February 27, 2006

Added to the list

- Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media

As if I don’t already have enough to read: Malcolm Gladwell, author of Tipping Point, Blink and dozens of entertaining, informative and thought-provoking New Yorker articles, has started blogging. TAGS: MALCOLM GLADWELL, BLOGGING... ›››

Category: Blogging | General | malcolm gladwell

February 24, 2006

No Sound Bytes I'm Afraid: Blogs as the Perfect Vehicle for Microstories

- Crossroads Dispatches

On the day after the tsunami anniversary, I ran into Ed, a Reuters foreign correspondent whom interviewed me and I had first met at an all-day meditation tsunami memorial event on Christmas. We sat down for a couple of... ›››

February 23, 2006

Editorial page, we hardly new ye

- yelvington.com -

Someone needs to open the windows at the Chicago Tribune and let some air in. Perhaps from the perspective of an editorial writer, the blogosphere is all about uninformed opinion. Note that the editorial repeats the of-told right-wing lie... ›››

Category: Blogging | Newspapers

February 22, 2006

Fluff Pieces and the American 'Entertainment' Press

- Crossroads Dispatches

While I was on Phi Phi island, a British tourist living in Hong Kong tells me he sees the American press as "entertainment." He doesn't read it for any insight. That's a pity... That it's true. Thank god then... ›››

February 13, 2006

In the tank with the hungry fish

- yelvington.com -

Several of our folks from Morris DigitalWorks went up to Vancouver last week for the Open-Source CMS Summit and some stayed for Northern Voice, the Canadian blogging conference. It may seem bizarre for a big U.S. media company from... ›››

Category: Blogging | Newspapers | citizen journalism

February 07, 2006

This could get interesting

- Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media

Morph, the blog of the Media Center, has, well, morphed. I like the new format: loosely related articles, in broad categories, from a number of contributors. It’s a little like sitting around with, and listening in on, a bunch... ›››

Category: Blogging | General | morph

February 06, 2006

The passions of Houston

- yelvington.com -

Was it just my imagination, or did I see a round of 'they just don't get it' hooting aimed at the Houston Chronicle when Dwight Silverman asked members of the public to become Chronicle 'passion' bloggers? Well, Jeff Jarvis... ›››

Category: Blogging | Newspapers

January 26, 2006

Ano, pseudo ... what's the best 'nymity?

- yelvington.com -

Vin Crosbie's distinction between anonymity and pseudonymity is a good one. I think there actually are five identity models that I've experienced: Real, verified, published names. I first encountered this when working with Ziff-Davis Interchange. Under the Interchange model,... ›››

Category: Blogging | community

January 25, 2006

Bayosphere and failing forward

- yelvington.com -

Success rarely reveals its secrets to us even when we attain it. Failure is more generous -- it shares its lessons with us, if we just listen. In his Letter to the Bayosphere Community, Dan Gillmor undergoes the rite... ›››

Category: Blogging | community

January 20, 2006

Second-guessing washingtonpost.com's Jim Brady

- yelvington.com -

Jim Brady's decision to shut off comments on the 'post.blog' is being second-guessed all over the Web, and I suppose I should join in ... after first acknowledging Jay Rosen's typically excellent, thoughtful essay on the subject that includes... ›››

Category: Blogging | Newspapers | conversation

January 17, 2006

Driving the mainstream

- Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media

This is a post I’ve been meaning to write. Now I don’t have to. Canadian Democracy in the Age of Blogging: Anatomy of a Campaign Controversy. What’s significant about this is that it marks a major step forward for... ›››

Category: Blogging | General | JOURNALISM

December 22, 2005

Goodbye proprietary software

- yelvington.com -

Several years ago, out of frustration with available options, I wrote my own blogging software. Writing your own solution gives you at least the promise of getting exactly what you asked for. But it's not cheap, even if you... ›››

Category: Blogging | software

December 14, 2005