Interesting stuff I saw online from Sep. 12 to Sep. 14
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet from Sep. 12 through Sep. 14:
- Ideas and Trends – I Got the News Instantaneously, Oh Boy – NYTimes.com – Yes, skeptics of msm, editors are still valuable: "Eliminating the human touch from the process seems to be what wiped out all that value in United’s stock — because any person who follows the company or owns the stock likely would have known to dismiss the bankruptcy report as old news."
- Journalism.co.uk :: Mixed business: should publishers charge for online content? – "Could pay walls drive up journalism quality? Grimshaw seemed to think so, as did fellow conference speaker Hugo Dixon, editor-in-chief of BreakingViews.com – another advocate of driving up non-subscribers with the hope of later converting them with 'quality' content."
- Pew: Nearly 70 pct of online Americans use services such as webmail and Google Docs – Holy cowabunga! I guess I wouldn't have guessed the number of webmail and Google Docs (etc) users was this high. "Some 69% of online Americans use webmail services, store data online, or use software programs such as word processing applications whose functionality is located on the web."
- 21 Easy Hacks to Simplify Your Life | Zen Habits – Funny. I read this on delicious…but one of the tips is: "Go media free. If your life is filled with information overload, and you find little time to do the things you love to do, consider eliminating media from your life, at least temporarily."
- Fact Checking Resources from ONA 2008 – From the Online News Association 2008 conference, stuff assembled by Chrys Wu for the "fact-checking" panel. A good collection of helpful links for getting data out of the web.
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Kurt's Tweets- Bravo. RT @pwthornton: "Banning unsigned online comments undermines the media’s role as a forum for debate.” http://bit.ly/bmZsOn
- I would like to just take the two steps forward and skip the one step back. How about that? Would that be OK?
- Still seeking talented journalists to run #Patch sites in two south St. Louis County communities. Know anyone? http://ow.ly/2Axnv
- Waiting for a listings collector to give her more #Patch marketing cards. The work never stops.
- Realizing how woefully out of touch I have been with this part of the county. (@ Saint Louis Bread Company) http://4sq.com/5z5Bfh
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