Invisible Inkling

Ryan Sholin on the future of newspapers, online news and journalism education.

All About Scoble

Scobleization plus three years

Three years and two days ago, I got Scobleized.
The highlight of Robert’s informal talk was when he plugged his tablet into the projector in a packed room at the SJSU/MLK library and showed us his aggregator.
It was Bloglines at the time, not that it mattered.
I was blown away by the amount of information — and [...]

I just checked in to see what condition my condition was in

My thesis proposal was conditionally approved yesterday, which means I can go ahead and start navigating the murky waters of the human subjects paperwork required by IRB.
Once that’s in motion, I’ll make the expected changes that the committee wants, and submit the updates to my primary advisor.
Meanwhile, the Sloan/McCune New Media class and anyone else [...]

World gets flatter, film at 11

Scoble quits Microsoft, moves back to Valley, goes to work at podcasting start-up.
Sounds like a great move, whether or not PodTech.net becomes one of the New New Networks or not. Why? Something I learned working retail: As soon as your boss calls you “indispensable,” it’s probably time to quit, because if they [...]