June 2010
How Men and Women Pitch Stories: A Disturbing... →
OMG, that first pitch is totally from me. Maybe. Maybe not. It might be something I sent last night after drinking a liter of wine. Or it isn’t. Either way, there it is.
“Stuck in the internet stockade for everyone to see, McCarthy tried to be breezy...”
– Phil Bronstein: @BPGlobalPR “Twitter-Gate” Shows That Even Digital Tools Have Rules
I wrote a long, long post about the whole @Caro incident, but decided not to publish it because the whole thing made me so angry, and so worked up that I decided it was best just to let bygones go by....
jimray: Redesigning stories →
For too long, the formula of online news has been a spine of text that media elements hang off of like a sad Charlie Brown Christmas tree, competing with ads and widgets for attention.
MSNBC’s page redesign is exceptionally ambitious and works very well. (It doesn’t make me instantly click the reader button in Safari, as I’ve become accustomed to doing at most news sites.)...
“If Flickr is threatening to terminate people’s accounts, it really needs...”
– Please Be More Specific - emptyage
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-20) →
Wait What (8)
Tokyo Police Club (6)
dead prez (6)
Martina Topley-Bird (2)
Massive Attack (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dear McClatchy: Corrections Are Easy →
People make mistakes. It happens. But when you make a mistake, you should fix it. That’s especially true online, where not only are mistakes easily repaired, but when left up tend to proliferate and…
Serafinowicz: Five Reasons I Love Apple and Five... →
“I have deep admiration and a little envy for whoever started Joe Barton Would...”
– - Rachel Maddow
Um, y’all? I think Rachel Maddow just flirted with me on air.
Joe Barton Would Like To Apologize →
So, I made a new website today.
“I’m not speaking for anybody in the House of Representatives but myself, but I’m...”
– Texas Republican Congressman Joe Barton apologized to BP CEO Tony Hayward during his opening statement at the House hearing on the oil spill this morning. You stay classy GOP! (via cajunboy) (via soupsoup)
“A German student “mooned” a group of Hell’s Angels and hurled...”
– BBC News - Puppy thrown at German biker gang
Lindsay Robertson: CBS vs 48 Hours Magazine: Team... →
I can’t believe how much I’m on CBS’s side of the 48 Hour Magazine debacle, but I really, really am. Here’s why:
Most of what Lindsay has to say is opinion, which I obviously disagree with. But I do want to address some points of fact.
Most immediately: We have never, ever, claimed not to have heard of the TV show 48 Hours. Never. What I told David Carr is that we were unaware it was still...
Is AT&T Still a Bag of Dicks? →
Your new favorite single serving site
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-13) →
Hurricane Ivan (34)
Beastie Boys (15)
The Hood Internet (4)
The Beastie Boys (4)
Animal Collective (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Within hours, the government assembled a response team at the “war...”
– The Spill, The Scandal and the President | Rolling Stone Politics
You have to read this.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-6) →
Ratatat (24)
DJ Shadow (13)
Janelle Monae (11)
Broken Bells (10)
R.E.M. (7)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Hey, it's an open letter or at least an email to...
Dear Steve, I’ve purchased three iPhones to date—two for myself and one for my wife. We’ve been increasingly unhappy with the service. As I was driving through San Francisco today, my iPhone dropped two very important calls, back-to-back, in different parts of town. Given your keynote this morning, it seemed almost like my phone was trying to tell me something. My primary need in...
“New York (CNN) — Silicon Valley — or Silicon Alley? To non-techies,...”
– The next Silicon Valley? It may be New York - CNN.com
Reality check: CNN didn’t find it necessary to explain any of the left coast startups.
Newsweek: Crowd-Sourcing the Next Version →
soupsoup:
My suggestion: adopt the 48HR Magazine model and produce the print edition in the final two days of the week, so the content is fresher.
“One thing this country has always enjoyed, even when and especially because it...”
– American Drink | Welcome to American Drink
Followed. This looks to be a great blog.
“Ask anyone who ran or invested in a mobile app startup pre-iPhone (I invested in...”
– Steve Jobs single-handedly restructured the mobile industry cdixon.org – chris dixon’s blog
Dixon makes good points. But on the other hand (and I did follow the mobile industry pre-iPhone, extensively) just because things have gotten better, we should not use that as an excuse to allow...
“Are you fucking happy? Are you fucking happy? The rig’s on fire! I told you this...”
– Deepwater Horizon installation manager Jimmy Harrell (via soupsoup)
This Is British Petroleum: How To Volunteer or... →
mikemonteiro:
The Greater New Orleans Foundation - Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund
Dine Out for the Gulf Coast
The International Bird Rescue Research Center: donate, becoming a member or adopt a bird.
Text “WILDLIFE” to 20222 to donate $10 to the National Wildlife Federation’s “on-the-ground…
Robert Reich: Why Obama Should Put BP Under... →
bstriddy:
It’s time for the federal government to put BP under temporary receivership, which gives the government authority to take over BP’s operations in the Gulf of Mexico until the gusher is stopped. This is the only way the public know what’s going on, be confident enough resources are being put to stopping the gusher, ensure BP’s strategy is correct, know the government has enough clout...
“Crowley — a 33-year-old who’s always in a sweatshirt and wears an...”
– With Foursquare, life is a virtual game - CNN
Bieber!
“If you would like to teach science to Juggalos, please prepare a hand-held...”
– Science For Juggalos - Noisebridge
“Do you want to know what BP should do about me? Do you want to know what their...”
– Street Giant » Leroy Stick – the man behind @BPGlobalPR