“But if you haven’t spent time trying to turn gears in the belly of the beast, it can be like trying to coach without ever having played the game. “
Seth Gitner of Roanoke talks about the “editor ad.” Pay attention to his commitment to trying and failing. “Those failings will take you to your successes.” The clip isn’t really about the process of innovating, it’s about how the project...
Steve Safran at Lost Remote is just another guy feeling totalliy Comcastic these days. My co-worker Lauren could relate to his tale. My only issue is whether they’ll bury the cable they left in my yard months ago before mowing...
CitJ guy Dan Gillmor drew my attention to this Raleigh site. Gillmor thinks it’s smart. I think it’s cool! It’s drupal based. Kudos to all involved. Tags: newspapers
online media
community journalism
Google’s Picasa just got a lot better. Tags: picasa
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I keep a Google News Alert query set to “News Sentinel” (without hyphen) just to see what shows up about the paper I work at. A few days ago this classic lede popped up in Gmail from Layla Bohm, a...
Really good story at Beet.TV about the AP Online Video Network beta that we’re participating in at Knoxville News Sentinel along with a number of other papers. Give the piece a read (and watch the video above). It’s the best...
Fatbloging update. Yeah, I sucked. For the week stats:
Actual Target
Sessions: 2 4
Calories burned: 1,640 2,000
Time exercising: 1:48 3:15
Miles jogged: 9 No advice
I did better last week. Tags: jogging
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My cousin, Eddie Sudduth in North Carolina, emailed today this Christmas card of my grandparents, Hobert (1897-1973) and Emma (1903-1991) Edwards.I don’t know when this card was done, but it’s certainly more than three decades ago. Thanks for sharing!
Great NYT piece on how having public WiFi, but charging for it is the Web-age version of the “coin-operated locks on bathroom stalls.” Starbucks and McDonalds fit this mold. The article notes that DFW is even charging airline passengers caught...