Interesting stuff I saw online, Jan. 8 to Jan. 9
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet from Jan. 8 through Jan. 9:
- Networked link journalism: A revolution quietly begins in Washington state – From the Publish2 blog: "The discussion about journalism’s future so often focuses on Big Changes — Kill the print edition! Flips for everyone! Reinvent business models NOW! — that it’s easy to forget how simple innovation can be. Sometimes all you need is a few Tweets, a bunch of links, and some like-minded pioneers." I've been getting busy with Publish2 for some time and finding it quite useful.
- 20 Websites with Beautiful Typography – Six Revisions – "Typography in web design plays an integral part in setting the tone, theme, and message of a website."
- Creative Commons Q&A: How can journalists get the most out of it? – "Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that offers free legal tools and technology to help creators share and distribute their work online in a safe and legal fashion."
- The 6 Dangerous Fallacies of Social Media | Social Media Consulting – Convince & Convert – Now, just get your bosses to read this to help them understand.
The interesting stuff I saw online on Aug. 18
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet on Aug. 18 from 5:44 pm to 5:51 pm:
- Nine Ways to Promote Your Blog Posts | chrisbrogan.com – "Write blog posts that others will find useful. I know it’s not a technology answer, but it’s the truth. If your posts aren’t that useful to other people, they won’t be popular." Useful can mean a lot of things — entertaining, informative, educational…
- Blog Posts – Reporting & Writing for Online Media – Mindy McAdams at the University of Florida requires her students to blog. Check out the grading criteria: "timely and current posts," "interestingness," "stay on your topic" and more.
Interesting stuff I saw online from Aug. 14 to Aug. 15
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet from Aug. 14 through Aug. 15:
- Todd Andrlik: Chicago Tribune's Social Media Evolution – "By sharing its relevant, high-quality content through these new social channels, chicagotribune.com immediately realized an uptick in traffic and eventually an eight percent increase in pageviews."
- Beat Blogging: Blog readers lead to A1 story for Dallas Morning News – The key line in this blog item, and the lesson for journalists: "His readers — many of which are teachers — knew more about this topic than be did, and he hoped they could shed some light on the situation."
- Is porn the answer to newspapers’ woes? – I have nothing to add to this. Try as I might. The blogger: "Steve Boriss teaches the class 'The Future of News' at Washington University in St. Louis and is a principal of The Future of News, Inc."
- What Social Media Does Best – Chris Brogan on how to talk to your boss about social media. I should commit this to memory. So should someone in all the other newsrooms out there.
The interesting stuff I saw online on Aug. 13
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet on Aug. 13 from 10:41 am to 10:02 pm:
- Beyond the Hype: Twitter and customer service: My personal experience – Another great social media/customer service story. This is starting to play into my simmering PR blog item.
- The PR Roadblock On The Road To Blissful Blogging – Michael Arrington, TechCrunch: “…I agree that PR as a profession is broken.” That industry’s problems are similar to the newspaper industry’s — but they may be a year or two behind. I know people in the PR industry who get it, though.
- A blog about technology from BBC News | US media’s crimes against Web 2.0 – Amen to this writer, who discusses issues with NBC protecting its rights to the Olympic Games and the controversy at the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The interesting stuff I’ve seen on Aug. 12
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet on Aug. 12 from 5:37 pm to 9:00 pm:
- Knight Foundation offers $24m to community news providers – The Knight Community Information Challenge will offer $20 million over five years to support initiatives in the US aimed at using media and technology to better serve local communities with information.
- Is Facebook the Most Popular Social Bookmarking Service on the Web? – ReadWriteWeb – "The big surprise here, though, is that Facebook and MySpace have emerged as hugely popular ways to share items from off-site."
- 35+ Examples of Corporate Social Media in Action – Hmmm. This bears additional research. I love looking at how other companies are using social media.
- Why Twitter Hasn't Failed: The Power Of Audience – "Twitter works and enjoys such strong attachment because it provides real-time access to a well-defined audience." Darned right! It's the virtual community. Try watching the Olympics with your Twitter feed running. It's like being in a bar watching with a crowd. Follow my Twitter feed here.
- Facebook Is Not Only The World’s Largest Social Network, It Is Also The Fastest Growing – As my friend Scott says, "facts, speaking for themselves": "According to figures compiled by comScore, Facebook’s visitor growth is up 153 percent on an annual basis."
Kurt's Tweets- Why is this not a national story? Maybe I missed it. Appalling. Disabled woman was tortured and held as a sex slave http://ow.ly/2CiAq
- 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.