monday; we apparently traded for Philadelphia Phillies ace Cliff Lee. I don’t have time to count how…
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BBC news website asks users: 'Should homosexuals... →
This would be one of those times when MSM’s rush to the middle (or “being objective,” as they call it) gets them into trouble. Really? We need to ask if homosexuals should face execution? You guys look like idiots.
via @Brizzyc
“Journalismism information flow: Competitor » Romenesko »...”
– @ryansholin
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TOP FIVE →
This blog is great on its own, but I’m thinking of it as a sort of “post template” on days when I’m not feeling all that inspired. [via @KenzDawn]
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Apple Approves Video Recording App for iPhone 2G... →
Apple just approved a new app that allows iPhones other than the 3GS to record video. That’s right, both your iPhone 3G and even the older 2G model can now shoot video, without jailbreak.
I’ll wait and see, but it’s about time Apple took the cuffs off of the older iPhone models.
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How I Do It: Internet privacy →
Source: Dave Pearson’s Flickr page
Facebook’s introduction of a new privacy policy was apparently like throwing a pine cone at a hornet’s nest. I get it…only I don’t. Are…
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“Loss and destruction has been almost all that I’ve ever known in journalism....”
– Endemic - On journalism (Patrick Thornton)
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“Speaking of roster flexibility, as enthusiastic as I was about Jonny Gomes...”
– Mariners Blog | Ryan Langerhans knew he might be jobless today: says buddy Adam LaRoche being looked at by Mariners | Seattle Times Newspaper
Good bloggers fess up when they’re wrong and link to the person who made the correction (re: last five paragraphs).
The worst quote about journalism, ever. Ever. →
“Journalists used to be gatekeepers,” says Brooks Jackson, a former journalist who is the director of Factcheck.org, a nonprofit group that monitors the accuracy of political figures. “Tips and…
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“As the deaths of Anna Nicole Smith and Michael Jackson illustrated, speculation,...”
– The media frenzy around the Tiger Woods scandal isn’t always about the facts - washingtonpost.com
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New poll shows 'Tea Party' more popular than... →
Sounds like an Onion headline, but it’s real.
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“I question why any editor on earth would care if a student got a Master’s degree...”
– Carrie Brown-Smith, University of Memphis
The Definitive Guide to Semantic Web Markup for... →
The Social Media Marketing List: 45 things you... →
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Google’s Living Stories is a good effort—and if... →
Google’s Living Stories project looks and functions a lot like what I was talking about back when I wrote “Keeping up with the news shouldn’t be like keeping up with ‘Lost’”…
More experimentation
Making a promise to myself to experiment with and get more use out of all the Web/iPhone apps I’ve tried out.