April 2009 Archives

Looking forward to game 8 of #celtics #bulls

Looking forwsrd

Obama's first 100 days, Facebook style (hat tip @patwashburn) Link

"A-Rod was hated at Hooters, where he tipped the minimum 15 percent." Link

Just read Salon's "Why can't we concentrate?" Link

So @spampy is elaborating on the myriad ways to deceive with fake calls from iphone apps ... i feel dirty

Just wrote my first-ever NDA agreement (!) & then made game-time decision to attend @mediabistro's #mbtweetup

The Sporting Blog's @ChrisMottram leaving to become Senior Editor of SB Nation Link

Hi kids, feel free to ignore this post. Just needed a local example of this JS twitter widget that would be guaranteed to always be updating. Hence my topic of choice: Obama

I just followed twitter newbie @sarah_abraham solely based on her second tweet ever "i hope i will be a great time here :)"

Who Congress would miss from the Globe, in order? "typesetters, press operators, mailers & drivers to reporters & editors" Link

Hurray ZipCar ... Link

@ljndawson HAHAH you assume it's a he? Guess again ;-)

If you were about to lead a college ministry, what must-have social networking / blogging tools/tricks would you use?

RT @GoogleTutor New blog post: Google Pages is shutting down in June: how to save your data Link

I'm bumming that some of my best work ever can only be allowed on a public site or about 90 seconds. It's for the best though...

Sen. Collins expressed concern about a number of spending provisions, including $780 million for pandemic-flu preparedness Link

@NiemanLab just don't ask Stephen Colbert about the past tense of "to tweet" Link

Just a reminder that the first 100 days of a 4-year presidency is just less than 7% of the term ;-)

@kellyanne622 Well, Hubspot for one offers a listing by city as part of its twittergrader service Link

Um, did the #bulls Ben Gordon just grab his crotch after draining that 3 vs. the #celtics ? That would be a yes Link

Um, did the #bulls Ben Gordon just grab his crotch after draining that 3 vs. the #celtics ?

RT @DavidStephenson - @dismalscience Sadly, think you're right Lou Dobbs will use #swineflu to stir anti-immigrant pot

Welcome to twitter @kellyanne622 ... love to see the Quincy list growing!

Paul Pierce might be the heart of the #celtics but this is most certainly Rajon Rondo's team now.

I wonder what the expressed written consent of the NBA actually reads like and how many pages it is.

Looking at CNN's #swineflu map, & wondering how many states would be yellow before the last administration would have had this news conf.

Am I crazy to be worried about #swineflu ahead of my trip to LA late next month?

@winstonthedog I've heard this story so many times, I couldn't tell who it was coming from this time ;-)

Link

Tiant, fred lynn, ray flynn, chris cooper, peter gammons, among those at sommerville theatre #redsox

Link

Wow put a headset on a film festival volunteer and it's amazing how quickly they can turn into a jerk.

Guy wearing a 'save a journalist buy a newspaper' shirt ... My suggestion: save a journalist teach them a scripting language

Thinking about george will's pathetic wardrobe column as most everyone @ the #bcb4 hacking the govt session is dressed just like that

Talking 'hacktivism' outside at #bcb4 ... power to the people no delay!

Sitting in the Drupal Design session at #bcb4 ... as a Movable Type and Wordpress guy, I feel like a spy.

Sitting in on Mobile Analytics session of #bcb4

Going to #bcb4 by way of Somerville Theatre to pick up my sold out Lost Son of Havana tix. Priorities ;-) Ping me if you're on MIT's campus.

Listening to "Radio Romance" by The Searchers on @pandora_radio ... kinda like watching "Video Killed the Radio Star" on MTV

"I love it when a plan comes together." - George Peppard, Hannibal on The A-Team #pmv

Bumming about the apparent death of Pontiac Link

Reading Part II: Soldier Who Killed Herself -- After Refusing to Take Part in Torture Link

Samantha Bee just referenced Fox & Hounds "for a couple G&Ts" ... That would be the place. Maybe not on Take Your Kid to Work Day Tho

RT @baratunde I'm Cited In The 5 Worst Tweets Ever For My #Skittles Hack Link

Sweet! I was a helpful Media Monitor today Link

Lawrence O'Donnell is the man for his rebuttal to Liz Cheney. But don't take my word for it ... Link

I'm going to retire my use of the phrase "too many cooks in the kitchen" and start using "too many MCs / not enough mics" #Fugees forever!

#springsteen on stage with dropkick murphys ... boston music history ... Marriage proposal video later ... Glory days indeed

Link

Link

On floor waiting for #springsteen hearing #celtics fan die inside as his young GF asks who played for them when they won all those banners

Got floor seats to #springsteen and @eesullivan is mulling the rebellious act of sneaking in a camera ... In my cargo pants ... Stay tuned

RT @jalada Twitter Tip: See what apps you've given permission to via oAuth using this link - Link

When Remdog just said "That sounds good" about Kentucky *Grilled* Chicken, methinks he was kidding #redsox

@patriotledger why not follow some people? You could even find some locals here: Link

Already heard from a couple of pissed-off friends at this one Bonuses To New York Times Execs Under Fire Link

Majestic Athletic took the blame for "Natinals" jerseys Link

@huffpost I'm all for tagging, but couldn't this get you guys in trouble? Link

So cool to see Deriba Merga run by my spot at 1.5 Miles remaining on the #bostonmarathon route!

Unreal how calm everyone is at park street #mbta station ... Well at least for now

Irony of the day - people pissed at @oprah for making twitter more popular who are pissed Link

Cool! I'm quoted in the Globe about Twitter. Link

Woot! Purchased my ticket for The Lost Son Of Havana Link

Ana Marie Cox - Why We Should Get Rid of the White House Press Corps Link

@tiffy643 Do you think the #yankees are paying people to stay in those seats behind home plate just so it doesn't look as lame?

secret to life from @alexnester - name at least one person whos life became better today because of you before going to sleep. Every day.

RT @MLBONFOX: Rosenthal: Based on what I've seen here at #Yankee Stadium today, Ruth could have hit 75 out of this park. #mlb #baseball

"The BBWAA lost a net 65 writers this year even after its forward-thinking decision to allow 22 Interthingy typists in." Link

#marathonmonday will be one of the craziest Boston sports days ever. Maybe we'll also get some big #pats news to go w #celts #bruins #redsox

I just noticed new #celtics #bulls playoff tix for today's game are available on ticketmaster. Best seats avail 4 me CLB115 $200 each. Pass.

@alexnester your bio makes me ask, what's the secret to life? Can you say it in 140 characters?

For my money, there's no better reading on the web than readme.txt ... If only all publications could be as useful ;-)

RT @JOHNABYRNE Today's lead story at BW.com: "The Biofuel Bubble" by BW's John Carey. Link

"Now, I may be a pimp and an idiot -- but I did not want to make a mistake." Link

Big day planned w/ @eesullivan. Not sure if we can fit it all in. Fortunately, I brought my time stretcher machine for such an occasion.

Mad at @oprah & others joining Twitter? There's only really one suitable response. Ask for a refund. See also: FB redesign.

HaHa "Prom is graduation's vapid sibling. The Bramwell Bronte. The Billy Baldwin." Link

I think I'd go see a nu shooz / split enz concert, just for the novelty.

RT @scorpfromhell destinationCRM.com: Web Analytics Meets Social Media Link

RT @parislemon "I just got rate-limited for posting comments on TechCrunch. Uh, I work there." HAHAHA

"I'm not questioning The AP's legal right to do what it does. But I am saying they have to be consistent." Link

@joannejacobs I thought you might find this interesting Link

@AgeOpportunity @starvingbroker @Sirjohn_writer @EcoInteractive thanks for the pings, sorry I missed this one will try next time!

fotoflexer.com I think I love you. Great product and such a clean rendering of the logo I just resized!

8 of Scotland's largest police force list their religion as Jedi in voluntary diversity forms. Link

@jdlasica Why? Is this just not doing for you or something? Link

To @comcastcares A big THANK YOU for the new Classic Alternative channel!

RT @bobfranken From BobFranken.tv - Twitiocy for Twit-Wits Link

Breaking #celtics news: KG might miss entire playoffs Link

As a #terps fan & #duke hater, I love this "450. Elton Brand ... murdered one franchise and gravely wounded two others" Link

Met Quincy's IT director Chuck Phelan tonight. Nice guy. He says the city's new web site set to launch May 11.

Is it bad that when sitting through the presentation for the $1.2b Quincy revitalization project I thought of the Simpsons monorail episode?

If you call yourself a "social media expert" & you're not following @kmakice you might want to change your title ;-)

As someone who watched several #terps teams salvage seasons after fans booed, I'm watching w/ interest as #redsox nation turns more red.

I am really really really really (hear that @eesullivan ?) really glad that restarting the computer fixed someone's "broken website" issue.

Daily Beast: Spanish prosecutors will seek criminal charges vs. Gonzales & 5 more Bush admin officials Link

@jdlasica the last time I saw "Coolio" and "cloud" in the same statement it had a far, far different meaning. Dig?

@thinkprogress FYI I just emailed the cse@cse.org on the usteaparty.com site and (shocker!) it bounced back. #teabagscam

Never thought I'd write "corporate teabaggers" but, thanks Think Progress! Link

Who knew converting an entire Movable Type blog's categories to tags could be so ... soothing? This guy!

Link

Fareed Zakaria on our defense priorities and how Gates might be on the right track Link

Looking forward to hearing from Mayor Thomas KOCH & Street-Works Development RE: new Quincy Center on Tues. 7 p.m. @ Beechwood Knoll ES ;-)

@spampy Georgia on your mind, huh?

Looking forward to hearing from Mayor Thomas Kock and Street-Works Development RE: new Quincy Center on Tues. 7 p.m. @ Beechwood Knoll ES

RIP Harry Kalas, thanks for always having "High Hopes" Link

@stephaniecea check out boltbus.com too ... power, and wifi for around $20

RT @goatforce5 I'd say twitter just jumped the shark, but @foxandfriends shot the shark in the face, then downed some Buds & watched NASCAR

How I tamed my Gmail in about a week Link

worry: Link

I don't know about you, but it seems like I've been getting much, much more email lately. And much of it I actually asked to receive. Group updates from LinkedIn, Facebook messages, newsletters, marketing pitches, special offers... Oy. Any one of these items can have value, but in a 24-hour period, the pile can make me want to run from my computer, pour a nice cocktail and watch ANYTHING on TV. That's not always practical, however, especially at hours like this one, when it's not 5:00 anywhere I do business.

But using my Gmail, I started on a little endeavor to buffer myself from the crush over the past week and am already noticing the results.

Here's what I did.

First, I made a "pending" label, but I called it "__pending" so that it would stay at the top of my filter list.

Next, I grabbed the email address of an email that I have a passing interest in, but don't want to flood my inbox.

I clicked on "Create a Filter" near the search button near the top of the page.

I added said email address to the From field, and hit the Next Step button.

I then checked the box next to "Skip the Inbox (Archive it)" and chose __pending from the dropdown menu of available filters. This automatically checks the box.

I then hit the "Create Filter" button.

I have done this 44 times so far and my only regret is not doing this sooner. I love this method as opposed to automatically diverting different messages into different filters because I have a one-stop shop for lower-priority messages that I might have an interest in reading, when I decide I want to. Also, with as much as I'm checking messages on my phone these days, each time I can spare myself from scrolling past such a message is valuable time I don't have to waste getting to the "real" messages that I most benefit from catching and replying to on my mobile device.

Now if only someone at Google Labs could make a "skip inbox and add to my chosen tag" button ;-)

Onward and upward ...

Link

Great job @spampy and the cast of Harvard's The Exonerated ... A powerful portrayal of how swift, inaccurate justice is a scourge of soc ...

Settling in to see @spampy in harvard's production of the exonerated ... Glad they're starting late!

I hate when I get exactly what I was asking for. But that's just because I'm bad at asking the exact right question.

While PETA really asked the Pet Shop Boys to change their name, I have suspended my Tears for Fears exchange program.

@comcastcares HELP! my cell phone number is 703 but I live in Mass. The system keeps sending me to Va. People. Got a direct line?

Chatting with @jdlasica about #tg2009

The answer (sadly) to too many problems lies in tweaking ie.css *sigh* Thanks Carl!!!

Listening to "Computer Love" by Zapp and Roger (1985!) Link

Google chat tip: asterisks around words make them bold. Carry on.

My syllabus if I taught an 'online journalism' course Link

No one has ever asked me to be a professor of whatever they call "journalism" online. But plenty of people have been asking me questions about various trends and technologies, and some of them are also teaching. I also had the great pleasure to work with some outstanding interns from Northeastern University over the past couple of years.

And of course, I've spent many years in and around journalism and think tanks and training institutes and non-profits that are attempting to educate.

So I got to thinking. If I were to teach a course on something resembling "online journalism" what would it look like? What would it cover? What are the essentials that people should enter the world with an understanding of so that great journalism can be done with the wonderful tools that I am fortunate enough to play with nearly every day?

This isn't everything I'd want to include, but they are some things I think are important. I encourage you to add yours as well.

And who knows? Maybe someone will read them, and think about them, and start teaching them. Dare to dream...

Wrangling RSS - Using Yahoo! Pipes to divine meaning from feeds

Geo Metro - Understanding how longitude, latitude and mapping technology can have an impact on readers

Twend reporting - Using tools like search.twitter.com to glean insight into the minds of the audience

Crowdsourcing investigations - Use the leverage of the audience to demand, and vet, answers

XBRL - Where online journalism means business

Flash - No. Not unless you REALLY need to. (One day session)

A Web of Ties - It's not just about your content on your web site, but about extending it online

Online video - Dos, don'ts and how and where to publish to have the biggest impact

Just saw the word "stetted" in a project spec doc. I stared at it. Such a weird looking word. Gonna try to use in a sentence today.

@NiemanLab But how much harm have they done to journalism by putting heads in the sand?

I'm choosing to think of this round of "starting over" as simply a clean opportunity to get it right this time. Ahhhhh.

CompUSA Comes Back From the Dead Link

2 for my last 2 on awesome parking jobs in Southie!

OOPS I meant to say Link

Link

"The relatively cheap expense and high quality of U.S. servers seems to attract jihadists" Link

Just bought the new cd from @chrisvelan solidago after a great set in cambridge

Whatever the opposite of when it rains it pours is, that's what I am experiencing on this good day today.

Very much looking forward to seeing @chrisvelan TONIGHT at TT The Bear's Place Link

@havahula Thanks Frank. Now the hard part begins ;-)

WOO HOOOOOO!!! I made the cut!!! Going to LA for the Knight Digital Media Center News Entrepreneur Boot Camp! Link

Today's the day I find out about that thing, unless, of course, it isn't ;-)

@qpc (my first account, for the in/famous pub crawl) joined Twitter on Sun Sep 16 2007. Link

Silverlight strikes out with MLB Link

Who is the big dog in boston? Duh. #redsox are delaying broadcast of #bruins right now.

Fenway #redsox opening day ... Heard flyover in kenmore station hallway ... Damn that was loud!

"The world won't get no better if we just let it be." - Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - Wake up Everybody Link

I wanted more for the city of Detroit, but I'm going to focus on my #terps having beaten the national champs (and ignoring Morgan St.)

OHHHHHHH those were fireworks in Ford Field. Thank God. #ncaa #unc

In case you changed the channel, Michigan St. cut it to 13 just now #marchmadness #ncaa

@Bobbiec you just reminded me of the Chris Rock "grand opening, grand closing" joke.

She had me @ "equipped w/ peptides that nucleate amorphous iron phosphate" Link

Interesting Boy Dylan interview "Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it." Link

Prediction: JS/summaries in title of links will undermine this AP push Link

Just listed myself in the Link

#RedSox postpone home opener Link

Tip no., um, 4? After lamely addressing bartender by her first name, don't turn to friend & say 'tip no. 3 call bartender by her 1st name'

@jetblue the sportsbar in JFK terminal is pretty sweet ... Much better than the response time for the jetbridge for flt 1310 :)

Just retraced most of the frederick to dulles commute @eesullivan and I used to share. Feels like almost a lifetime ago.

Just "fixed" a javascript MT admin error by adding a www to the URL. This just feels wrong on so many levels, but I'll take it.

Looking forward to nephew's birthday party and then getting back home to see @eesullivan !

Just a reminder, all of the babies in Raising Arizona (1987) can all now drink legally.

I just proved, to two witnesses, that I can in fact sing in the same pitch as axl rose. This is not a joke.

Link

Daring to hit the piratz tavern in the springs of silver arrrrggghhhhhh

Flomax mandatory disclaimers at eye level above mensroom stalls at #nationals park. Not a good read.

Wife to husband: 'final four is on tonight' husband: 'damn what am I here for?' #nats

Willingham follows up grand slam with great diving catch and a great 4 5 DP. These #nats are resembling a real live #mlb team!

Kate, a former miss america contestant running for the #Nats co-host gig said 'you' and pointed at fans instead of the camera. Pointing fail

An Adam Dunn walk, A. Kearns gets hit by ground ball and a grand slam ... In all a unique first inning #nats

Never seen that before: adam dunn pulled an upper deck foul that BOUNCED into the upper deck ... Welcome to Washington Mr. Dunn. #nats

You wouldn't believe how loud this guy is cursing in Spanish on the phone in Starbucks right now. Apparently no bi-lingual peeps work here.

"something is stirring ... the GOP may be losing its bailout money. God apparently has his own stimulus plan." Link

Looking forward to taking my dad to the #nationals exhibition game today!

Had a great lunch w/ Neil Greenberger, who might just be the world's best skeptic. VC firms should hire him as a contractor to sniff out BS.

It just hit me that Daniel Cabrera is the oldest starter for the #nationals at 27 ... Oh boy #mlb

Watching the @erickschonfeld vs. @karaswisher "discussion" Link

Awww, so cute! Engadget, Rupert Murdoch, e-books, lib trolls, conservative trolls ... what could possibly go wrong Link

Just got an email referencing three of my favorite things: Social Median, Facebook Connect and Get Satisfaction

New blog post: If Twitter was bought by Big Newspaper Link

I just read Robert Scoble's "The worst thing for Twitter" about how if Twitter got bought by IBM or Adobe or some such outfit that would be even worse for it than being bought by Google.

A wave of emotion rushed over me. And it had nothing to do with any of those potential suitors. It has to do with newspapers.

I haven't written much about the death of newspapers, as I think there is about as much of a saturated market on that angle as there are "Social Media Experts" on Twitter. I started working in newspapers, worked five years at The American Press Institute, ran the web site for every We Media conference, and went to the same school / worked at the same school newspaper as Jayson Blair. I know pretty intimately, the reasons for the death of newspapers.

I thought about an alternate universe where as an ultimate act of swinging for the fences, every newspaper got together and made a bold, expensive gamble similar to the $1.1 trillion Barack Obama, Angela Merkel, Lula Ignacio de Silva, Manmohan Singh, Hu Jintao and the rest of the G20 pledged to the International Monetary Fund yesterday.

The action I pictured for newspapers: Buying Twitter. In a consortium brokered by either the World Association of Newspapers  or the Newspaper Association of America. In early 2008. Or at least after Facebook was rebuffed.

I have for years lamented decisions, big and small, that were made by newspapers that adversely affected their bottom lines. From straightforward steps like creating easier interfaces for purchase images both breaking local events, as well as from a paper's archives, or learning the lessons of Craigslist and Monster.com  and applying those to their often awful relationships with funeral home directors to protect their lucrative obituaries section from outside threats. [Disclosure: during a stint as Sr. Editor, Obits and Fun at Eons, I helped build the precursor to Tributes.com and may or may not have shares in that spinoff.]

Some of these things wouldn't have cost a dime.

@chadrem

Welcome to the roller coaster Chris ( @sleepernw )

@techcrunch You have a misspelled Google near bottom of your Twitter sale rumor story.

Wow just wrote "twearched" 'cause I didn't wanna write "twoogled" ... & not five minutes later I see Link

Read comment comparing NYT & Darfur Link

Check out my flock of followers at Link

Wondering if the #ncaa really should let las vegas sponsor the #marchmadness final four dunk contest

"It's possible chicks could beat human babies if the two groups were pitted against each other in a math contest" Link

Hanging at the world HQ of @gamedaymagazine

woo HOO! Just integrated the excellent MOOdalBox Link

Link

I wonder if Lou Dobbs' eyebrows go down like that on their own or if he works at it.

Happy fifth birthday Gmail Link

Thanks for follow @espnrisedotcom. Check out Scottie Reynolds articles from site I built gamedaymagazine.com #marchmadness Link

Did Citibank just tell me to save money? Really? Are they really in a position to do that?