Why the best negotiating tips are ridiculous

I was surprised to learn how valuable it is to start negotiations miles apart from your opponent.

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March 22, 2012 Read the full post →

Apple critic doesn’t let facts get in the way of a good story

Mike Daisey says he’s an artist, and his story about the working conditions of the Chinese workers who make iPhones doesn’t have to be 100 percent true.

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March 16, 2012 Read the full post →

What the business model?

Marc Maron’s WTF podcast is a lesson on innovating media’s business models.

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March 13, 2012 Read the full post →

Is curation the new black?

Do curation tools better serve our storytelling instincts better than content curation tools (such as blogging, Twitter, Facebook, etc.)? Everyone’s A Curator, Everyone’s A Content Creator It used to be that we were all just consumers—or most of us were, anyway. We’d watch TV or read a book or listen to the music on the […]

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March 13, 2012 Read the full post →

Hello Fox. Welcome to the Henhouse

Gawker Media must be privy to research that says the first reader to comment on a post is never an idiot or jerk.

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March 11, 2012 Read the full post →

Why Seth Godin is wrong about ebooks

The marketing wizard may be right about the future of publishing but he’s underestimating how much desire there is – or will be – to publish ebooks.

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March 6, 2012 Read the full post →

Do tablets really discourage concentration?

I would like to see if anyone actually is switching from ebooks to Angry Birds constantly.

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March 6, 2012 Read the full post →

Why newspapers are in trouble

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March 1, 2012 Read the full post →

Reader Comments: How did all this civil debate happen?

The Lewiston Sun Journal is proud that they have civility in their reader comments system. Do they really know how they did it?

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February 29, 2012 Read the full post →

Are you giving up privacy to get suggested headlines?

Back in 2000, I suggested something like this was possible to a group of non-journalists. They were horrified that reading habits could be tracked and used to suggest stories. Have we gotten to the point where people are comfortable with this? Washington Post Launches Personalized News Aggregator Personal Post – 10,000 Words Washington Post Launches […]

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February 25, 2012 Read the full post →