Photo by koalazymonkey on Flickr used under Creative Commons Saw an interesting quote attributed to Mark Zuckerberg yesterday: But guess what? Nobody wants to make lists. A bit out of context, but Zuckerberg was expanding on the best way to share things with a network of people. He’s absolutely right about lists. They are simultaneously [...]
This is a guest post by Kim De, a freelance writer and author of Zen Kitchen, a blog focused on recipes and food issues. Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For animals to remain strong and healthy under adverse situations. For humans to maintain their well-being. For agriculture to satisfy human needs [...]
It looks like any third party twitter clients that survived tweetageddon will now have to embrace OAuth for their applications over the next 48 hours or face tweet extinction.
If you are like most Twitter users, you have used use a third-party Twitter application to read or send Tweets. As of August 31, Twitter applications will [...]
After previously relaunching their site, it looks as if predictions of Digg’s demise may have been preliminary at best, thanks in part to Digg’s heavy embrace of social networking.
Although locating friends on other social networks (like Twitter and Google) via Digg’s profile finder makes the site much easier to embrace, it seems as finding Facebook friends [...]
After being envious of their WordPress friends, it looks like we might be witnessing the making of a Textpattern iPhone app in the (hopefully) near future.
I’ve got to commission an iOS developer in late 2010, early 2011 to make an app for a client’s website. Since they will be tapping into the site’s txp database [...]
When a site goes down for a week with the promise of debuting a new, more streamlined interface, I would in the least expect that site to launch with something usable if not improved, but that isn’t the case with popular random video chat site ChatRoulette.
It’s obvious that ChatRoulette had problems with their new integration, [...]
Apple’s magical and revolutionary iPad is NOW SHIPPING, again. The Apple iPad tablet that was out of stock for some time apparently due to the inadequate availability of the IPS panels used for its display is now back in the markets. All the iPad models including the 16GB iPad, 32GB iPad and 64GB iPad for [...]
Almost every day, we hear of a tablet PC – either in the form of inchoate rumors or nascent leaks, very rarely in official announcements. And now, we have caught wind of Toshiba Corporation’s allegedly upcoming tablet PC named ‘Toshiba Smartpad’. Netbook Italia, which posted the first pictures of the Toshiba Tablet PC, has shed [...]
Now, here we have a delicately intricate function from an iPhone case. It transforms your regular micro-SIM compatible iPhone into a dual-SIM iPhone. Now, by dual SIM iPhone, we don’t really want to hunt for a dual SIM slot under the back cover. A Dual Sim iPhone may be a practically non-existent future, we all [...]
A long, long time ago (near the beginning of blog time) Movable Type was born.
Unlike many previous rivals (i.e. Blogger and LiveJournal), Movable Type allowed bloggers to host the software upon their own servers, eliminating the need to rely on corporate hosting without breaking the bank.
In order to feed their families, the Movable Type monks [...]
Google today announced the acquisition of social-graph and news content startup Angstro.
According to ReadWriteWeb, the Angstro website describes themselves as:
“Inspired by the angstrom unit of measure (0.1 nanometre) named after Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Angstrom, Angstro represents the ability to hone in on highly focused, relevant news across professional networks. Where search [...]
It’s no secret that Reddit (considered by many to be Digg’s biggest rival) has not not fared well after being acquired by Condé Nast, it’s current parent company.
Between the hack attempts and the lack of corporate support, it’s very clear to the geekverse that Reddit is the red headed step child of Condé Nast (pun [...]
We love Mercedes, many of us (if not all) count it in our list of most favorite and desirable cars. But, that’s just the case with any Mercedes lover, isn’t it? What if we tell they have a Mercedes for the geek (and a business man) in you. Yes, folks, yes! Now here’s a combination [...]
Just as it was rumored before, Verizon has now released the HTC Droid Incredible Android 2.2 update to Droid Incredible users. The update, which pushes the current Android operating system 2.1 to version 2.2 brings with it a lot of interesting and utilitarian features. The Droid Incredible Froyo update not only spruces the performance of [...]
iPhone mysteries, iPod launches, keynotes on other iDevices and iOS advancements - that’s what we usually ideate about when Cupertino giant Apple Inc., announces that its holding a press meet. It’s that time of the year again, for the invitees to scribble a page and snap a gizmo, while the rest of the world watches [...]
I love a good meme, not sure why, but I think it’s because of that moment when you can work a meme into everyday life. Awesome feeling, at least for me, but then again, I’m a giant dork. Memes, of the internets variety, are a lot like geek speak, and I’m pondering the idea of [...]
If you thought Notion Ink’s Adam would be the only Android PC in India, think again. Here’s an eye-opener. Just after we recently reported about Indian government’s contrive for launching a low-budget tablet PC for students, some interesting news of another tablet PC called Olive Pad (Androi-based) have come to our notice. The Olive Pad [...]
The new Digg is live and you can now import feeds, letting you autosubmit all your blog articles to Digg in a few clicks. This is the best feature that...
Research in Motion has just announced the Blackberry App World 2.0 and made it available for download. The new version of the Blackberry App World software, which allows Blackberry users to browse, download and install third party apps, comes with an interesting array of features. Here is what is new. RIM has classified five primary [...]
Facebook, by all due truth, is now an inevitable web place visited by more than 500 million users. That’s no wonder. But even with the majority of the users relying on their home computers or netbooks for signing into facebook - presumably the most popular social networking site in existence, the number of Facebook mobile [...]
Dell Aero Android Phone, popularly known as Dell Mini 3i is now officially available for sale through AT&T. Announced in early 2010, the Dell Mini 3i had kept its anticipators waiting for quite long, inevitably churning out undesirous criticism and a possibly not-so-good market position for itself. Talking about its form factor, it’s a touchscreen [...]
About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review August 20, 2010 This year's advice for journalism students By Robert Niles No comments Archive Link Students will be arriving or returning to journalism schools over the next month , providing me with a convenient excuse to offer students some beginning-of-the-year . advice 1. Don't believe that journalism school will help you prepare for your . career Why Because your journalism career's already started . The moment you first posted a comment , photo or status update to the Web , you began your
I’ve been playing foursquare for about a year now, and one of my primary reasons has always been to visualize my movement through the world. Weeplaces provides the coolest foursquare checkin visualization I’ve seen so far. HOW TO: Visualize All Your Foursquare Check-ins Each city builds with traveling lines while time progresses across the bottom [...]
I will be presenting a session on “Mind Blowing WordPress Plugins” at OpenCamp in Dallas, August 27-29, 2010, and I want to introduce you to some of the WordPress Plugins I will be talking about to tease and tempt you, as well as to showcase the innovations that are out there in the WordPress Plugin [...]
This is another one of those informational posts that’s as much for me as it is for you and Google. Unlike the iPhone, which makes it very difficult to install non-approved apps on a jailed phone, installing non-Android Market apps on an Android phone is a breeze. So, if someone sends you an apk to [...]
I love Android. I love my EVO. I’m grateful that Google opened my eyes. But, there’s a rub with Android. It’s the same one with Linux. They’re both too hard. Let me qualify before you break out the flamethrower. Obviously, they would be similar, since Android is based Linux kernel. When I talk about Linux, [...]
A few people were concerned when I started my first Blog Struggles Diary recommending that I not blog every day thus changing the whole tone of my site. This confused me as I thought this was what my site was about. I had to take some time to think about that…then life and work interfered, [...]
: About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review August 11, 2010 Lessons from launch : How TBD.com is trying to engage the community to build its business By Robert Niles No comments Archive Link This week , Allbritton Communications launched its new online portal and news website for the Washington D.C . metropolitan area : TBD.com TBD.com draws upon the reporting staff of Allbritton's DC-area ABC affiliate , WJLA , and its existing cable news channel formerly known as News Channel 8 blending them with an expanding online reporting staff ,About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review August 6, 2010 The only metric that matters By Robert Niles 2 comments Archive Link In the nearly 15 years that I've been working online , I've watched the most popular metric among Web publishers change from hits , to page views , to unique visitors to time on site . But none of those metrics really matter . I've seen sites post phenomenal numbers for each of those categories , and fail . There's one metric , and only one , that truly matters in determining your websites's commercial . success 
In May of 2010, over 150 of the brightest minds in online business, web publishing, blogging, and social media gathered in Chicago for the 4th annual Successful and Outstanding Bloggers Conference (SOBCon). It was an amazing experience for all with three days of non-stop business strategies and techniques for online business. And they are doing [...], , About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review August 3, 2010 On the Internet , no one has to be a gatekeeper , but everyone can be By Robert Niles 1 comment Archive Link We've well established by now that the Internet has crippled the news industry's role as gatekeeper of information in society . News sources now can communicate directly with the public , with unprecedented immediacy and scale . When the President of the United States wants to send a message to the public , he can issue a statement , call a press conference or scheduleAbout Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review July 30, 2010 What skills do you need to succeed in your journalism career By Robert Niles No comments Archive Link A generation ago , the skills you needed as a journalist were well-defined . If you were going to work in a print newsroom , you needed to know how to report and write . If you wanted to work in photojournalism , you needed to develop still photography and photo editing skills . Videographers needed to know how to shoot and edit video . Broadcast journalists needed to develop the