August 2009
68 posts
Week of milestones: had my cardiac stent installed 2 years ago today and oldest daughter starts kindergarten on Wed. Good week to be alive.
A short url service of our own - pnw.cc comes to life. http://bit.ly/14X8ZC
Disqus v3 is now live on all of our sites (pnwlocalnews.com) thanks to @Disqus and @giannii
Looking for a decent dinner in Wenatchee. Anyone?
Ate @ McGlinn’s. Good blackened salmon and it was close enough to the hotel. Thx all!
#gnomedex did exactly what it should do: gather geeks and make them laugh, cry, and think hard. thanks, @chrispirillo
watching prezo from a real-life cyborg anthropologist (@caseorganic ). no, really. #gnomedex
just saw this gentleman speak about his own homelessness @ #gnomedex http://bit.ly/invppl
authenticity is replacing production value, says @invisiblepeople at #gnomdex
Sorry I couldn’t stay for the #gnomedex party but i’ve been away from my ladies for too long. Plus, F1 is back!
watching @comcastcares talk about why brands should be using social media. yeah, like, uh… @pnwlocalnews!
re: everyblock and crowing… rightfully so. super-smart move for msnbc.com #gnomedex
#gnomedex @mediatwit my idea: a way to match people with time/skills/interest with local service groups/charities in need. “cause dating”
hacker-journalist idea: localized trending topics on ‘hood blogs #gnomedex
hacker-journalist idea: partner with topic-specific bloggers to connect with a cause and create topical journalism #gnomedex
hacker journalist idea: location-aware ‘needs’ tracker. who can i bring blankets to? #gnomedex
Are you both cheap AND an iPhone owner? appshopper.com is for you. #gnomedex
the web for young kids: starfall.com and kidzui.com (i haven’t tried them yet). #gnomedex
The food at #gnomedex is always great http://twitpic.com/evssg
‘be a human filter’ says @micah @ #gnomedex. that plus trust = journalism
great nerd crafting prezo from @bethgo. loved baby’s first dna and the qr code. #gnomedex
former search engine spammer says RSS stands for ‘really simple STEALING’ WordPress and RSS made splogs possible. #gnomedex
friendfeed is being blocked at #gnomedex. looks like we broke something :)
former pill spammer @ #gnomedex responds to question about his earnings with “i only got the money if you bought the pills, dude.”
great #gnomedex presentation about interviewing and listening from @thewarrenreport. too many reporters forget that.
hey! that’s my noggin, next to @paulbalcerak (and @thewarrenreport on stage) http://twitpic.com/eq51o
puget sound-area #gnomedex folk: help @pnwlocalnews win a bet against @everettherald by becoming a facebook friend: http://bit.ly/Q40Ow
great lunch with @kegill @mediatwit , et al at #gnomedex
OH: it’s a scary thing to be made of meat and fragile gray pudding. #gnomedex
a great way to explain a complex (to most folks) tech issue behind a political scandal: http://bit.ly/2rw2J
OH: remember when you first got itunes and you just shook your wallet at it? #gnomedex
LOVE this. Mugshot pubs are heating up: http://bit.ly/P9NoK (via@jhagey , @10000Words)
Gnomedex party. Should be a good weekend.
Reading: The Limits of Control, on AJR. Social media ethics for journalists http://bit.ly/13Hxiw
twitter porn follows are going crazy tonight. seems like a new one every 20 minutes or so.
“beyond ugly” is right. newspaper ad revenue at 1965 levels: http://bit.ly/B7sw2
good ideas. anyone wanna bet on the response? http://bit.ly/131PnR
Heathrow taxi pods become a glorious, driverless reality http://bit.ly/1aAuZ9
it appears that our comments system is getting an upgrade next week: http://disqus.com/v3/ thanks @disqus!
our new blogging platform has attracted nearly 100 bloggers in 4 weeks. it’s been a mad dash to get them all set up. thx, #wordpress
Great news from tr.im? Complete donation to the public, white label domain svc, & lots of heady talk. Will it happen/work? http://pnw.cc/12
“… on steroids” might just be one of the most overused phrases in tech.
Building an “online newspaper” is replication, not innovation. RT @yelvington
The Journalism Online client list = target list for online news entrepreneurs http://bit.ly/16CCNe (via @kegill)
any journalist-types going to gnomedex next week? i’m looking to put together a j-meetup
update on the Lake Washington School District budget cuts and bus routes: http://pnw.cc/8
Testing… http://pnw.cc/3 Click only if you’re interested in crime on Whidbey Island.
Tonight’s Daily Show guest is great. Somebody give this guy a show.
why doesn’t twitter put an end to the url shortener debate by offering users a choice of services and turn that list into a revenue stream?
Here’s one more test of the same thing. Please disregard. http://pnw.cc/3