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Lessons from Berkeleyside
In a quest to learn as much as possible about starting a local news site, today I published a post on 10,000 Words about Berekeleyside – an independent news startup based out of Berkeley, California. I did a Q&A session with … Continue reading
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Redesigning The Washington Post web site. A post from the WaPo innovations blog about some of the new features of the WaPo redesign. Some of my thoughts are posted at 10,000 Words. I’m particularly impressed by the enhanced comments system.
Roqbot: Be the DJ. My friend Mukul Dwivedi will be at SXSW reppin’ his iPhone app, Roqbot, which allows you to control what music is playing, vote on the queue, and connect with other DJs from an app. Sweetness. Would love to see how it plays out IRL. Also, really cool to see “Porterville Lanes” listed on the site’s homepage graphic (it’s the only semi-cool venue in my hometown, where Mukul grew up too).
Thoughts on TKE initiation at Whitman. Daniel’s honest account of his frat initiation experience (hazing, in my opinion) at Whitman College. Tons of great comments, too.
Let’s build a better DC news aggregator. Chris Amico blogs for this month’s Carnival of Journalism about reducing the static vs. noise ratio in DC’s massive pool of news sources by creating a better aggregator.
2011′s State of the Spot. Following his continual standard of complete openness, David Cohn reflects on two years of Spot.us and sets goals for the future.
StrongLifts 5×5. This is the weightlifting program I officially started today after two weeks of technique and form training. It’s a 3x per week workout alternating between squats/benchpresses/barbell rows and squats/overhead raises/deadlifts. Yes, I recommend this workout for women.
What newsrooms can learn from tech startups. My latest post at 10,000 Words focuses on cultural cues that newsrooms can glean from tech startups. It’s been a surprisingly popular post this morning, making it to Media Gazer, Editor & Pubisher’s morning email newsletter, Poytner’s Twitter account, and J-Lab’s Twitter account.
Where have the good men gone? This article in The Wall Street Journal argues that a new demographic of men has arisen — a demographic stuck between boyhood and manhood as a result of rising advancement and power of women.
CSPA Online Crown Awards 2011 Finalists. Congratulations to the Grizzly Gazette — the online-only high school newspaper at Granite Hills High School — for placing as a crown finalist in the 2011 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Online Crowd Awards. I’m proud to see my Title 1 high school listed amongst affluent high schools like Palo Alto High School and Berkeley High School. Keep rockin’, my small-town pride and joy. Thank you for carrying on the legacy years after I’m gone.
Confessions of an Apple Store Employee. “One Apple Store employee decided to throw protocol to the curb and tell us what it’s really like working at the vaunted retail outlets.” Interesting commentary on homeless people doing webcasts, drug dealers using fake SSNs. Taking days off to watch Steve Jobs’ keynotes.
Four ways to visualize your personal data. My latest post at 10,000 Words. Ways to visualize your Gmail inbox, location checkins, Twitter followers, finances and search history.
Comic Sans Criminal – Helping people like you learn to use Comic Sans appropriately