Journalism, Technology, History

Good news in the stocking

The latest issue of Barron’s – out just in time for Christmas – has an article about my employer, E.W. Scripps, that is getting a lot of buzz on investing Web forums. The article is behind Barron’s pay subscription wall,...

Grassroots lending Web style

I learned about Kiva on a podcast here and thought it was a pretty good idea. Tags: Kiva.org

Christmas 2006 slide show

Decorations at the Lail household (done by Amy). See a slide show. Tags: Christmas photos

Learn by doing

Tom Abate writes about a presentation on the Ventura Counmty Star’s groundbrekaing video efforts. His takeaway on that presentation and some others at UC Berkeley’s New Media program:

Get less than fabulous free stuff

Get “free stuff” from knoxnews’ very twisted “re-gifting” department. Listen to the end of this audio, Wednesday’s Big Dog Audio Update, for details on how to get the free stuff in time. For the curious, the Big Dog Audio archives...

A prediction for 2007

Surely one of the big developments in 2007 will be the integration of community-generated video onto established publishing platforms from CNET to the Washington Post. I bet it’s going to happen fast.

Caught on the scene

That crafty Mocktech espied me yesterday on my way to the fabled “Gold Room.”

Blog Tag: 5 things you don't know about me

Geez, I’m it. Thanks, Jay. That’s viral. Jay Small posted his five things you don’t know about me and has passed it on. He’d been tagged by Greg Sterling, who’d been tagged by … well, you get it. I notice...

The unwritten rules are the toughest to read

I noticed a few “unwritten rules” posts today and decided to have some fun with it. Actually what got me going was this post ValleyWag on the unpublished rental rates of Wi-Fi in cafes. Interesting new social problem and it...
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