Via Gruber at DaringFireball, I found myself laughing aloud at this: Open source natural language processor that attempts to identify idiotic comments on the web — like a spam filter for stupidity. UPDATE: Their server seems to be struggling to handle the traffic, at the moment.
Jul 28, 2008 | Categories:Blog | Tags: Social | View Comments
Courtesy of ReadWriteWeb this afternoon, “Corporate Social Networks Are A Waste of Money, Study Finds“, original post at the WSJ here. In summary, Ed Moran at Deloitte did a survey of 100 major brands that have online communities. They all suck. What does “suck” mean in this case? Thirty-five percent of the online communities studied [...]
Jul 18, 2008 | Categories:Blog | Tags: Social | View Comments
Announcing the Air Poo. Available Summer, 2008 http://www.airpoo.com
Feb 28, 2008 | Categories:Blog | Tags: Social | View Comments
Just got this episode of a new “Quarterlife” parody from good friend Daniel over at the Independent Comedy Network. If you don’t think the writer’s strike has been good for new media producers, check again. As far as pilots go, I would watch this over … I dunno … “Class of 99″ any day. If [...]
Feb 13, 2008 | Categories:Blog | Tags: Media, Social | View Comments
Here’s something that’s NSFW: a viral video picking up steam on YouTube that reveals what the animals are really saying on the BBC hit documentary series, “Planet Earth.” Put on those headphones and proceed at your own risk!
Feb 13, 2008 | Categories:Blog | Tags: Social | View Comments
One of my favorite podcasts is WebbAlert, a technology news show hosted by Morgan Webb, highlighting daily tech news and social media memes. It’s daily, no more than about six minutes per episode, and Webb does a good job of covering the geek news I need with a ripe sarcasm I crave. For the last [...]
Feb 08, 2008 | Categories:Blog | Tags: Advertising, Media, Social | View Comments
Here’s a wonderful piece showcasing the purity of art taking place in online media. Think of it as “Johnathan Livingston Seagull: Redux”. Leo’s Song from impactist on Vimeo.
Feb 06, 2008 | Categories:Blog | Tags: Social | View Comments
Maybe it’s because I’m a child of the 70′s and 80′s that I have a deep personal affinity with actors and celebs I’ve never met. I’m a Reagan-era kid, after all, the actor-politician cemented for me a sentiment that the most important work of all is that of telling stories, pressing enthusiasm, fueling emotion. It’s [...]
Jan 28, 2008 | Categories:Blog | Tags: Social | View Comments
This came in courtesy of Irina Slutsky’s Pownce feed this morning: The Project for Excellence in Journalism compared stories on user-news sites with content from traditional news sources. A key finding: The news agenda of the user-sites — Reddit, Digg and Del.icio.us — was markedly different from that of the mainstream press. Many of the [...]
Sep 12, 2007 | Categories:Blog, Features | Tags: Journalism, Media, Social | View Comments
From Dave Weinberger’s blog — he attended the New Media Academic Summit and caught a snippet of the end of a blogging and journalism panel with Jodi Kantor, Dan Gillmor and Steve Rubel. I asked whether the rhetorical voice of blogging is changing the reportorial voice. Jodi replied that that voice has been getting more [...]
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Jun 08, 2007 | Categories:Blog | Tags: Social | View Comments
To the gents of The Bart Ferguson Band — Dave, Bart, Mike, and Ben — hat’s off to you. We just nailed down our second episode of Acoustic Conversations with these guys and not only are they fantastic all-around guys, they’re bang-up musicians. We’ve got five fresh takes on some of our favorite tunes coming [...]
May 02, 2007 | Categories:Acoustic Conversations, Blog | Tags: Acconvo, Social | View Comments
To the gents of The Bart Ferguson Band — Dave, Bart, Mike, and Ben — hat’s off to you. We just nailed down our second episode of Acoustic Conversations with these guys and not only are they fantastic all-around guys, they’re bang-up musicians. We’ve got five fresh takes on some of our favorite tunes coming [...]
May 02, 2007 | Categories:Acoustic Conversations, Blog | Tags: Acconvo, Social | View Comments
Some people are natural athletes. Some are gifted in the arts. Those gifted with a mind for numbers and systems contribute in engineering and sciences and more. It’s these natural gifts that allow each of us the opportunity to shine in our own way, to make the world that much better for those still to [...]
Apr 11, 2007 | Categories:Blog | Tags: Social | View Comments
Here is an interesting interview with Robert Scoble on the “sensational” transition he made from Microsoft Blogger to instant new media pundit: http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2022650,00.asp I’ve been fascinated by Robert’s rise to fame and have been eagerly watching his new ScobleShow over at PodTech. He’s worth a view — mostly because of the unbelievable access he gets [...]
Dec 20, 2006 | Categories:Blog | Tags: Social | View Comments
This is one of the most fun distractions I’ve seen today. Draw something, start the Scribbler, and email the pics to us!
Oct 13, 2006 | Categories:Blog | Tags: Social | View Comments
My dad just started a blog. OK, I started the blog for him as a birthday present, and he’s on the verge of really taking to it. The idea behind it was to get him up to speed on the future of digital journalism publica, so he feels more prepared when he hits his masters [...]
Apr 23, 2004 | Categories:Uncategorized | Tags: Social | View Comments
Here’s a little something from journalist Peter Martin down under on the latest trending in CD sales in Australia. P2P a sales tool? Naaah… Forget the spin! It’s a record record
Mar 20, 2004 | Categories:Uncategorized | Tags: Social | View Comments
