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“news●pa●per (noun) (pl. -a●pers): a community website, with articles as the objects people interact around.”
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“The NNN sees itself as an alternative source of information rather than being in competition with other major news services. Essentially it would serve as a conduit for NAM member countries to tell their story…”
Archive for June, 2008
…in case you were wondering why everything had gone quiet.
Defining ‘geek’ (for my Grandad)
Published June 30, 2008 Uncategorized 1 CommentTags: geek, oxford english dictionary, wikipedia
My Grandad is ace and he also, occasionally, checks up on my blog (these two things are not related).
Yesterday he asked me what the etymology of the word geek was.
So, Grandad (if you’re reading) and anyone else that might be interested:
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it isn’t an acronym but a word derived from the word geck, meaining ‘fool’.
Wikipedia also seems to suggest the word may have originally pertained to a carnival performer “often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken, bat, snake or bugs”. Nice.
The word has, however, taken on a more positive meaning in recent years where it denotes an individual with an intense interest in a (usually) technical field.
And yes, I probably am a geek.
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This is the Internet’s version of “If a tree falls.” According to my log traffic, the Boston Globe is less impacting of my blog than Twitter.
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The Flip Video Mino is the fourth generation of Pure Digital’s popular straight-to-Web mini camcorder, designed to make shooting and sharing low-resolution videos very easy.
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“Total: Roughly 900 jobs eliminated just this week (and the week ain’t over). As Simon Dumenco wrote in Advertising Age, reading Romenesko these days is like “reading the obits.”"
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Now THAT’s an interactive map!
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“We are in the National Press Club where a ton of the most famous newspaper front pages are on the walls. I turned to my 14-year-old son and said “just think, in your lifetime you will see the death of newspapers. He answered: “yeah.””
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Twellow is a great new search tool and directory for discovering Twitter users that could fundamentally change the way people use the microblogging service.
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Jeff Jarvis, professor of journalism at City University New York, BuzzMachine blogger and MediaGuardian contributor sums up the 10 questions that news organisations in general, and the Guardian in particular, should be asking now.
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There are two ways to go about encouraging adoption of social software: fostering grassroots behaviours which develop organically from the bottom-up; or via top-down instruction. In general, the former is more desirable…
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‘Pay-per-page view’ is the future of journalism, Andrew Keen, journalist and Cult of the Amateur author, told an industry conference today.
Job interview – the presentation
Published June 23, 2008 Uncategorized 13 CommentsTags: job interview, journalism, journalist, multi-platform, The Birmingham Post
When I decided to post about my impending job interview, I would not have guessed I would get the response that I did. I have received some fantastic feedback. I am lucky indeed.
So, to continue the thread, this is a version of the presentation I’m going to give today (edited to remove commercially sensitive info and stuff that might get me sacked).
Yes, I know it’s a pretty cruddy Powerpoint… perhaps I should have added presentation skills to my training list.
The interview is not until 15:30 GMT, so if I’ve mucked up please let me know – I might still have time to change it!
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