What I'm Reading
- VIDEO: Freedom Daywww.youtube.comAll my favorite Abbey Lincoln recordings are off Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite. Watch this.
- North Korea makes Twitter debutGuardianTalk about sources going direct. North Korea is on the Twitters.
- Morning storms upend regionTBDThe tone of the @TBD severe weather liveblogthing is remarkably honest, even snarky at times.
- Confessions of an Online StalkerAssembly JournalIn which @heyitsnoah is made an example of, on the topic of Internet/"real life" privacy. I'm unimpressed.
- Poligraft Brings Politics and Influences Together in Just One ClickSunlight Foundation BlogMore than a little fascinated by Poligraft, a @sunfoundation project that... Well, you'll see. Try the bookmarklet.
- The Twitter Diet: a simple, three-point plan for Twitter dominanceArgo Project BlogFrom @mthomps at NPR's Project Argo, a strategic content analysis of @poynter and @niemanlab's tweets.
- TBD debuts with no new ideas, but real actionLost RemoteFriends at @lostremote review friends at @TBD: "What’s novel about TBD is not the ideas, but the action."
- Demotix partners with Publish2 for new photo-sharing networkJournalism.co.ukHere's the Journalism.co.uk story by @lauraoliver on the Publish2 partnership with @Demotix.
- Demotix and Publish2 News Exchange Partner!DemotixHere's the Demotix post about their Publish2 News Exchange partnership and plans for photo distribution.
- Can Publish2 Change the Way Newspapers Share Content?Editor & PublisherFree from the surly bonds of the paywall, here's E&P's story on Publish2 News Exchange from the July print issue.
- VIDEO: Freedom Day
Tag Archives: apple
A Newsstand for the Tablet that might work
“Newsstand” by triin on Flickr. Mario Garcia probably believes the lifespan (halflife?) of print newspapers will stretch out ever so slightly longer than I believe, but I’m constantly inspired by his original thought about the problems associated with sustaining any … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, crosswords, ipad, newspapers, newsstand, revenue, serendipity, subscription, tablet
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Repackaging the unbundled
Scott Karp (yes, he’s my boss over at the office) is more fascinated than I am about Google’s new FastFlip, but he’s wisely focusing on the fact that it’s an experiment with a new user experience for online news, and … Continue reading
How’s that whole melting MacBook thing going?
A lazyweb inquiry: Does the current run of MacBooks (not the Pros) still have any sort of serious overheating problem? We’re pretty close to replacing a certain laptop in our stable (not mine) and the question keeps coming up. So … Continue reading
Resist the urge to buy that refurbished laptop
Especially that blue Toshiba model that you see for around $1,000 when that’s exactly what you can afford to spend. Back in December 2004, I did my research, I comparison shopped, and I bought a lemon. A refurbished lemon with … Continue reading
Ten reasons I’m buying a MacBook as soon as I can afford one
I’ve been using Microsoft OS-based PCs since Mom and Dad upgraded from an electronic typewriter. The first program I remember using way back in the DOS days was The Print Shop. I made banners. It was the ’80s. Times have … Continue reading