“Laura, I hate your blog, but I still think you are hot.” Brian G., Texas journo This was the last email I got from Brian: What’s up? How’s everything going in Fla? Aren’t you a webmaster or some crazy shit now? We just got back from our yearly Easter pilgrimage to Port Aransas. A brief recap: My friend Mike [...]
May 14th, 2005
Read...So Dan Gillmor left SJMN to found the much-vaunted Grassroots Media, inspired by his book, We, the Media. But for the past couple of months, Grassroots Media has been, well, a blog. An interesting blog, but not a revolution. Finally, Gillmor has launched a project: Bayosphere.com. I’m tired, and there isn’t much going on with it yet, [...]
May 14th, 2005
Read...Free Frosty Weekend May 13-15 Just say “Free Frosty” at any Wendy’s, and a Free Frosty shall be yours. May 13-15, 2005. Update: 5.17.05: It should surprise no one that Larry won the contest for most free frosties this weekend, scooping up a cool three. Brain freeze!
May 13th, 2005
Read...It’s a question that a lot of folks are trying to answer. We had our very own Runaway Bride this week … a new publisher who looked us in the eyes, said he was going to commit, said he was going to move his house and his car to Atlanta and concentrate on bringing us [...]
May 13th, 2005
Read...It’s a question that a lot of folks are trying to answer. We had our very own Runaway Bride this week … a new publisher who looked us in the eyes, said he was going to commit, said he was going to move his house and his car to Atlanta and concentrate on bringing us [...]
May 12th, 2005
Read...Just got home from the Junior Boys show here at the Drunken Unicorn in Atlanta. I freaking love that band! You can check out some tracks on their website. They are so dancy and poppy and Postal Service meets Pinback; if I could use like the worst music writing metaphor ever. (This is why I [...]
May 10th, 2005
Read...Rough & Tumble: A Daily Snapshot of California Public Policy & Politics
May 10th, 2005
Read...http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1065264690627&call_pageid=968332188854&col=968350060724 California’s total recall With all its glitz and zingy one-liners, will Schwarzenegger’s campaign have a Hollywood ending? Entertainment value trumps poli Toronto Star, Oct 5, 2003 By TIM HARPER Legal Notice:- Copyright 1996-2003. Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. All rights reserved. Distribution, transmission or republication of any material from www.thestar.com is strictly prohibited without the prior written permission of Toronto [...]
May 10th, 2005
Read...http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/WhosCounting/whoscounting.html
May 10th, 2005
Read...I monitor online journalism job boards to keep pace with industry growth, and I’m always finding interesting things. Take for example this startup — Dragonfire, dfire.org. It’s “Copyright 2005 Drexel University,” which might lead you to believe that there are some students involved. They make some interesting statements on their homepage … but there isn’t [...]
May 10th, 2005
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