Category Archives: Publishing and Journalism

Photos that mimic human attention

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Chris

This guy has an interesting photo technique: creating photos that are generally still photos, but have one person who is in motion. The funny thing is that it doesn’t seem that odd to look at. And the reason is that … Continue reading →

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Add a blog and blogging to your to-do list

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Chris

A really nicely stated case for the benefits of blogging. As I have often said, the internet, which everyone said would destroy writing, is actually going to save it. You need to blog to differentiate yourself well beyond your credentials … Continue reading →

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Notre Dame’s failure of communication

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Chris

The strange, sad story of Manti Te’o gets sadder and stranger, but what seems clear to me right now is that Notre Dame did a very poor job of handling things. They seemed to think the situation was important enough … Continue reading →

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Data visualization

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Chris

I attended a fantastic data visualization workshop at USF over the weekend. It was taught by Peter Aldhous of the New Scientist. We learned how to take Excel spreadsheets of data and turn it into visualizations like the one I … Continue reading →

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Seth’s Blog: The attention paradox

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Chris

Seth Godin on the often antithetical demands of messaging in the information age. Smart advertisers, though, are realizing that they have to make content that people decide is worth watching. Some have very good indeed at making media that’s so … Continue reading →

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Instagram Does an About-Face – NYTimes.com

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Chris

Instagram reverts to previous rules. It took long enough. In a blog post on the company’s site, Kevin Systrom, Instagram’s co-founder, said that where advertising was concerned, the company would revert to its previous terms of service, which have been … Continue reading →

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BBC News – Instagram “suicide note” seeks right to sell access to photos to advertisers

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Chris

  Instagram signs its “Suicide Note.” They say you “own” your photos, but they can do whatever they want with it. What’s “ownership” without control? A notice updating the privacy policy on the Instagram site said: “We may share your … Continue reading →

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Ann Patchett says “it’s not over” for bookstores

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Chris

Author Ann Patchett has opened a bookstore in Nashville, a city of 630,000 that previously had no bookstores left. In this video from the BBC, Patchett talks about something that I have also argued: that although chain bookstores may be … Continue reading →

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Journalism is a tough business–get used to it.

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Chris

Paul Krugman has a post about how the correctional industry demanded retractions to statements he made in his column. Only he didn’t make the statements that they say he made. As Krugman points out, the point is not to get … Continue reading →

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New York Times limits free access even more

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Chris

The New York Times is changing their free access limit from 20 per month to 10 per month, I think that’s a mistake. I’m a subscriber, so it’s all free to me, but I think that for the paper it … Continue reading →

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