Dan Gillmor at the Center for Citizen Media: The demise of the professional photojournalist. (Video above: UCLA police taser a student.) Excerpt: The pros have a problem. They can’t possibly compete in the media-sphere of the future. We’re entering a world of ubiquitous media creation and access. When the tools of creation and access are […]
3 books worth a read
Over the past month I’ve been reading these books — and enjoying them all: Informal Learning, by Jay Cross. I met Jay — who coined the term eLearning — a few weeks ago, and he just had his book release party in Berkeley. Informal Learning is a breezy read, chronicling what we all intuitively know: […]
Lonelygirl and YouTube
Wired magazine: The Secret World of Lonelygirl. How a 19-year-old actress and a few struggling Web filmmakers took on TV. Plus, Bob Garfield’s witty piece, YouTube vs. Boob Tube. TV advertising is broken, putting $67 billion up for grabs. Which explains why google spent a billion and change on an online video startup.
Beautiful day in SF
Gorgeous day in San Francisco today. Met with Julia and Lisa to begin planning a conference in the spring. More details anon.
Websites worth a look
Spoke by phone with my friend Gary Price the other day. He’s a research librarian who founded ResourceShelf, DocuTicker (which offers a hand-picked selection of resources, reports and publications from government agencies, NGOs, think tanks and other public interest organizations) and also works for Ask.com. Among some cool sites that are on Gary’s radar screen […]