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  • Keller, Bill7412July 11, 2009

    Dear Bill Keller

    Bill Keller, Executive Editor of the New York Times, gave an interview to TIME magazine that showed a total lack of transparency, a fear that journalism itself was under attack, and a disturbing amount of the ‘old media’ mindset. This is a look at what he got wrong, and how to fix it. more...
  • newsflow3872March 19, 2009

    Newsflow: How Journalism Is and Will Be Generated

    After taking a look at Steve Johnson’s, co-founder of outside.in, speech from SXSW on the state of the news industry, I think this ideas are sound, but the details are too general. I’ve expanded on this thinking in a chart, Newsflow, to show the relationship between consumers, data, crowdsourcing and journalists. more...
  • 2106440696_74546aa1fc3714April 2, 2009

    You Can’t Make Abundancy Scarce

    I’m sick and tired of the mind-fuck that the ‘old media’ types try to pull on us. Charging for content, just because you decide it’s valuable is asinine. We’ve got a choice: charge for a great user experience, or charge for fantastic content. more...
  • About Ping What they did right:pre-loaded the social network with content from top bandsfocused on a niche that they know, and dominatefocused on a niche that has a strong community, and no dominant place to gather.built the network into a product that is already with millions of peopleWhat sucks:even though it's built into a product that potentially knows everything abo…
  • Why Developers are Creative Developers are a unique breed.They're creative for the same reason they're jaded – they constantly have to imagine everything people could do to their app, then balance that against what people will do.Let me explain – coding is like creating a series of building blocks. Each block is an logical choice. String a bunch of logical choices together, and …
  • UI problems to post about • what posting to multiple social circles should look like• nav bars …
  • Lessons Learned from the Roman Manlius System small groups, capable of operating independently are better than a massreliable fear is an effective motivator – establish punishments.reliable motivation is an effective motivator – establish consent payment.relentlessness is better than giving up and almost as good as being right the first time.It's better to be highly trained in your skill than attempt …
  • How to get your questions answered in a forum • don't ask look up questions. if it's a definition, you can google it.• asking to for a list of resources is risky – it's requires a lot of time to compile and isn't a really sexy task.• do ask for for opinions. …
  • Why Nick Carr is wrong http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/11/pew-fifth-adults-internet/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 internet isn't used by a lot of poor folks who aren't educated …and that means that for 20% of the pop. the internet has had very little to do with their (lack of) education    Friend so i w…