Obama’s citizen participation: How directed will it be?
President Obama has pledged to run a more open, participatory and collaborative government, and coming off a political campaign...
Read MorePodcast: A Conversation with Chris Willis from Footnote
Another podcast! Whoa! two in one day… WeMedia is producing a regular podcast that features in-depth interviews with...
Read MorePodcast: A Conversation with Joe Marchese, SocialVibe
We’ve recorded another podcast! WeMedia is producing a regular podcast that features in-depth interviews with prominent media,...
Read MoreShameless WeMedia Promotion (#2)
With February approaching, and snow falling across most of the east coast over the next couple of days, another plug for WeMedia...
Read MoreShameless WeMedia Promotion (1 of many)
We are just over a month away from the beginning of our annual WeMedia event in Miami — and I assure you, it is going to...
Read MoreNot Quite The Best Of Both Worlds
I am not impressed by The Printed Blog -- a Chicago start-up that plans to reprint blog posts on regular paper, surrounded by local ads, and distribute the publications free in big cities.
Read MoreWhat, You Don’t Have Any Good Ideas?
[UPDATE: We are aware that the application for the Pitch It competition is not working properly at the moment. What great...
Read MoreGoogle Newspaper
Google announced yesterday that it will close its business that sells advertising space in newspapers, saying the effort failed...
Read MorePodcast: A Conversation with Michael Smolens, dotSUB
We’ve recorded another podcast! WeMedia is producing a regular podcast that features in-depth interviews with prominent...
Read MoreMy plan for the Seattle PI (Part III)
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has been put up for sale by the Hearst Corporation. If it does not find a buyer in 60 days (56...
Read MorePodcast: A conversation with Erik Hersman from Ushahidi
WeMedia is podcasting! Beginning today, WeMedia will produce a regular podcast that features in-depth interviews with prominent...
Read MoreMy Plan for the Seattle PI (Part II)
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has been put up for sale by the Hearst Corporation. If it does not find a buyer in 60 days (56...
Read MoreGlobalPost
There is a new player in the online news space. Welcome www.globalpost.com. Their mission: “GlobalPost intends to build...
Read MoreMy plan for the Seattle PI (Part I)
On Friday, the Hearst Corporation announced that it was putting the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the older of Seattle’s two...
Read MoreWhat Can Blogs Do For You?
It's rare that a blog post is so personal, or powerful, or relevant, or honest, or dignified... whatever that special quality is... that it re-defines the whole medium for me. But it happens.
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