So I have this idea of using Twitter to host a “radio” talk show. Use it to “broadcast” and converse with your audience. Basically this would be a Tweet Chat. Here’s a fairly good collection of tips for chats: Be that as it may, Tweet Chats are another way to get the word out about […]
Blogging
How bad can it be? If Google wants to ensure we can get whatever we want from the Internet, shouldn’t we celebrate? But the Google-Verizon proposal isn’t creating much celebration in the Interlands. Dan Gillmor has an interesting worry in his Salon column: The right way forward is to have sufficient bandwidth that we can […]
When it comes to the internet, there’s one golden rule that stands head and shoulders above the others: content is king. Although there are other types of content out there that you could post on your blog, that usually means you need to write great blog posts. Here are those sins, and how you can […]
Colin Woodward interviewed MaineToday Media publisher Richard Connor in Downeast Magazine. Just to be clear, I worked for the papers under Connor and two other ownership groups before leaving this year. Connor said something very interesting that I’m going to totally agree with: “I can’t be anything other than candid with you: Scoops don’t matter […]
The Media Cache blog on NYTimes.com has a report on how the government wants to stimulate. PARIS — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is looking for ways to “support the reinvention of journalism.” Possible measures to help the troubled U.S. news business, outlined in a paper published last month and scheduled to be discussed at […]
NPR had a fascinating piece about how our word choices contain clues to our state of mind. It started with a computer analysis of Agatha Christie’s writing. As she grew older, her vocabulary shrunk and grew simpler. Researchers theorized she was suffering from dementia. Although there was never confirmation or proof. It was a theory. […]
So I stepped into a bit of controversy when I wrote some tips meant to encourage people to write. Writing can be intimidating. Generating coherent thoughts and putting them on paper is a bit scary. For some people it’s on par with public speaking. To help take some of the intimidation out of it, I […]
NPR has a thoughtful story on trying to keep nasty commens out of newspaper web sites. What’s interesting is that it looks at the psychology of commenting and doesn’t try to lay the blame on anonyminity. I agree that anonymous profiles don’t explain all the ire and negativity. First, there needs to be motivation to […]
Is Craigslist doing enough to fight crime?
by Carl Natale on August 10, 2010
Chris Brogan uses his blog today to write about human trafficking on Craigslist. Oh he’s against it. And he supports Craigslist stance against it. For the record I’m against human trafficking and oppression. Just wanted to weigh in on it. I have to say that here because I can’t on Chris’ blog today. He turned […]
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