Category Archives: internet
Reflections on Hardly Strictly Young
Last week I learned that David Cohn knows how to tell a joke, bust a move and host an awesome conference. In all seriousness, the Hardly Strictly Young conference was a whirlwind of new people, old friends, big questions, bright ideas … Continue reading
Posted in internet, journalism, two cents | Tagged awesomesauce, communities, david cohn, information, knight foundation | 6 Comments
Should you protect your status updates on Twitter?
Twitter is about the conversation. It’s about connections. It’s about transparency. So a question for you: In any other public conversation, would you make your peers and professionals sign a request form before you let them hear what you have … Continue reading
Posted in internet, social media, student 2.0 | Tagged protected updates, twitter | 2 Comments
Tracking history through CNN alerts
In my history classes growing up, teachers framed newspaper clips and hung them from the walls to document historic elections. I always knew I’d experience at least one truly historic election in my lifetime, and as a child, I always … Continue reading
Posted in internet, politics | Tagged barack obama, cnn, election, inauguration | 1 Comment
Hudson River crash = Citizen journalism at its best
Time and time again, student journalists in my college newsroom ask where the value is in Twitter. “It’s just another social thing,” one guy told me just yesterday. Then something like this happens and changes everything: The photo was posted … Continue reading
Posted in internet, journalism, new media | Tagged citizen journalism, hudson river, jrkrum, twit pic, twitter | 1 Comment
The changing face of e-mail interviews
I’ve always learned that e-mail interviews are an absolute last resort. The criteria: the interviewee has to be on the other side of the world, on a spaceship or in jail. But as e-mail and other web-based networks (Twitter, Facebook) … Continue reading
Posted in internet, journalism, new media | Tagged email interview, interview | 1 Comment
In economic struggles, newsrooms should turn to the web
It’s old news: the Internet makes life easier. Yet, still, I’m always astonished to find that some professionals still don’t consider it a serious, practical, and usually ideal solution to budget cut problems. Let me explain… As a member … Continue reading
Posted in cal poly, internet | Tagged broadcast, live, mogulus, video | Leave a comment
Why Gmail themes don't work for me
I’m not one to criticize Google for anything. I love what they do and any innovation is accepted with arms wide open. But Gmail themes just aren’t hitting the spot. We live in an increasingly visual-based society. That’s why the … Continue reading
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Talks with a Yahoo news guru
Steve Enders, Cal Poly alumnus and senior product manager at Yahoo! News, gave a keynote lecture Thursday at Cal Poly’s journalism week and shared some interesting perspectives. A few things Steve emphasized: “I never thought I’d be where I’m at … Continue reading
Posted in internet, journalism, new media, people | Tagged enders, yahoo | 1 Comment
Plug into now
How many people are stuck in an elevator right now? What about square acres of forests being cut or the amount of workers on sick leave at this very moment? Through a brilliant marketing campaign that caters to Internet users’ … Continue reading
Random flickr things
Web engineer John Allspaw from photo-sharing Web site Flickr gave a seminar at Cal Poly Tuesday that was mostly focused on capacity planning. While most of the technical stuff went over my head, a few interesting/funny moments from the evening: … Continue reading
Posted in internet, random | Tagged flickr | 2 Comments
Facebook: A newspaper's best and worst friend
Guest blog by Ryan Chartrand The problem Newspapers have made some pretty desperate moves in the last few years. They’ve cut pages, cut staff, cut paychecks, but then decided to try to add social networking to their Web sites. Sure, … Continue reading
Posted in cal poly, internet, journalism, random | Tagged communities, facebook, newspaper, rob curley | 5 Comments
Google tools to use in the newsroom
Google Calendars Things to schedule: Budget meetings Deadlines Must-cover events Special editions Why it’s useful: Can be shared with everyone on staff Collaborative – everyone can contribute Embeddable Google Documents What to use it for? Stories: If the newsroom server … Continue reading
Posted in college publications, internet, journalism | Tagged google, newsroom, tools | 1 Comment
Twitter election center is amazing
I have never experienced anything like watching live comments on a VP debate as it happens: http://election.twitter.com/ Web 2.0 is truly amazing… More on this later…
Posted in cal poly, internet, politics | Tagged amazing, election, live, twitter | Leave a comment
Update: Chicago Tribune redesigns, drops "Trib" rumor
The big Chicago Tribune redesign has been released and, not surprisingly, it’s not the version that was heavily circulated around the Web that featured the title “Trib.” Here are a few before and afters: A prototype that surfaced the web … Continue reading
Posted in design, internet, journalism | Tagged change, design, newspaper, web | Leave a comment
Online social networking shaping real-life social gatherings
Who is going to be tagged in your wedding album on Facebook? As Gen Y gets older, more real-life events are increasingly centered around the online product. I recently went to the wedding of my boyfriend’s high school friends and … Continue reading
Posted in design, internet | Tagged e-mail, invitations, online, pingg, social networking | Leave a comment
Recruiter: "Content producers are reporters of present/future"
I previously blogged about Sign On San Diego’s interactive job fair, and now that it’s live and running, I didn’t miss an opportunity to chat live with a San Diego Union-Tribune recruiter. Here are the basics of our chat Monday: … Continue reading
Posted in internet, journalism | Tagged chat, industry, job, job fair, journalism, mega jobs, recruit, san diego, union tribune | Leave a comment
SDU-T tries to win against Craigslist
Why go to a newspaper site to find/post job listings when Craiglist is easy and free? Localization and interactivity is the answer at the San Diego Union-Tribune. SignOnSanDiego.com, the U-T’s site, is doing something completely innovative and brilliant– an interactive … Continue reading
Posted in internet | Tagged craigslist, hyperlocal, job fair, mega jobs, sign on san diego, union tribune | Leave a comment
Facebook's new application menu bar
After Facebook was down for a few hours today (an inevitable consequence of the big switch to the New Facebook), users will find a major difference on their bottom menu: Application navigation. Production manager for the new Facebook Mark Slee … Continue reading
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