Journalism, Technology, History

An idea to nap on

Merlin Mann says he’s met an astonishing number of people who can’t bring themselves to take naps during the day. He’s never met me. I don’t need a guide and software is unnecessary. TV on, TV off; it doesn’t matter....

Surviving survival

Yahoo is very close to being a distressed property, it feels like. Or is it already?

Art in numbers

Knoxville artists by number Actors 85 Announcers 255 Architects 465 Fine artists, art directors, animators 570 Dancers and choreographers 60 Designers 1,730 Entertainers and performers 105 Musicians and singers 600 Photographers 380 Producers and directors 395 Writers and authors 390...

If you're first, you're fired

What a message in the breaking news age. The person who posted the death of Tim Russert on Wikipedia has apparently been fired, least that’s what NBC sources say they’ve been told. The Wikipedia entry on Tim Russert seems to...

Tag a site hyperlocal and it's doomed

The problem with creating a hyperlocal site is once you call it that, it’s doomed. Doomed to be irrelevant. Doomed to be ignored? Doomed to be abhorred by advertisers. That’s my spin on a topic posed by Andy Dickinson in...

Along came AP on an otherwise slow day in June

The most ironic angle to surface so far in the AP vs Drudge Retort copyright/fair use flap is the suggestion of an ethical lapse in the New York Times’ coverage of the tempest by failing to disclose it is among...

Reinvention takes investment

Good advice: If your newspaper provides you with video training, realize it is just the beginning. For you to be successful, you’ll need to take ownership of your evolving career. I’m always surprised at how many journalists in newsrooms demand...

That old computer is green

We know you’re keeping that old dog slow computer cause you’re all about green, right? The video is cute. (via Bob Sutton)
/* test */