Here’s a story about the need for constant innovation in online journalism. I’ve been going to a lot of “New Media” meetings at work lately, and see that I, too, am a mere leaf in the new media whirlpool. But a few months ago I deleted my fledgling Facebook account. I don’t […]

Recently I came across the following comment by an observer commenting on how young “netroots activists” he’s met are using — or not using — the Internet:
They are not specifically computer literate. They have a facile ability with games, IM, vanity websites, P2P, etc., but not much skill at digging into information, data mining […]

A quick word on Wordpress themes and such… I actually am pretty fond of the blog layout I had been using here for the last 8 or 9 months or so (called “Silhouette,” by Brian Gardner, designer of the famous “Revolution” Wordpress theme). I found it amazingly functional. It does, however, have a […]

Getting past the knee-jerk and ostrich reactions.

An apology: I usually don’t give in to the urge to change my blog theme until at least 6 months have passed, but sometimes… I realize a design just isn’t working out. And that it has to go. (When it comes to online content, it always seems like the solution to one problem […]

This story from the Los Angeles Times about blogging and journalism has gotten a lot of attention over the weekend. (You can even head over to Rochester Turning to see ongoing complaints about this issue.)
However, I am not here to talk about that story today. I’m here to talk about a person known […]

Here I sit, vaguely dissatisfied with the design of this blog, and wondering if I should buy a laptop too, so that I can tap out nonsense wherever I may be through the magic of Wi-Fi, and then I read this…
Mitch Gartenberg knew children in other countries sometimes swarm Americans asking for candy or money, […]

Was I hacked? Did my database die? Or did my hosting company (the one I am going to shortly drop) just simply screw me? I don’t know and I don’t care, since I was planning to move this blog anyway from its very inappropriate home where it was never supposed to be […]