Journalism, Technology, History

This Tweet just in

Something very similar to thisbreaking Twitter news happened to me on April  18 with this story. (via InfoDiva)

DigiDave talks with Scott Karp

David Cohn does a  video interview with Scott Karp, who he calls “one freakin’ smart guy,” on Publish2, Link Journalism and more. It’s a good overview of what Karp is doing with Publish2.

Insty Twitter

I’m thinking not many people know Instapundit.com has a Twitter feed. Those are “InstyTweets?” It’ll be popular! On a completely unrelated, but geographically close topic, I created a Twitter feed for University of Tennessee fans with GoVolsXtra headlines. Follow it...

Twitter tools

Just one of things that is interesting about Twitter is how many services have been built upon its simple interface to provide additional  features. For a service that has yet to hit mainstream, it’s germinated a whole eco-system of apps....

Newspaper Twitter stats for April

Erica Smith has published her April newspaper Twitter stats. I love that she is doing this project! Her stats show several newspapers had followings that grew by triple digits in the last month while @knoxnews grew by 47 percent and...

It was silly of you to come, but stay awhile

In the quest for audience, we live by what marketing  whiz Seth Godin calls “silly traffic.” One time visitors who hit a site for a few seconds and are gone. This site, for example, has a high number of them....

Future pix of newspapers

Does Kodak has the digital picture of the newspaper industry’s future? Good piece in the New York Times today on the morphing of the company: Kodak is by no means thriving. Digital products are nowhere near filling the profit vacuum...

Find out how journalists think!

The press release below is about a really interesting effort by The Society of Professional Journalaits (of which I’m a card-carrying member). Chicago, Greensboro, LA. At $25 a pop, that’s a deal. Deadline for the Chicago one is coming up...

Music Row overrated

Nashville’s Music Row makes MSN’s “America’s Most Overrated Places.” ”.. a visit to Music Row, supposedly a great tourist destination, really is just a walk down a block filled with ugly offices.” ” … go to Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, the...
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