Category Archives for Commentary
The LIKE button and instant gratification
In a class called Communication 100, we learned that the Eskimos have a hundred words for snow. I actually don’t remember the exact number, but it was a lot. The point was, can you have a concept without having a … Continue reading
Brand websites become content websites
One side effect of my interactive journalism degree was the ability to create, design and code websites. In fact, without the ability to do web consulting on the side, I might not be able to afford my journalism job. But, … Continue reading
All the news that fits we print
In J-school, we liked to put a twist on the NY Times’ tagline — just a jab at the interconnectivity of public service newswriting and the capitalist tradition of advertising. Because, the paper can only be so long as what … Continue reading
Digital communication births a new dialect
I have a theory that the tweens and Facebook addicts of today are unwittingly creating a new language. Think about it — language has always evolved over time and due to cultural pressures, so should we be surprised that when … Continue reading
Fbooook ???????s :-)
Facebook Questions is now live. Read what I wrote about the concept when it was in beta (and I didn’t have access).
Social media induces same effects as alcohol consumption
In a new blog post, marketer Mark W. Schaefer casts his vote for Malcolm Gladwell’s New Yorker article and against Mashable’s rebuttal. The original topic was social media and activism; Schaefer goes a step further to say that social media … Continue reading
Kindle vs. iPad vs. a *real* book
Reading on Paper is Faster than iBooks on the iPad “Would people in their 20s read faster on a screen than a book since they’ve spent a majority of their lives consuming digital content?” – Ian Paul, PCWorld Nielson study used … Continue reading
Evolving online communication
The oil spill is killing the birds, the internet is making us dumber, and the world will likely end in 2012 as the Mayans predicted. Or not. Back at the birth of emailing, we complained that it was an inferior … Continue reading
The brand crumb trail lengthens
When I volunteered with the journalism club at an elementary school, a group of parent volunteers laughed about a in instance where one of the third graders had asked a teacher, in a profile interview, what kind of credit card … Continue reading
How to be happy in your work
I like this. “3 questions Coudal asks before deciding to take on a project: Can we make money from it? We’re a going business. We have mortgages to pay. We have tuitions to pay for our kids. We’re not ashamed … Continue reading →
29. March 2011 by admin
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