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News and content based business models online links for thought

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Karl

Both sides of the fence represented in the following links: Tech Crunch: The End of Hand Crafted Content Daily Patricia Daily Patricia – Dumb Things Media 2.0 Loves To Say Doc Searls: The Revolution Will Not Be Intermediated Jeff Jarvis: … Continue reading →

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Clay Shirky lays out the issues confronting the future of news journalism

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Karl

Read the whole thing. Nieman Journalism Lab: Clay Shirky at the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy: …in the nightmare scenario that I’ve kind of been spinning at for the last couple years has been: Every town … Continue reading →

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Internet life links for October 31, 2009

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Karl

Alex Hillman recently tweeted: “Twitter lists illustrate the most important shift in the internet: your bio is now written by others, and what they say about you.” He follows up with a longer piece on his blog. Google Wave: we … Continue reading →

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Blogging is dead (no its not)

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Karl

Seth Finkelstein posts “Why (individual) Blogging Is Dead – Objective Measurement” – but his own thread proves otherwise if you ask me. It comes down to who you want to hear you. For me, its friends (online and off), family, … Continue reading →

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Challenging conventional wisdom about the direction of media

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Karl

New Yorker: Malcolm Gladwell: Priced to Sell – a scathing review of Wired’s Chris Anderson’s new book “Free: The Future of a Radical Price” and the concepts promoted within. NYTimes: Keeping News of Kidnapping Off Wikipedia – the NYTimes coordinated … Continue reading →

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A Blogging History Worth Reading?

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Karl

I’m really looking forward to reading Scott Rosenberg’s “Say Everything”. I’m sure “Say Everything” will be a book I can share with others (which I do with “Dreaming in Code”) to provide them insight into why I do some of … Continue reading →

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Getting rid of ‘social media’ and ‘social software’ tags here

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Karl

The terms ‘social media’ and ‘social software’ may have been useful for educational purposes a few years ago when development or business leaders were not versed in the changing nature of media or online tool sets, but no longer. Both … Continue reading →

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Parenting, Education and Inspiration for Sunday May 17, 2009

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Karl

Inquirer: Bari Pepe, 46, Years of trauma behind her, now she wants to aid others – ex-addict acheives master’s in social work. Very inspiring story. Read it. The Boston Globe: Inside the baby mind: It’s unfocused, random, and extremely good … Continue reading →

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Smart aggregation and API use in NPRbackstory

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Karl

NPRbackstory is an automated Twitter feed that attempts to add context to the news stories trending popular today according to Google’s Hot Trends. It leverages NPR’s archives (very smart, as Joshua Benton notes archives are underused assets), and Yahoo! Pipes … Continue reading →

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Refresh Philly Followups

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Karl

Following Refresh Philly May have been some great discussions in its related Google Group. Technically Philly posted two followups: City CIO’s $100 million Digital Philadelphia vision and Editorial: City government calls for tech support Jonny Goldstein, on his blog, envizualize, … Continue reading →

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