Month: January 2008

  • Going down for the wrong cause

    The departure of Jim O’Shea from the L.A. Times shouldn’t be construed as fighting the gallant battle for journalism. It was the battle for status quo and business as usual. What’s needed is creative thinking, new approaches and a reassessment of what newspapers do. O’Shea failed on all points. He needed to go. Pulling last…

  • Looking back at 2007

    I took an exercise holiday over the Christmas/New Year’s period (not a good idea), but I’m trying to get back in the routine.  The chart below has last week’s results. I also looked at last year and was surprised by actually how much I had accomplished considering how easily I can miss my schedule. (I…

  • One for the toolkit

    One thing I like about Mashable (despite Louis Gray’s problems with it) are the list posts of resources, you know 10,000 PhotoShop links or Endless Firefox add-ons.  They’re great. But now comes Journerdism with a multimedia McGuyver toolset. A treat!