Should News Be Free?
With all of the talk about the future of newspapers and journalism, comes a bigger question… should news be free?
If you’ve been following along at home, there has been all kinds of action in the news media space. Most recently, Google came out with a very interesting Blog post titled, Working with News Publishers, from [...]
Failure Is Not An 0ption
Just last week, I caught myself watching Apollo 13 for the umpteenth time on TV. The Oscar Award-winning Ron Howard epic was released in 1995 and dramatizes the lunar mission that took place in 1970.
Things went terribly wrong on that space voyage. A cryogenic tank exploded in the service module which caused a power failure [...]
3 Articles That Inspire New Media Thinking
Here are three pieces of content (some articles, some Blog postings) that add fresh, unique and thought-provoking perspectives to business. If you’re having a bit of a grey and rainy Saturday, these should add some intellectual sunshine to your weekend…
Content Is A Service Business (July 13th, 2009) – Courtesy of the O’Reilly Tools of Change [...]
Bigger Than Your Own Head
It’s worth noting that just because everyone can publish anything to the world, it doesn’t necessarily mean that anyone is listening or cares.
One of the most amazing things about being able to publish anything (text, images, audio and/or video) online is the simple act of publishing. Never before – in the history of civilization – [...]
Getting Rid Of Comments
If there’s one dead horse that’s not worth trotting out when it comes to Social Media, it is the one about “comments.” Should you have comments on a Blog? Should you respond to comments on Twitter or FriendFeed? The staple answer is, “yes. Always.” But that tide may soon be turning…
Here’s a personal rant: each [...]