All in Newspapers
Why I Still Read the Newspaper
What do I like about the paper edition? I can assure you it’s not the smell of the newsprint.
Washington Post Digital Scrapes iPage Bottom
The blinking and moving banner ads at the bottom of the pages of the iPad version of the Washington Post really suck.
On Reading the Digital Edition of the Washington Post on the iPad Mini
I learned recently that home subscribers to the Washington Post newspaper also receive the digital edition, so I added it to my wife’s iPad Mini. What follows is a description of my initial reactions as a reader.
Goodbye Washington Post (on Facebook, that is...)
I’ve decided to “unfriend” the Washington Post on Facebook.
Should Dennis Continue His Dead Tree Washington Post Subscription?
“Web 2.0 Is Dead” posts are a dime a dozen. It’s a pleasure to read one with real content. Andrew Chen’s Which startup’s collapse will end the Web 2.0 era? warns that business models that don’t include secure revenue streams are hazardous to corporate health. At minimum, if you have valuable content parked in the cloud on a network you use for free, consider yourself warned, especially in these perilous economic times.
Chris Cizilla’s White House Cheat Sheet: Bypassing the Media Filter is an oversimplification of the shifting role of social media in politics. He makes the usual “Obama is using social media to bypass the mainstream media to go directly to voters” comment, which I think misses the point.
Is Mark Cuban a "Real Blogger"?
Mark Cuban’s Blogging and Newspapers, a Lesson in How Not to Brand and Market is deliberately provocative. It discusses the difference between “real journalists” and “bloggers.” I especially like his quote,
I can hear it now. I’m walking my dog this Saturday morning along the creek near my house, listening to my iPod as I go. I’ve clicked up the latest On The Media from NPR. And so it starts:
The Belgian court decision ruling that Google News violates copyright when it publishes information from contributing newspapers without first obtaining permission is a reminder of the precarious nature of much of the information flow we take for granted on the web.