An iPad strategy is only as good as the information flow
Calls for community newspapers to have a strategy for the iPad are misguided — unless they’re really suggesting a whole new way of gathering and presenting information.
Attention as a resource
What are readers who ask for full RSS feeds really telling you? John Gruber says it’s that they want to pay more attention to you and share you with their friends.
Video: So now you’ve overthrown the tyranny of reporters. Now what?
Watch me at IgniteCorvallis II talking about some ideas for local news and why I think the best time to be a journalist is right now.
Maybe a little market research would do Apple some good
Steve Jobs says Apple doesn’t do market research. If that isn’t bull it’s foolish.
A promise to update with new initiatives
I’ve been a little slow about posting here, for a variety of reasons (mostly that we bought a house that has required a significant amount of work — and so when I don’t have a paintbrush or wrench in my hand, we’re asleep). But after Carlos Virgen mentioned some new initiatives in Walla Walla, I [...]
“We don’t want to be Facebook. Facebook is Facebook.”
Thanks to a recent conversation with a local economic development expert and programmer/web guru, I finally have a two line explanation of Web 2.0: User-centric Open data Obviously, there’s a bunch to unpack there, which gives an aspiring new media strategist some hope for a prosperous future of innovation. On Friday, mediabistro reported that NYT [...]
Make new friends, but keep the old…
Note: This post started as a reply to a post by WeMediaGuru, but it just got too long for that format and turned into its own animal. Today, Jason at wemediaguru notes words from Mike Blinder of the consulting firm The Blinder Group, which works with media companies to maximize revenue: The mafia (yellow pages) [...]