We, humans are social animals, we communicate with each other by any means possible, originally it would have been by voice, or drum or smoke, what ever worked. Let's face it though those methods are not very reliable and the messages tended to get muddled. Then came the written language which was more reliable, but only a few could read
There are many articles comparing the pros and cons of physical print news versus the online/blogging news. The following lists are not pros and cons but what each group has that the other side wants. What could happen with the merging of the two? Thanks to Tech Crunch for stirring my brain. What Newspapers Have and Bloggers Want/Need: Bloggers have
Gary had a great response to some things Howard Stern has to say about social media. For those of you that have been holding back from jumping into new media you should listen to this.
I got a tivo a few years back & have had a dvr of some kind ever since. I now have dish so I use theirs which is a good one but not quite as good as the tivo. The biggest plus is of course the time shifting factor. But the ability to skip past commercials is a close second.
I sure hope the IQ of new media consumers is higher than that of the average old media watcher. I do not watch much news on TV. It is a waste of time. Well last night my friend is telling me about gas going up. We are in Georgia. So apparently the hurricane has disrupted a refinery in the Gulf
Jeff the content director and I were joking at the beginning of the New Media Expo that the saying “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” would not apply during the New Media Expo.
If you are a fan of Joss Whedon's work (Buffy, Angel, Firefly, etc), and I'm presuming there might be a few in the audience, then make sure you check out Dr Horrible's sing-a-long blog this weekend. The third episode is up now and the series is only going to be available for free until the end of Sunday. After this