Where Business Change Meets Journalism: EVERYWHERE
Back in the day, I served a couple of years as President of an international journalism group. The Computer Press Association was a collection of people who, as the name suggested, wrote about...
View ArticleSocial Media, Engagement, Blogging and Negative Opinions
Last week, I wrote a piece about an article I spotted at NBA.COM. In that blog post, sports commentator David Aldridge expressed his opinion about the ongoing stand-off between NBA players and owners....
View ArticleWhat Are You Adding? (Journalism, Blogging, Cheating)
I’ve written about the changing face of journalism several times here. Mostly, my opinions fall on the side that being paid or working for large, established/known magazines or newspapers isn’t the...
View ArticleIn Praise of Chris Brogan and Video Production Values
I’ve mentioned Chris Brogan here quite a few times. Sometimes, I praise him. More often, I call Mr. Brogan out for being disingenuous, or inauthentic. Once, I suggested Chris wasn’t very smart, which...
View ArticleBlogging, Search Engine Optimization, and Blogging ABOUT SEO
Yesterday I came across this piece on do-it-yourself Search Engine Optimization at ReadWriteWeb—or more specifically at ReadWriteStart, an offshoot of ReadWriteWeb aimed at getting things done for the...
View ArticleMommyBloggers, Narrowcasting, Tribes, and Social Networking
When I was The Computer Answer Guy (OK, when The Computer Answer Guy was a media personality—I’m still The Computer Answer Guy), I did a weekly radio program that ran on several terrestrial radio...
View ArticleHuffington Post, Consumerist: Indignant Over . . . WHAT?
If you see something on the Internet, it must be true. Right? It seems that at The Consumerist and at The Huffington Post, “it must be true” is what passes for journalism. Go ahead; check either the...
View ArticleNow The New York Times Is Just Another Bad Blogging Outlet
Yesterday at Gadgetwise I came a cross this piece on the “facial unlock” feature in Android phones. Gadgetwise is a blog published by The New York Times, hosted under the auspices of the New York...
View ArticleSo Many Svbtle Self-Promotional Tools, So Little Time
A couple of years ago, I asked whether the world has too many blogs. My answer now, as it was then, is that if you think a huge number of people are hanging on your every word and can’t wait for you...
View ArticleWhen Should You Speak? What Should You Say?
Stop Blogging. Fred Wilson has. Seriously, though? I don’t actually mean either of those things. Fred Wilson, notorious movie pirate and even more notorious venture capitalist, has decided to...
View ArticleJournalism, Influency, and The Power of The Megaphone
That’s one big megaphone. Who’s standing behind it? Does he deserve to be there? Does it matter? This week, Reuters blogger Felix Salmon stood on his large soapbox and complained about the fees and...
View ArticleThe Influency of Content Marketing, Blogging, and Hubspot
Yesterday, I came down pretty hard on Jeff Bezos‘ purchase of The Washington Post. Or more specifically, on what’s going on in the background and on the fringes of Bezos’ earlier foray into journalism...
View ArticleGuest Blogging, Mark Schaefer, Influency Marketing {grow}th
Are you writing blog posts for other web sites, spending that time in the hope that you can attract enough traffic to yours to make it worthwhile? This ‘guest blogging’ has been a popular way for...
View ArticleGuest Blogging? All The Rage. And Then Matt Cutts Said …
While this picture might be ridiculous (sorry, Matt … ) the idea it represents is anything but: (especially) if you’re a small business, Google is doing some really scary things. I’ve commented...
View ArticleWhat Happens When a Journalist Becomes an Apple Fanboy?
I hate to end a week on a sad note, but today I witnessed a multi-pointed attack on journalism. The attacker was one Galen Gruman, presently an Executive Editor at InfoWorld (is InfoWorld still...
View ArticleProblogger Darren Rowse Doesn’t Want You To Follow Him
How many people are watching what you say on the Internet? Do you care? The second question was rhetorical; of course you care. But the first question is hard to answer, and even if you have the answer...
View ArticleOld Cartoonists Should Die. Just Ask Young Bloggers
Most times, people who have opinions and the nerve to express them create polarized reactions. The history and nature of political elections in the USA are all the evidence you need of this. There’s no...
View ArticleIt’s The Death of the Blog … Again
It’s the death of the blog. Again. This time, depending on how you read the words “death of the blog”, there’s a new legitimacy to the claim. As the folks at WP Tavern point out, one of the most...
View ArticleThe Death of Journalism is Becoming More Real
We’ve been hearing about The Death of Journalism for almost a decade. Last week, HuffPo announced a business change that may show the death of journalism becoming a real thing. Which is...
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