Year: 2004
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Do, not talk
I feel like I’ve seen/thought about/discussed most every single of the 101 ways to improve your news site listed… but sure is interesting to have them in one place.
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RSS: Online Journalism Review takes a closer look at risk vs. reward
RSS Feeds Can Build Web Traffic, but Fence Sitters Note Problems is Staci Kramer’s new piece for the Online Journalism Review. I spoke to Staci, and answered some of her questions via e-mail. Although I made it clear that she need not feel compelled to use the photograph I shared, it’s there (scroll way down),…
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Book: The Tipping Point
The weekend before Memorial Day, I rattled through Malcom Gladwell’s The Tipping Point. This short book does feel like an extended New Yorker article (which it is), but that is not perjorative. I found this book fascinating, and some ideas I’ve had in my head found words… well, Gladwell found the words. I never read…
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Storm King: the forgotten sights right next door
Victor Lombardi lauds Storm King Art Center, an outdoor museum spread over 500 acres in farmland north of New York City. I grew up less than 30 miles away as the crow flies, but I’ve never visited. It took me five years in San Francisco before I made it to Alcatraz, and I’m still planning…
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Fear of links? Get over it.
Thanks to Dave Winer for pulling Scott Rosenberg’s 1999 Salon column Fear of Links out of the past. I’m happy to say I work for a publication which does believe in linking, and always has… but this kind of reminder never hurts, and we could always make more intelligent connections. News.com just introduced News around…
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Too much media
Skim the blogs, read some. Skim the WSJ, read some. Skim the SF Chronicle, read the comics and the sports section. Read Sports Illustrated cover to cover. Try to find time to read a few pages of The Nutmeg of Consolation. Oh yeah… spend some time with the kids and wife, before and after a…
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“Thinking in blog”
For Some, the Blogging Never Stops [NYT] Indeed, if a blog is likened to a conversation between a writer and readers, bloggers like Mr. Wiggins are having conversations largely with themselves. [emphasis added] Me: What do you think? I: Ignore them… they’re not part of this. (insert awful comedy routine here) Mr. Jarvis characterizes the…
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Movie: Shrek 2
Shrek 2 was a collection of amusing outtakes, with references galore to other movies and pop culture icons/brands. But it wasn’t as much fun as the first one. I will say that the trailer for Spiderman 2 looked pretty good.
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Movie: Intolerable Cruelty
Intolerable Cruelty is a somewhat funny blend of the Coen brothers, George Clooney, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. I thought Clooney and Zeta-Jones did a great ‘arch’ and the black comedy about divorce and divorce lawyers almost works throughout. But I thought Down with Love was better. Still, George Clooney continues to make a good impression in…
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SportsColumn 2.0
SportsColumn.com just re-launched in its 2.0 version. Much stronger because the site now lets you (the reader) filter what the various authors contribute. The quality was uneven in the past, since it was dependent on the author. When Vin Diec, the owner of the site, has something to say, it’s usually worth a read. Now…