Month: July 2009
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Citizen Journalism cuts out the middleman
Over at the Future Shop Techblog I posted this item about the difference between journalism 40years ago (when we were landing on the moon) and today. The upshot is that the Tech is cutting out the middleman, and making journalism more accessible to everyone. But is it quality journalism? Does having a J‑school sheepskin really…
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Godspeed Apollo 11
It was 40 years ago today, and the American space program put it all on the line sending three young aviators to land on the moon. Wow. I don’t think we’d even consider that a risk worth taking now. Somewhere along the line we lost our ability to take risks.…and return to the Moon. I’m lucky to have…
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How to automatically post your Facebook status to Twitter
Well it looks like Facebook and Twitter are now playing nice. If you’re logged into Facebook, this page will walk you through the process of hooking things up so that your Facebook updates will go out to your Twitter feed. Select what you want, and protect the rest. I’m going to leave this post as…