One more Twitter post … I found this quote incredible ….

So says tech writer Andrew Kantor in his USA Today CyberSpeak column. He sees “overscheduled kids, over-prescribed Ritalin, and anti-depressants in value-sized jars” in the Twitter phenomenon. He says:

It’s almost Easter, but not many newspapers executives will think of Dave Morgan as the Easter Bunny with his latest colorful present on the Online Spin blog. But if newspapers were willing to forget who they were, they might win...

Quirky maybe, but this guy’s not “a 20-something geek.” Yes, add me as a Twitter friend. Tags: online newspapers journalism online news

Scripps alumnus from the pre-JOA days at the Rocky Mountain News and online pioneer Robert Niles takes on a smug assertion from Dave Zeeck. Zeeck, the immediate past president of American Society of Newspaper Editors, said that without newspapers, the...

A niche I hadn’t thought of (pirates classifieds), but it looks fun – and a good idea.They’ve aggregated 71,000 ads for Knoxville. Has former newspaper-exec-now-Oodler Lem Lloyd gone the pirate way? Well, anyway, ahoy, Knoxville pirates. (via Greg Sterling) Tags:...

It was great to get a respite from the gloom of the newspaper industry by helping out with the Center for Innovation in College Media workshop over the weekend in Nashville. I got to meet some really bright people:

John Seigenthaler got a standing ovation during an impromptu visit to students and faculty attending the Center for Innovation in College Media’s workshop on online media. The 80-year-old Seigenthaler said he wished he was the age of the students because...

Headed to the Center for Innovation in College Media’s spring workshop (The Future of Journalism: Tool Up or Take it to the House) in Nashville tomorrow. The sessions are Friday and Saturday at the really nice First Amendment Center on...

My nephew asked what I do for a living, and I told him I write e-mails.