The Long Tail
In the world of blogging, podcasting and social networking, much has been said about the so-called “long tail.” The concept of the “long tail” revolves around the idea that available content living on the Internet gets a lot of extra…
Does The Cloud Have A Dark Side?
For some time we’ve been hearing about the virtues of cloud-based computing. Certain functions seem to lend themselves to the cloud. Online word processing, spreadsheets, etc. can seem to make sense in some situations, such as collaborating with others. In…
Is CNN Calling For Curbs On Free Speech?
On July 23, 2010, CNN anchors Kyra Phillips and John Roberts discussed on air the idea that bloggers should be somehow “held accountable” or perhaps regulated in some way. Here’s the video of that exchange. It’s no secret that CNN…
New Media v. Old Media
How social media points the way forward for journalism. It’s a real example of how traditional media are becoming social media-aware and are using Facebook, Twitter and their ilk to get the news stories out faster and with more information.…
Blogger Censured By Press Complaints Commission
The Press Complaints Comission (PCC) has censured a blogger for posting unsubstantiated comments on the website of a print publication, The Spectator. This is the first time that the PCC has censured a newspaper or magazine over a journalistic blog.…
Do People Take On-line Criticism Too Hard?
Over here in the UK, there have been two incidents in the past week of people taking drastic action because of criticism on-line. The first is that of Stephen Fry, who threatened to leave Twitter after being called “boring”, and…
RSS Cloud Important but Feedburner feeds will still be slow to update!
I have been advocate controlling ones own feed for many years. In fact I was often criticized for being a vocal opponent to FeedBurner. The hammer has fallen again for those that rely on FeedBurner, as most of us know…