02 June 2009 ~ Comments

Newspapers & Craigslist

As everyone talks about the death of newspapers, i’d like to remark on one of the majors elements in this death spiral: Craigslist.  To me the two major killers of the newspaper are:

Decrease of authority & differentiation
Lack of classified revenue

First, the decrease in authority and differentiation.  Every web site and publication needs to be an [...]

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21 January 2009 ~ Comments

New Media – What Will It Look Like

Toby and i have been debating and discussing what new media will look like.  His post today inspired me to lay down some of my thoughts. A lot of my thinking stems from this article in The Atlantic and Fred’s Post about his reading habits.

The Atlantic post described how the NY Times is dead.  With [...]

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04 November 2008 ~ Comments

NYTimes is the only legit map

I’m at work and trying to figure out who’s winning the election and what i notice is that every site is different.  Some have called over 15 states already whereas others have only called 2.  How can this happen?  It can happen b/c lots of sites are just making the news up.
The NYTimes however has [...]

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27 August 2008 ~ Comments

World Peace? We're Closer than we think

During my trip to Maui, i brought along the book “The Post-American World” by Fareed Zakaria. It’s a good read (not done yet). One part i really liked at the begging was when he was talking about how war and organized violence have declined substantially over the past 60 years – and dramatically [...]

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