Interesting stuff I saw online, Aug. 12 to Aug. 14
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet from Aug. 12 through Aug. 14:
- Video: Social Media Revolution – Great video, lots of stats about the boom in social media growth. Thanks @stevebuttry
- Employers Are Freaking Out About Twitter and Facebook, Study Shows – Fascinating Citizen Media Law Project post includes hysterical example of dumb employee, Facebook and her boss.
- The 7 Deadly Sins of Blogging – "The same problems come up again and again, keeping bloggers from building a real audience for what they have to say. So how about you? Do you commit one of these seven deadly sins with your content?"
- News numeracy: online tools for reporting numbers – Journalism.co.uk: "Following on from Steve Harrison’s excellent two-part guide on news numeracy, ‘How to: get to grips with numbers as a journalist’, here’s a round-up of some of the best online tools and sites for journalists when reporting figures and stats."
The interesting stuff I saw online, Feb. 17
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet on Feb. 17 from 8:27 am to 8:59 am:
- Trekkies Guide To Twitter – From TrekMovie.com: "A few big Trek celebrities are tweeting. The King of all Trek Twitter is @wilw (Wil Wheaton) who with around 90,000 is ranked 15th in total followers. Other Trek Twitterers in the top 200 are @LeVarburton (LeVar Burton) and @BrentSpiner (Brent Spiner). Rounding out the Trek celeb list are @georgetakei (George Takei), @WilliamShatner (William Shatner), @leonardnimoy (Leonard Nimoy), and @jj_abrams (JJ Abrams)."
- Get The Most From Google Analytics – Bless you, GrokDotCom: "Here’s a great list of Analytics tutorials, including topics like linking your AdWords and Analytics together, setting up goal tracking, creating profiles, etc." (via NewsTechzilla)
- The “new newsroom” is being created one reporter at a time – Nieman Journalism Lab: "PR whiz Steve Rubel says he looks a lot like Peter Abraham, who is not some vaporware demo from 2015, but a flesh-and-blood reporter covering the Yankees spring training camp in Florida right now."
- Zuckerberg On Who Owns User Data On Facebook: It’s Complicated – More on Facebook from TechCrunch: "Zuckerberg is saying, “Trust us.” But it is difficult to trust a company that is stripping users of rights they’ve become accustomed to, even if hardly any of them ever actually asserted those rights in practice."
- Facebook’s Users Ask Who Owns Their Information – NYTimes.com: "Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, said in a blog post on Monday that the philosophy 'that people own their information and control who they share it with has remained constant.' Despite the complaints, he did not indicate the language would be revised."
Interesting stuff I saw online, Jan. 10 to Jan. 13
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet from Jan. 10 through Jan. 13:
- NY Blogger Three: issued press credentials but still pursuing legal action – "This step recognizes that bloggers are 21st-century journalists…It's an important first step, but only a first step, because we still need to address the constitutional problem of who gets press credentials in New York City. The Police Department should not be in the business of determining who’s a journalist."
- Telegraph’s Ed Roussel on outsourcing: Newspapers need to focus on what they do best – “Reducing the cost of manufacturing and distribution is an imperative for any newspaper group that is determined to remain profitable, as we are (…) The principle holds true on the digital side."
- Ten things every journalist should know in 2009 – Maybe journalists should have known most of these things in 2008.
- 49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats – "Sometimes it is easy to get lose sight of just how staggering the numbers are of people collaborating, researching, and interacting on the web."
- Why commenting on news sites still stinks: Further notes on the commenting survey results – Amen, brother: "if there’s not a journalist managing the community — participating in threads, asking and answering questions, and generally continuing the conversation — your comment threads will stay a mudpit, all technology, identity, and registration aside."
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.