Metroblogging is a site of many blogs. What they have in common, apart from an identical look and feel (pretty generic, actually), is that each blog is really about a place. I mean, really. About. A place. From San Francisco to Bangkok, from Karachi to Toronto, Metblogs are a hyper-local look at what’s going on [...]
The Mac-vs.-PC argument is as old as … well, as 1984. I have not owned a Mac since 1997, so don’t count me in the “Mac fanatics” category (although I do have a MacBook Pro on order, after living a Windows-only life for seven years). But the argument is at least worth listening to, especially [...]
Interesting observations about the buy here and here. You can edit your videos at JumpCut, which differentiates it from YouTube. Previous post about video sharing sites at this blog. Technorati tags: video | online media
In multimedia journalism packages, we have a lot of choices for how to present the information. For stories that persist over time — especially those that go back for months or even years — a graphical timeline can be a great solution to the puzzle of presentation. Online, an animated timeline can be even better. [...]
Rebecca MacKinnon has posted a bunch of fresh links to diverse news items about the Internet in China, government control and blogging (17.5 million people! Imagine it!) at her blog, RConversation. MacKinnon (formerly a bureau chief for CNN in Japan and China) is a co-founder of Global Voices Online, the international citizens media site that [...]
Journalists from developing countries can apply for a fellowship to attend Internet for Journalists, a course from May 14 to June 22, 2007, in the Netherlands. The deadline for applications is Oct. 1, 2006. Technorati tags: workshop | training | journalists | Internet | online journalism
What effects will the Internet have on social, political and economic life in the year 2020? This is the big question posed by a new Pew study. You can read the summary or the full report (PDF file). Brief biographies for 250 of the 742 respondents can be found in pages 95-115 of the PDF [...]