New study doesn’t distinguish between flaws and healthy behavior I‘ve long believed that the Internet exists solely because of our ego. Everything we do publicly online is an effort to be acknowledged. This week, two stories pointed out the frighteningly obvious: That students who use social networks are narcissistic and that a center for Internet […]
Radio/audio
Where do you fall on the digital impatience scale?
Thursday night, I was on ABC Radio (Curtis Sliwa Show, WABC — he’s the guy who started the Guardian Angels in NYC) talking about “textual harassment.” To prepare for my on-air appearance, I delved into the subject, interviewing friends, asking them if they had been “textually harassed.” And my assumption was correct. In most cases, […]
How and why the right wing dominates talk radio
From the San Jose Mercury News earlier this week: How the right wing dominates talk radio. Excerpt: A report by the progressive (read liberal) Center for American Progress released last week concludes that 91 percent of weekday radio shows heard this spring were conservative, and 9 percent were progressive. That added up to 2,570 hours […]
Starting your own personal radio broadcast?
Had dinner Wednesday night with Alan Levy, founder-CEO of BlogTalkRadio, one of the OnHollywood 100 award winners. I’ll post a video interview I conducted with Alan in a few days. Looks like I’ll be starting up a BlogTalkRadio radio show/podcast in June (with a colleague). Meantime, Brad Kava, in Thursday’s San Jose Mercury News, did […]
NPR tackles social media
At the WeMedia conference in Miami last week, I finally had the chance to meet Andy Carvin in person. Andy’s a longtime blogger, podcaster and all-around smart guy. He’s now helping National Public Radio devise its social media strategy. In this 8-minute video interview, he talks about "NPRness" and the challenges of bringing social media […]