Posts by pat

My iPad setup

Posted by pat on May 9, 2012. No comments.

Over at the Interchange Project I detail — and I mean detail –my iPad setup, which is a key part of my writing workflow: A big part of what I do is write and take notes, and that part of my workflow will be the main focus of this post. I use several programs for [...]

On writing

Posted by pat on May 8, 2012. No comments.

This was originally posted over at the Interchange Project. This is my second day using the Das Keyboard full time. I can’t tell if this is on account of me being just a massive tech nerd or if it really is about the keyboard itself, but I couldn’t wait to wake up this morning and [...]

Episode 20: Punctuation versus links

Posted by pat on December 1, 2011. No comments.

ХудожникБогородица Over at the Interchange Project Jeremy and I discuss the whole Jim Romenesko/Poynter affair and much more this week. We think both Romesnko and Poynter were in the right and wrong here. It’s complicated. We wish things would have ended better. Our discussion of Romenesko leads Jeremy to discuss how he handles miss attribution [...]

Why we read

Posted by pat on July 5, 2011. No comments.

икониикони“I read my eyes out and can’t read half enough…the more one reads the more one sees we have to read.” — John Adams

Interchange Project: Where technology meets the liberal arts

Posted by pat on June 20, 2011. No comments.

Prof. Jeremy Littau and myself have launched a new website and podcast, the Interchange Project. I highly encourage you to check it out and provide us with feedback. The project aims to provide meaningful news and discussion around technology, media, information, usability, design and the social sciences. We’re in a very soft launch right now, but [...]

Who needs a business model, anyway? Online journalism does. #jcarn

Posted by pat on March 31, 2011. 2 comments.

This post is for the Carnival of Journalism. Every month some of the top journalism thinkers around get together to debate topics in journalism. What’s the biggest problem facing journalism today? Lack of journo-hackers? Not enough staff resources? Too little focus on mobile? Not enough data? Print curmudgeons? Lack of free coffee for employees? No. The [...]

I don’t have a smartphone; I have a 3.5 inch tablet

Posted by pat on March 25, 2011. No comments.

I’m 11 days into my billing cycle this month on my iPhone, and the data about my usage really shows how I communicate and live my life has changed a lot over the past few years. These stats really popped out to me (multiply by about three to get my monthly usage): 17 anytime minutes [...]

Mobile, mobile, mobile. Mobile Internet will overtake desktop Internet usage within 3 years (infographic)

Posted by pat on March 23, 2011. No comments.

Here are some key takeaways that underscore how mobile computing is the next big chapter in computers (mainframes to desktop pcs and now to mobile): 4 billion mobile phones in use. 1.08 billion of those phones are smartphones. 3.05 billion of those phones are SMS enabled. Mobile Internet usage should overtake desktop usage by 2014. [...]