What I’ve read, Aug. 2 through Aug. 8
These are my links for August 2nd through August 8th:
- Pew Internet: Search Engine Use – The percentage of internet users who use search engines on a typical day has been steadily rising from about one-third of all users in 2002, to a new high of just under one-half (49%).
- Advertising – Google’s New Tool Is Meant for Marketers – NYTimes.com – Users can also slice the data into finer geographic areas than with Trends and view it on a map. And they can download the data onto spreadsheets to compare it to their own forecasts or research.
- The Mr. Spock Guide to Effective Blogging | Copyblogger – “ITry using a little Vulcan logic to move it in the right direction.” OK. This is a fun read. Thanks, Will. And for the record, I didn’t want “to Pon Farr his pointy ears off.”
- paidContent appears on Guardian site -
- If the FCC comes to regulate the Internet, newspapers will lose their freedom of the press « The Future of News – “…what if the FCC comes to regulate the Internet, as might begin to happen should they be given the right to enforce Net Neutrality policies?”
- Understanding Your Legal Risks When You Blog or Publish Online | Citizen Media Law Project – The risks you could face when you publish online can take a number of forms, depending on what and how you publish.
- TrekWeb.com – First Cut of Star Trek Movie Screened at Paramount with Impressive Results – What can I say? I’m a trekkie.
- Newspaper Consortium Picks Mike Silver As Its First-Ever Leader – Fantastic news for a man I have known and respected for a long time. (via Online News Squared)
- ONA News: 2008 Online Journalism Awards – Finalists – Finalists for the 9th annual Online Journalism Awards, which honor excellence in digital journalism, were announced today by the Online News Association (ONA).
- LATimes-er’s farewell blog item: 42 things I know – Telling reader’s comment: “You forgot to mention that the Times and other large papers forgot or dismissed the small business owner.”
- What’s really killing newspapers: They’re no longer the best providers of social currency. – By Jack Shafer – Slate Magazine – But to read a newspaper and then keep your trap shut is to miss the point: Newspapers are designed to be read and argued over.
- Net Law Luminaries File Amicus Brief in Lori Drew Case – “…the government’s theory … would impose criminal penalties for … violating a website’s terms of service, something … millions of Internet users do every day, often without even knowing it.”
Kurt's Tweets- Funny. SW airlines magazine bothers to mention that pacemakers are always authorized electronic devices. #fb
- A disgrace, St. Louis. People still litter? http://post.ly/OUsk
- Redemption for Lindsey Jacobellis in snowboardcross? Only click if you really wanna know. http://bit.ly/99OgbM
- West Countians: If you're in the market for a pancake supper tonight, there's one here: http://stmartinschurch.org.
- The fiddling continues, even as Rome burns.