September 2005

Rock.

Rock.

September 30th, 2005

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Adrian Holovaty, say it loud

God bless Adrian Holovaty. Long revered by online journalism dorks, he’s now starting to catch the eye of media bosses, who see “Batten Award,” “Journalism Innovation,” “$10,000″ … and then, wait, was that $10,000??!?! — and decide that they too want in on this citizen media thing. Of course, media bosses being media bosses, they could use [...]

September 29th, 2005

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Journalism & the Media

Sudafed is fucking crack.

Just throwing it out there: Sudafed is fucking crack. At 6 p.m., I’m snorting and coughing and blowing my nose and making dribbly sniffly noises so obnoxious that my co-workers pretty much beg me/force me/make rude comments until i take some more Sudafed. My last dose was at 4 … but clearly the stuff wasn’t working, [...]

September 27th, 2005

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Juicy! Proprietary info Tidbits

Rob Runett (a very nice man), who sends out the Online Publishing Update for the NAA, sent out this tidbit today: “Denver Post Makes Podcasts Pay Everyone wants to know if there’s any money to be made with podcasts. The Denver Post answers “yes” with a Best Buy campaign scheduled for October that features two mentions of [...]

September 16th, 2005

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Journalism & the Media

$299 AOL Computer: Can everyone afford a computer now?

Maybe not yet, but this $299 PC/printer, etc. package sure gets a lot closer to that goal. Sure, it’s all a big AOL ploy to get/keep new subscribers … and you can only get the deal if you sign up for their $24/month service. So it’s really a crappy $600 computer, with crappy AOL service. But it’s [...]

September 14th, 2005

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Technology

Off-the-record prompt might generate honest feedback

Get real feedback Want real feedback from your online readers? Mediabistro has a neat idea of adding a link to send off the record feedback to the editor. I like that idea for getting quick, honest feedback from folks who might not feel comfortable posting a comment or [...]

September 14th, 2005

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Journalism & the Media

Journalist takes a Holiday

Today is Labor Day — the first day that neither I nor anyone else expects me to work.

September 5th, 2005

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$3.99 a gallon, Atlanta GA, August 31, 2005

Two days ago, gas was at $3.99 in Midtown Atlanta (Highland and North avenue). Across town, it was $2.99 (Boulevard, just south of Memorial), at my usual gas station.

September 2nd, 2005

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