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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:49 AM

TwitterLocal tells what everyone is talking about

For the past week, I’ve been watching the TwitterLocal Feed, recommended by Mark Hamilton. You subscribe to all the local tweets in your feed reader. Back in the old days of some 15 years ago, I had a great editor who would make an effort
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:43 PM

Few in the newsroom can find strength in numbers through social networking

Jack Lail and I are now connected.  Jack is the managing editor of  multimedia for the Knoxville News Sentinel, a paper that’s been a leader in the push toward online.  Jack blogged an invitation to “be sociable” and connect
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Friday, April 18, 2008 1:01 PM

A new multimedia project, in duet

Collaboration is to be the next step in my multimedia journey. It’s a natural progression, and a welcome one.  The past year of learning has at times been a lonely process.  But it’s been necessary.  It’s hard to work with
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:09 AM

A slide show before dinner, a video in an hour

A year ago, I sat in front of computer for hours, trying to make the sound synch with the movement of the lips in I-Movie, or make Final Cut Pro reach some sort of finality.  Usually, my frustration would hit its peak long before my wife sent
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:04 AM

A rant from Iowa State

Michael Bugeja directs a journalism school in 21st Century America, where he preaches that the Internet and new technology is “the scorpion” that will poison and kill journalism.In what I consider the best argument against tenure, Bugeja cursed the
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