Month: January 2007
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Why Citizen Shovelware doesn’t work
…or “Sometimes hyperlocal just ain’t enough.” Community site engine/citizen journalism startup Backfence (Here’s the Palo Alto version.) appears to be well on its way to falling apart. Why? Because people don’t want to participate in your brand, they want to participate in their community. I don’t know if YourHub, a hyperlocal site framework developed by…
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“Reverse Mentoring” – Committee of Concerned Journalists
Dvorkin calls for older newsies to listen to the young newcomers in the organization, because normally, us young folk just sit on our hands with our mouths shut and don’t spend half our day telling the old folks what they should be doing anyway. That’s r “Reverse Mentoring” – Committee of Concerned Journalists
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random notes on blogging – gaping void
“19. For us serious blog evangelists, it’s tempting to think “Everybody should have a blog”. About as tempting as the thought, “Everybody should be able to write well.” And about as realistic.” random notes on blogging – gaping void
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ICM Interview: Howard Owens – Innovation in College Media
Good advice from Howard Owens: “Every student journalist should spend at least six months totally immersed in blogging. Start a blog and try to draw an audience.” ICM Interview: Howard Owens – Innovation in College Media
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PhotoQ WordPress Plugin – Photoblogging Made Easy – whoismanu?
Looks like a great WordPress plugin to help manage a photoblog. Set it and forget it. Needs the right theme to go with it, though. PhotoQ WordPress Plugin – Photoblogging Made Easy – whoismanu?
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Don’t get wrapped up in the ‘so-called pajama media’
In this wide-ranging interview with Bryan Murley of Innovation in College Media, Gatehouse Media’s Howard Owens points out what I battle through in conversations with both journalism school faculty and students over and over again: ICM: Which leads a little bit into my next question … The online media universe has been changing dramatically over…
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Appropriate Discoverability – Skrentablog
An SEO rant on newspapers: “Yet if you go to Google and type in any restaurant name, you’re not likely to ever come across a newspaper restaurant review in the results. Yahoo local, yelp, chefmoz (heh), zagat’s, chowhound, jatbar.” Appropriate Discoverability – Skrentablog
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A Gentle Introduction to SQL
Just what it says. Tutorials with built-in exercises. Thx Bob! A Gentle Introduction to SQL
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Mcall Community Forums :: Talk About It
This is a commenting system method I’ve thought about — point straight to a forum topic instead of attaching comments to an article. However, this thread is exactly why I don’t advocate putting comments on every article. Dead kid = no comments, please. Mcall Community Forums :: Talk About It
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Fragments of Mine
One of Mindy McAdams’ students at UF. Always fun to watch an undergrad ‘get it’ one blog post at a time. Fragments of Mine