I’ve been on nonstop deadlines since iSummit wrapped on Friday in Toronto, so haven’t had time for my final blog post. Here are a few photos I took. (That’s Joe Kennedy, CEO of music recommendation service Pandora.) Just used Flickr’s bulk upload tool for the first time — worked like a charm. A couple of […]
At iSummit in Toronto
I’m at iSummit, Content That Pays, a new media conference in Toronto with about 400 media execs and members of the technology community. I’m speaking on the We Media panel in a couple of hours with moderator Barnaby Marshall, Matt Mullenweg of WordPress, David Jacobson of PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Bob Young, founder of LuLu. This morning, […]
The online video revolution
I just remembered: I was out of town so forgot to blog this front-page story in Thursday’s San Francisco Chronicle: Online video sites blend the bizarre with the mundane to reshape visual entertainment. (Photo: Chad Hurley (left) and Steve Chen started YouTube when they realized how difficult it was to exchange dinner party videos. ) […]
Talking with the Times
One of the most glaring lapses in the world of online newspapers over the past decade has been the New York Times’ refusal to allow readers to contact the writer or editor of a story. Well, the digital revolution moves on. Today public editor Byron Calame (above) revealed that clicking on a blue-linked byline will […]
Mash-ups showcase
One of the coolest events at the South by Southwest Music Festival came on March 15 during a mash-up event sponsored by Outhink and IODA, the Independent Online Distribution Alliance. (By the way, regular readers know that I don’t subscribe to the common blogger propensity for ignoring any event older than 24 or 48 hours […]