December 2007
91 posts
Review: Motorola MOTOFONE F3 →
I want one of these now.
Benazir Bhutto casts a shadow over Iowa →
— aatw
“what is whitesoap? »
This site was designed to provide way-too-much...”
– whitesoap>_ beta: computed-news. I really don’t understand what’s going on here, but it looks kind of cool. A sort of meta-meta-meta-blog?
2007 trends in logo design →
“These early ‘Sesame Street’ episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not...”
– Old School [dive into mark]
“Since then — and after Simon complained to the newspaper’s owner...”
– Flak prompts newspaper to stop covering politics - 12/26/2007 - MiamiHerald.com
2008 objectives for today’s non-wired journalist →
“Story video may have its time and place, but unlike some, I don’t believe that...”
– howardowens.com: media blog » Blog Archive » Video taxonomy new term: Video Illustration
An Interview with Craig from Craigslist →
— shawnblog
Delete My Bleeping Account, Facebook! →
— nm
Newspapers can make money on the Web (a lot) →
“I really hesitate to say what types of events or assignments will be a slam dunk...”
– How do you choose stories for video? | News Videographer
Why I Stopped Using Twitter →
Three lessons about Twitter/microblogging →
Twitterpated
I’m now drinking the Twitter juice. Follow me at http://twitter.com/jessedarland/.
Boing Boing user profiles — do not want!
Engaging in a little self-googling this morning, I realize that Boing Boing’s new social networking features mean my Boing Boing profile shows up at the top of Google’s result list. D’oh! Why did I give Boing Boing my full name? Like the whole Beacon blow-up, I gave them some information that I understood would be used in one context, and now it is being used in a completely different (and...
“Because Django was developed in a fast-paced newsroom environment, it was...”
– Django | Django at a glance | Django Documentation
“Django’s primary goal is to ease the creation of complex, database-driven...”
– Django (web framework) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
'The Wire' gets the newsroom right →
“What if newspapers made it so users never had to visit their sites in order...”
– Newspapers can learn from Twitter’s simplicity | patrickbeeson.com
patrickbeeson.com | Patrick Beeson is a... →
The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the... →
The author came to speak to my journalism class this past semester; I’ll have to read this book after the first of the year.
Give One. Get One. →
Saw the commercial for the OLPC while watching some holiday TV today. I’m intrigued that they’re advertising on television — hopefully this will mean more laptops for them.
“At that point, Wilbon mentioned Deadspin and The Big Lead, and he seemed to...”
– ESPN’s Michael Wilbon Explains His Feelings Toward Blogs: ‘I’m Old’ - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog (Via.)
“The TSA is now tied with the IRS for least popular government agency in America,...”
– TSA is as unpopular as the IRS - Boing Boing
“If there’s one statement I’ve made about video that has drawn the most fire it...”
– howardowens.com: media blog » Blog Archive » York finding success with quick-production video
Myth is truth (p < .05) →
Watch out for secondary characters with more... →
“The Queen has a YouTube channel. As the Observer points out, she beat the White...”
– BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » RoyalTube
“I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message more...”
– BBC NEWS | UK | Queen launches YouTube channel
The Total Stupidity of Crowds: Bad Mortgages and... →
“Most interesting of all is that Wikipedia (only a year old in 2002) is...”
– Blog future vs NYT future: none of the above! - Boing Boing
The Design Bookmarklet →
Ben said: This is really cool for design nerds. It’s a bookmarklet that will bring up design tools like rulers and grids — ben The overlays that this bookmarklet creates are really well designed… and useful. Thanks Ben! — joelaz
What is an online journalist? →
Do Journalists Have the Right to Reveal Corporate... →
Apple forces Think Secret shutdown →
Daring Fireball: Yet Another in the Ongoing Series... →
— marco Is this Fast Company article really what passes for good tech journalism these days? (But then again…)
Tumblelogging isn’t micro-blogging →
I too have long believed that Kottke and DF are tumblelogging without calling it so.
“Most, if not all, of those same laws apply to the New Media. What the [Old...”
– Analysis: New Media Pwned Old Media
MTV Latches Onto Citizen Journalism for 2008... →
— sid05 It’s cool that Viacom is giving them all that equipment, but the article doesn’t say whether or not the 51-person Street Team will be paid for all their work. (To me, at least, “citizen journalism” just means “unpaid journalism.” And will they get benefits?)
“The New York Times has changed the subheadline in Wednesday’s front-page story...”
– NY Times changes CIA headline for WH
“The New York Times’ inference that there is an effort to mislead in this...”
– Dana Perino (via In Rare Move, White House Demands ‘Correction’ of ‘NYT’ Deck)
“The accounts indicate that the involvement of White House officials in the...”
– Bush Lawyers Discussed Fate of C.I.A. Tapes - New York Times
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Taking the Kindle for a test drive →