For some reason, I can’t stop thinking about apple pie, thus the title. So, here are the batch of links.
1. The Rebuilding Media blog has one of the best breakdowns I’ve seen about why newspapers are failing on an economic level in the Internet age. It is all about supply and demand. News supply is [...]
When I was growing up – back in the dark ages, I loved going school supply shopping. Even more than school clothes shopping, it was supplies that made it real. New pencils in boxes, fresh folders, unopened binders and more meant that school was soon here.
But at the same time, I also dreaded the annual [...]
This is the Wordle Art of my blog!
Click on the image to see the large Wordle. Fun!
It is exciting to see that the conversation on many journalism sites is moving beyond – woe, despair and agony! Just yesterday, I found several sites that seem to look towards the future with realism and even excitement.
That’s The Press, Baby thinks that internet newspapers of the future will be more interactive and – heresy [...]
This is just a fun idea – and proof that yearbooks aren’t dead yet. Maybe yearbook companies should be doing more things like this! It is called Yearbook Yourself and it is put out by a chain of malls. You crop a photo and then see yourself in the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, etc. Loads of [...]
David Remnick of the New Yorker magazine has a video blog post at the Big Think Blog, which also has a collection of vlogs about media.
And the Guardian’s Cath Elliot has a great post at ContentContent – about acting like a journalist. Both are great advice for young kids in high school or college who [...]
This is why we need good journalists out there. This is why we have to keep fighting to find ways to fund good journalism. Reporters, like this one in Russian occupied Georgia, are getting shot and sometimes even killed trying to get out the news. You’ve got to respect the courage it took to keep [...]
With the 2008 Olympics in full swing, everyone is thinking about and talking about the games. This includes Mashable, who had a great, inspirational post titled: 7 Lessons Olypians Can Teach Us. I borrowed their theme and made a powerpoint from it for my yearbook class. The lessons really do translate well to any team [...]
Don’t ask about the headline – I just have a lot of cool stuff to share!
Walmart – love them (low prices, smiley faces) or hate them (corporate greed, large eco-footprint) has decided that copyright never ends! I wonder where they got that idea? Maybe Disney or the government.
Fashion magazines are getting hit just [...]
“Time is the fire that burns men’s souls.” I love that quote, because for those of us who develop media – time is our enemy.
Here is a great post from (Re)Encoded that has 10 ways to save time creating web pages. I only wish I could find 10 tips for writing, photography and video editing!
