Links for January 11th
These are my delicious links for January 11th from 08:06 to 22:57:
- UNCUT: Barkley, Wife at Their Gated House -
- From: Jerry YangSteve. Why do you keep ignoring my Facebook... -
From: Rod Blagojevich
How do you delete email that’s already been sent?From: Barack Obama
AirforceOne needs an XBOX. Hint, Hint. - New Media Douchebags Explained -
How to blog, Twitter, podcast, poke, write on Facebook walls and become a new media douchebag. More at http://cinnamonpants.com. - New Web-based news agency going live on Monday - AFP-MediaWatch - New Web-based news agency going live on Monday - AFP-MediaWatch: The Global Post is a new newswire-like service for world news, focuses on new media and beat reporting, the project has exciting implications because it employs a freemium business model, along with…
- Skirting Laws, Iran Buys Bomb Parts From US Firms - World news | Newser - Skirting Laws, Iran Buys Bomb Parts From US Firms - World news | Newser: Are you kidding me!? I don’t know if I’m more embarrassed by the companies that will do anything to make a buck or by the inability of our government to NOT SELL WEAPONS TO THE EMENY.
- Avoiding The Big Yellow Taxi Moment - Avoiding The Big Yellow Taxi Moment: Do bloggers just opine while reporters do ‘journalism?’ The comments are particularly interesting, but present the same problem blogs do: They are a raw source of material — a source — that require a…
- "You are one of the millions of people who sit at a computer all day. Every hour you have 10 minutes..." - ““You are one of the millions of people who sit at a computer all day. Every hour you have 10 minutes where you’re not doing anything productive at work, and you can’t look at porn. So you make a comment and fulfill this desire to show yourself off as a smarty-pants.””
- —Marshall Poe, a professor of history and new media at the University of Iowa, who has studied Internet communities.
All-Stars of the Clever Riposte - New York Times
- "People are doing it [commenting on blogs] for the same reason another generation of people called in..." - ““People are doing it [commenting on blogs] for the same reason another generation of people called in on talk radio.””
- —Shel Israel, a social media consultant and a columnist for Blogger & Podcastermagazine
All-Stars of the Clever Riposte - New York Times
- Here Comes Another Bubble v1.1 - The Richter Scales - Here Comes Another Bubble v1.1 - The Richter Scales:
Winner of the Webby Award for Viral Video! Full credits at http://richterscales.com/bubble_credits Web 2.0 had it… - Crunchies 2008 - The Richter Scales - Crunchies 2008 - The Richter Scales:
The Richter Scales perform their new song at The Crunchies 2008.Views:
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- Skirting Laws, Iran Buys Bomb Parts From US Firms - World news | Newser - Are you kidding me!? I don't know if I'm more embarrassed by the companies that will do anything to make a buck or by the inability of our government to NOT SELL WEAPONS TO THE EMENY.
- Avoiding The Big Yellow Taxi Moment - Do bloggers just opine while reporters do 'journalism?' The comments are particularly interesting, but present the same problem blogs do: They are a raw source of material — a source — that require a curator (pro. journalist) to make readable for the average person.
- New Web-based news agency going live on Monday - AFP-MediaWatch - The Global Post is a new newswire-like service for world news, focuses on new media and beat reporting, the project has exciting implications because it employs a freemium business model, along with content sharing.
Links for January 8th
These are my delicious links for January 8th from 13:18 to 13:49:
- China's Electronic Waste Village - Photo Essays - TIME - Wish TIME would start doing some video or at least audio with these stories. Nonetheless, this one has some fantastic imagery and journalism.
- Commenting survey results - Invisible Inkling - Informal survey says: comments are less civil on news articles than on blogs. Hypothesis: disproven.
- BBC NEWS | South Asia | Swat diary: 'Taleban rule now' - It's short, but it's really good journalism. It's proof you need feet on the ground to report.
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BBC Poll: World Views US ‘More Positively’
The average percentage of people saying that the US has a positive influence has risen to 35% from 31% a year ago, according to the survey.
Maybe it's cause we're electing a new president this year?
