i haven't blogged in a bit. you can read the older stuff if you like
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what's going on
(2008-07-24)
ideas grokked from the interwebs
(2008-07-24)
- Beyond the API: Why Companies Should Have a Presence on All Major Platforms - ReadWriteWeb
- Web sites are only one kind of presence that companies can have today. Social Networks like Facebook and MySpace, mobile platforms like iPhone and Blackberry, browser extensions and RIA Applications all have an equal - sometimes considerably larger - share of users attention. Figuring out which presence should be delivered by the website vs. a third party is an important question that each company should ask. ... link »
- Textbooks, free and illegal, online - The Boston Globe
- publishers have begun offering less expensive paperback versions of some titles, and are themselves selling many legal electronic editions, or e-books, over the Internet. For instance, McGraw Hill Cos., a major textbook vendor, offers most of its titles in electronic form, at lower prices than printed editions. A McGraw Hill physics textbook that costs $135 in hardcover can be downloaded for $80 at the company’s online retail store. A Utah company called CafeScribe sells electronic textbooks in a social networking format. CafeScribe’s customers can discuss their coursework with others who have bought the same books. ... link »
- MediaShift . Digging Deeper::Young Newspaper Journalists Could Flee Because of Slow Pace of Change | PBS
- While a certain amount of turnover is expected and normal among the youngest practitioners of any craft — in pursuit of career advancement or reflecting a simple change of heart — these messages seemed different in both volume and intensity. A majority of younger journalists (age 29 and below) in nearly every pilot seemed to us to be saying, “We’re leaving because the changes we see as necessary aren’t happening fast enough.” ... link »
