Thursday, May 8th, 2008
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Everything I've ever learned about technology started with reading Steven Levy.
Sometimes, though, I wish I hadn't learned so much because now I expect everyone to get technology the way he did -- and does.
I'm oftentimes energized by reading smart people discussing the future of media even when I'm ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Since games are on my mind these days, I've been keeping my eyes out for innovative ways that people are using Alternate Reality Game-like structures to solve problems.
The more I read about them, the more excited I am about the possibility of news organizations incorporating this community-styled project to engage ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
My friend Jason emailed this story to me with this introduction: No Kidding. The piece examined how editors and reporters viewed their online communities, and as you might expect, the readers didn't exactly agree with the crafty journalists. There are two basic findings: editors don't want anonymous message ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
When newspapers -- or any media sources -- opens up its comment section, it's good if the people in charge actually pay attention, and engage, with the readers. That's the advice coming from the Online Journalism Review site today. I'm flabbergasted that it's even necessary to bring this ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
The New York Times and Google created a mashup tool that allows The Times' reporters to geo-locate their news on Google Earth. This idea is very cool, so I want to make sure this post doesn't come off as pooping on the innovation, particularly since I don't think news ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
I've been having a conversation with a newly-minted friend from Boston, Amanda Gravel, about addiction and social media. We spend an inordinate amount of time in the blogo- and social media-spheres. There's been quite a bit of talk about Internet addiction in the last week or so, spurred ...
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
There's a lot of talk these days about community building, platforms for social networks and business/customer relationships.
These three seem to be the Holy Grail for newspapers. Tap into communities, give them tools to talk with each other and monetize the outcome. It's great in theory. It's absolutely wrong in practice.
You ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
One of the topics we cover in my classes is game theory, particularly the Prisoner's Dilemma. If you don't want to click on the link, here is a basic overview:
Two people are separated and questioned, but offered the same deal. If you turn on the other person - you go ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Sometimes, we take ourselves a bit too seriously in the tech world. It's all business models, ROIs, emerging technologies, crowd sources (or cloud sourcing now). Not every community needs to be a save-the-world, here's-why-we-do-it place.
Sometimes, I just want to know what camels think about the Earth.
Of course, the downside to ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
I'm doing an abridged version of the SXSW Music and Media conference this year, which frankly bums me out. While this isn't as important (to me) as the Interactive Conference, it's always very enlightening for two reasons: entertainment commerce for mass consumption online signals new ways that people interact with ...
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