Journalism, Technology, History

A beacon in the shoals

Obviously, a lot of people from MoveOn.org to the other end of the political spectrum are weighing in negatively on the Facebook Beacon. But when it’s wigging out smart people like Forrester’s Charlene Li, … uh … it might be...

Frayed about the throne

Terry Heaton on why “content is not king:” Given the math, it’s simply impossible to create enough content in a page view model to satisfy budget demands. It is impossible.

Go take a step outside, see what's shakin' in the real world

This week my exercise music was the John Butler Trio’s Grand National, the video above is the cut “Good Excuse.” More YouTube videos of the band. Maybe everybody knows about this group; they been releasing albums since 2001. I didn’t,...

The power of comment

Number9 says history was made this week with the first reading passage of a recall amendment by the Knox County Commission. He says: The idea began in the comment section of the Knoxville News Sentinel. The comments section had only...

Sign of the times

The virtual version of pulling up the other candidates’ signs?

Accentuating the issues

Is a Southern accent a political liability? Sez David Freddoso: It takes conscious effort for some New Englanders to overcome the First Impression that Southern Accent doesn’t equal perhaps deliberate ignorance…Yes, it’s prejudice, but try and get a New Englander,...

Long Journey Home

Longtime friend and journalism professor Jim Brown has a new book coming out, Long Journey Home.

Twitter on TV

Twitter cameos on CBS’ CSI. Add me to your Twitter friends. (via Lost Remote)

Captured by a blob with tentacles

All these years, I’ve been working for a media blob that plans to morph into fraternal twins. Wait, it is a big ole media octopus, now cutting off tentacles. Whatever, Jack Shafer has a sense of humor in explaining deconsolidation::...

Thanksgiving tidings

In their current configurations, newspaper companies are screwed. They would begin to help themselves by acknowledging and starting to deal with this.
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