8 hours ago by Ian

Photo by Dirk Gently After the Great War, France erected a line of defence on its border with Italy and Germany, hoping that it would provide a funnel for attackers wishing to avoid the line itself, or that invaders would simply get made into hamburger by the many many guns. Unfortunately, like many ...

Ian M Rountree - ianmrountree.com · 2 references

1 day ago by Greg

Beaver News There has been a lot of talk lately about the quality of information available online. The debate has centered around “content farms”, such as Demand Media and the current incarnation of AOL (oops, sorry, Aol.). Kicking off this round was Michael Arrington, who wrote in a post titled The ...

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2 days ago by Munir Umrani

Jeff Jarvis over at BuzzMachine makes thought-provoking observations on content production in a December 14, 2009, post headlined “ Content Farms v. Curating Farmers.” It’s definitely worth reading. This item is cross-posted at The I-Time Media Observer, one of my other blogs . Technorati Tags: Jeff ...

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2 days ago

Nonfiction: What Would Google Do? , Jeff Jarvis It’s focused on media but the message is essential for anyone who’s work or life relies on the use of information. Chances are that means you…. It could be called a “new economy” book but it isn’t about the future. It’s about the economy we have now. T ...

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2 days ago

Come si capisce quale di questi due ( uno e due) comunicati stampa usciti online è quello vero e quale quello falso? Wsj dice il secondo. Jeff Jarvis dice il primo: " Wall St. Journal still hasn't corrected its story ( http://bit.ly/5laeGt) based on a spoof ( http://bit.ly/8oQFzW) How long?"

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3 days ago by Regina Mahone

Our weekly roundup of new and noteworthy posts from and about the nonprofit sector.... Economy U.S. senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) have issued a report on "wasteful" projects that have received stimulus funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Nonprofit Quarterly ...

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3 days ago by Peep

Ma olen varem kaks korda teinud aasta lõpus kokkuvõtteid, et millised olid mingi aasta parimad raamatud (minu poolt loetutest). 2008 aasta top 5 on siin (kui neid raamatuid lugenud veel pole, siis tee seda – nad pole sugugi aegunud) ja 2006 esikolmik siin. Sel korral panen siia kirja minu lugemissoo ...

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5 days ago by adamwestbrook

I’m sure most readers of this blog also follow US new media giant Jeff Jarvis’ blog over at Buzz Machine. Jeff was telling us the future of journalism is entrepreneurial before anyone had really considered it and Buzz Machine is a hive of interesting writing. Today Jeff posted the results of an Entr ...

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6 days ago by martincloake

A quick update just to keep things ticking over after a very busy week. Last weekend saw a few of my old Spurs away crew gather in Liverpool for the first time in a few years for a weekend of self-indulgence ahead of the Everton game on the Sunday. It was thoroughly enjoyable, despite a [...]

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6 days ago by Steve Buttry

I guess I was showing some travel fatigue the other day in Barnaul. As our interpreter translated for a Russian speaker, I felt a vibration from my iPhone and looked down at a text message from Mimi, sitting about four feet away on the other side of the interpreter. “U ok?” my phone asked. My stomac ...

Transforming the Gaz - stevebuttry.wordpress.com · Rank: 11,581 · 167 references