Archive for May, 2008

City Shots: Best seats ever for the Cards; great night

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in city shots | 1 Comment »

[flickr]photo:2534639479[/flickr] I've been to a bunch of Cardinals games, but last night's was the best seat I've had (compliments of a friend from church). The cell phone camera doesn't do it ... Read more..

How ‘rumor’ equals ‘news,’ ’stalking’ equals ‘following’

Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in general | No Comments »

Funny glossary here on the Drama 2.0 site translating "common speak" into "Web 2.0 speak." Frankly, most of this could have worked in Web 1.0. "In my opinion," he writes, "some ... Read more..

In case you needed another reason to be despondent

Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in general | 1 Comment »

After listening for a decade to "mainstream" journalists gripe about when this Internet thing was going to start making money, here's the word from the Financial Times. The shortage of revenue ... Read more..

How your company can be stupid about social media

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in general | 1 Comment »

Chief executives posting anonymously on public boards. Fake blogs pumping up corporate products. Unauthorized bloggers embarrassing their employers -- who don't know they're blogging. These are a few of my ... Read more..

Weather: I want to be mostly wrong and still get paid

Monday, May 26th, 2008 Posted in general | 1 Comment »

We're winding down our Memorial Day weekend here in the Greenbaum household. It wasn't the weekend we were expecting. We didn't go to the Missouri Botanical Garden or watch the ... Read more..

Does Facebook make the school yearbook irrelevant?

Friday, May 23rd, 2008 Posted in general | 1 Comment »

My colleague Jessica Bock has an interesting story for the Post-Dispatch today about how high school yearbooks are coping in the age of Facebook, MySpace and Flickr. It seems that, like ... Read more..

When a reader’s restaurant review involves cops

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in commenting | No Comments »

Great post here from St. Louis blogger Reem Abeidoh that has sparked a terrific online discussion about a reader's restaurant review and a pretty angry restaurateur. The blog item basically ... Read more..

Is there a plugin someone hasn’t already thought of?

Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in general | No Comments »

[flickr]photo:2503769891[/flickr]I spent a good chunk of my weekend trying to figure out how to make a really nice slide show for my church's web site. I knew what I wanted. ... Read more..