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‘I read it every day!’
January 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Hilarious 1985 USA TODAY commercial – Pure 80s awesomeness. Corny as it is, it still beats those New York Times ‘Weekender’ ads.
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Reality check o’ the day
January 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
If you think that online activity ought to be measured by the volume of links that you push out or the amount of time that you spend on Twitter think again.
Publish2, Twitter, Google Reader, Facebook: all these things are useless unless we take the time to invest energy and thought into creating relationships among people and among data
For links to truly add value, they have to be more than a link. And for your social media/reader engagement strategies to be effective, they have to push past surface, token efforts. And more than one or two people in the newsroom need to be involved.
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Nice defense of Twitter from @carr2n
January 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“Anything that is useful to both dissidents in Iran and Martha Stewart has a lot going for it; Twitter has more raw capability for users than anything since e-mail,” said Clay Shirky, who wrote “Here Comes Everybody,” a book about social media. “It will be hard to wait out Twitter because it is lightweight, endlessly useful and gets better as more people use it. Brands are using it, institutions are using it, and it is becoming a place where a lot of important conversations are being held.”
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As if I need more resolutions …
January 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Good advice on new skills, personal projects and other 2010 career-boosters. Real 2010 resolution: Find more hours in the day.
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