Archive for July, 2009
First vet visit
Oh nos! Everything went fairly well. Some minor health issues, but she’ll be fine in a few days. We’ll be back in 10 days for another round of shots.
Dead Snoopy?
She has an interesting way of sleeping.
Another lazy coworker!
Starbuck is asleep on the job.
Timing matters when you try to charge for news
Today I asked on Twitter: If you were going to start charging for a free, ad-supported product, would you pick one of the nation’s worst economic times to start? Well, would you? People are cutting back on spending right now. I don’t understand why now — besides desperation — makes sense for news orgs to [...]
Thoughts on AP’s quest to crack down on Internet sharing
The AP is planning on encasing its content in a DRM-like “wrapper” to ensure that their content and headlines aren’t used without their consent — and without payment. Being paid for your work sounds like a good idea. But the AP is going further than ever before with its copyright claims over its content, and [...]
Not offending people is not an option for newspapers
“Not offending people is not a business model. You have to have something to say” – Dan Froomkin, PDF 2009. Inoffensive, “objective” journalism isn’t good journalism, it’s good business. At least it was before the Web. In a world where printing presses — and by extension, competition — are scarce, it’s good business to try [...]
Transparency comes before objectivity
This is a comment I left on today’s Poynter Chat on teaching social media: The notion of “objectivity” has been a big part of the downfall of traditional journalism. It turned into passionless, he said-she said nonsense. And people are smart enough to know that no one is truly objective. That’s why transparency trumps all. [...]