Interesting stuff I saw online, Mar. 21 to Mar. 24
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet from Mar. 21 through Mar. 24:
- Clive Thompson on the Taming of Comment Trolls – A couple of the comments on this story might be more interesting than the item itself: "The challenge Obama faces in allowing conversation at the digital White House is obvious: trolls. Discussion-thread veterans will tell you that politics attracts more vicious, raging, insult-hurling trolls than almost any other topic."
- Economist Blames Twitter for Down Economy – Professor Martin Schmeldon of Harvard Business School recently released research findings that suggest excessive Twitter use may have caused the current economic downturn.
- The rise and fall of social media (according to mainstream media reportage) | higher ed marketing – The seven phases of mainstream media coverage of social media, illustrated with a chart.
- Xark!: 2020 vision: What's next for news – Wow. An incredibly comprehensive outline for trends and ideas to look out for in the next generation of news. A reading assignment, but worth a look.
Interesting stuff I saw online, Feb. 17 to Feb. 21
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet from Feb. 17 through Feb. 21:
- USAToday and Microblogging Offline – Via chrisbrogan.com: "We think often about how the web is so amazing and how communication works online, but to really get a sense of dynamism, don’t forget to look at what’s going on offline."
- Baby Boomers, Luddites? Not So Fast – From the New York Times: "A recent report from Forrester Research indicates that while it might be tempting to categorize all aging Americans as techno-dinosaurs and Luddites, more than 60 percent of baby boomers are avid consumers of social media like blogs, forums, podcasts and online videos. That’s up from roughly 40 percent a year ago."
- The Top 21 Twitter Applications (According to Compete) – TechCrunch: "We’ve accumulated a list of the twenty most popular Twitter applications, based on monthly unique visitor data from Compete."
- CJR: Where’s the line between selling yourself and selling out? – “We’re pretty damn methodical about making sure anybody who cares about a story we wrote knows about it.” — Jim VandeHei, Politico’s co-editor.
- Using Publish2: How will smaller news staffs cover the giant stimulus story? – Etaoin Shrdlu: "Reporters will be able to search a sophisticated database of all the reader submissions – for instance, zeroing in on a particular region, or a certain company, or an individual government department. The system will let them query their readers to solicit feedback and information on specific stimulus topics. Meanwhile, Publish2 will also provide an aggregated list of links to all the best stimulus journalism around the country, which can be used to augment and extend individual websites."
Interesting stuff I saw online, Dec. 15 to Jan. 2
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet from Dec. 15 through Jan. 2:
- BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Identity and anonymity – "Anonymity thereby provides a way for a writer who may be personally unpopular to ensure that readers will not prejudge her message simply because they do not like its proponent.” (Justice John Paul) Stevens concluded “Under our Constitution, anonymous pamphleteering is not a pernicious, fraudulent practice, but an honorable tradition of advocacy and of dissent. Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority. “
- Stir it up – News Mixer – Experiment in online commenting – Most news Web sites either don't allow people to participate in conversations, or offer just the simplest option: a comment box. Most people aren't very happy with the quality of the conversation that results.
- Four Online Community News Sites to Expand Coverage – Knight Foundation – The St. Louis Beacon is among the recipients. “As the news industry cuts costs by reducing staff — including local reporters — citizens are receiving less of the news they need to lead informed lives and hold their governments accountable,” said Gary Kebbel, Knight Foundation’s journalism program director.
- Using Tweetbeep you can set-up keyword alerts for Twitter – Journalism.co.uk – "Alerts can be refined by geography, hashtags, user and the tone of the tweet (e.g. whether it's a question or not)."
What I’ve read: Aug. 12
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet on Aug. 12 from 12:59 pm to 1:03 pm:
- Beat Blogging: Timing can impact traffic to a blog – I get asked about this a lot by the bloggers for our site. It makes sense that it depends on the topic. Great posting, Patrick.
- Sean Tevis.com: Running for Office: It's Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll – Friend of mine from a past life, running for Kansas state rep. Check out his cartoon about the process. He is also blogging. Guess it helps when you have a wry sense of a humor and an excellent design sense.
What I’ve read: Aug. 10
These are my links for Aug. 10 from 08:19 to 08:22:
- Three New AIR Apps To Bring Facebook To Your Desktop – ReadWriteWeb – “The more useful of the two Facebook AIR apps is definitely Zebr. This AIR app reminds me of Twhirl for Facebook status updates.”
- Keep Track of Your Favorite Blogs in Gmail – ReadWriteWeb – Seems so obvious now that he’s said it. But I just never paid any attention. Duh!
Kurt's Tweets- @bfelice Hey, thanks so much for the heads-up on this. Great to see.
- 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.