Today Chartbeat had some login problems. None of our producers or editors could log in. Our Google TV that usually displays realtime stats for the newsroom was blank. And we weren’t alone at The Seattle Times, as evidenced by mass freakout on Twitter. But Chartbeat pulled through… and also bought beer for The Seattle Times. Read More
I started to write this post for the Carnival of Fail about CoPress. But I realized that the CoPress story wasn’t really mine to tell (passing the mic to Bachhuber) and didn’t end up writing a Carnival of Fail post. However, the interesting narrative that came out of my unfinished post is the story of Read More
I haven’t used Google Tasks since the summer of 2009. I opened up my task list today to start using it again and was amused at what tasks still exist there. I won’t explain any of these things. My favorites are the hexcodes and “Figure out Publish2.” http://bit.ly/5VLoWV 006699 http://socialmention.com/search?q=copress&t= germaine p http://bit.ly/45QpPF Spreadsheet e-mail Read More
It’s been exactly two months since I started the StrongLifts 5×5 weight training program. The progress report so far (weight includes the weight of the 35lb bar): Squats: 52.5 lbs Bench press: 50 lbs Overhead press: 40 lbs Deadlifts: 65 lbs Barbell rows: 37.5 Not much, but it’s progress. When I first started, I couldn’t Read More
Ah, the smell of 2011 is in the air. As I walked through the Mission in San Francisco this morning, confetti, horns and goofy New Year’s garb lined the deserted streets. Last year, I set ten resolutions for myself. Read them below and see if you spot the same trend that I did as I Read More
I don’t usually get personal and sentimental on my blog, but today I’m feeling exceptionally poetic. Maybe it’s the rain or the holidays or the fact that I only slept four hours last night. Maybe it’s because the year is drawing to a close. It’s one of those days that I want to freeze and Read More
After a personal IM conversation with my good friend Greg Linch, in which we were talking about keeping track of our personal data, I started thinking about what kinds of substances I’m putting into and on my body in my day-to-day routine. Then I realized that, just in putting on my face every morning, my routine creams and lotions are ridiculous. I shocked myself after listing them out. I put a lot of crap on my face every day.
ONA10 Conference This year was my second year attending the Online News Association conference. Last year was San Francisco. I didn’t know very many people. It was the first time I met Greg Linch, Daniel Bachhuber, Ryan Sholin, Jay Rosen, Scott Karp, Emily Ingram, Jessica Estepa, McKenna Ewen and countless others in person. This year’s Read More
Today I published a piece at 10,000 Words about applying multimedia skills to non-multimedia jobs. Now, some background. I have been brainstorming topics for potential 10,000 Words posts and I hit somewhat of a roadblock because I couldn’t get past the thought of, “Hey, I’m not a multimedia journalist. Will people take me seriously?” (It’s Read More
I have a bad habit of not sleeping. Anyone who has ever worked on anything with me knows this. That ends today thanks to Jason Fried and David Heinemeier. We’ll get to that in a sec. But first, some background. I used to pull nighters out of necessity. In college, I took 20 units every Read More
I’ve been a college graduate for exactly 90 days now. Looking back, there are some words of wisdom I can pass on to current or soon-to-be college students. You don’t need to do the full four years for the full “college” experience Up to this point, I’ve kept fairly quiet about how fast I finished Read More
When I wrote on the BCNI Philly Facebook wall tonight, I admitted the “high” I get from being around journogeeks. I’ve tweeted about it before multiple times. Some of the happiest memories I have in recent months include ONA in San Francisco, ACP in Austin, and the CoPress meetup in Philly. When I am surrounded by smart people to Read More
Yes, it’s that time of year again. Unlike prior years when I’ve set New Year’s resolutions, this year is the start of many new things in my life. As of three weeks ago, I’m a college graduate. On Christmas I moved to LA to start a new life and career. So these are my resolutions. Read More
I was listening to Biz Stone (a founder of Twitter) talk on the Colbert Report about the fact their social network has no business model yet. He made an interesting point that totally made a light bulb go off in my head: there is a difference between value and profit. Right now Twitter is building Read More
Holidays are just around the corner– do you know what you’re getting newspaper colleagues? Here are a few gift ideas for your friends, co-workers or yourself (why not?). $5-$15 $15-$40 $40-$80 $80+ Price Range: $5-$15 Leather steno notepad holder For the “professional” journalist. It always feels good going into an interview with a classy holder Read More
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: Robocop on a unicorn: Yes, an entire Flickr set. He opened the presentation by showing Read More