Missing the Forest for the Trees

This conversation, I believe, is talking a few levels above those it’s talking about. It’s not this complicated. This is an age of interactivity. Everything must allow for a staggering amount of user control. Computers come in different colors, telephones plan your schedule, palm pilots play your music and so forth. The critical part of […]

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In the bar: comments from last night

A relaxed dinner at an unexpectedly fancy restaurant with fellow conference participants. Then hanging out in the bar with waves of other attendees coming back from their dinners. A collection of comments on the day: –I’m tired of talking about media vs. blogs–that derailed other points at the conference. –Are we stuck on this topic […]

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Missing the (small) boat

(the following post was given to me by Chris Waddle, VP/News of The Anniston Star and President of The Ayers Family Institute for Community Journalism. He can be reached at chris_36207 at hotmail.com Good as this conference is, Mediamorphosis neglects the beauty of community journalism. Heartland media – print and broadcast – present a ready […]

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Capturing Ideas Again

It’s eeearly. There aren’t many people in the conference salon yet. They’re playing silly neutral music, people are checking email, munching/drinking a little breakfast, setting up. Speculating more about Media Minds Meld yesterday afternoon (my earlier post)… Maybe the WebIQ brainstorming sessions aren’t such a new media thing – brainstorming is a part of old […]

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Concerning the discussion of blogs, trust and media

This in from Lars Jespersen, NORDJYSKE Media Well, trust is the big chance for media. There is so much information out there, so many sources and people hasn’t got a chance trying to sort out, which is to be trusted. Media can help them navigate, provide them with the tools and information to cope with […]

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Beyond us vs. them

Listening to Howard Finberg and others report about the conference’s discussion of us vs. them, blogs vs. big media, trustworthiness of big media vs. personal media, it strikes me that there is indeed a “trust gap” that exists for many, many thousands of people in the blogosphere when it comes to traditional media. But I […]

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earlier session

During the “Disruption and Disorientation” session this morning, I wrote down as much as I could about what was said. It’s sort of a rough transcript, with my brief comments interspersed: http://jeweledplatypus.org/britta/disruption-discussion.txt. The audio from the session is also available online.

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Where are the products?

This quote is from Elizabeth Osder who many will know from her days at the NYT. Sorry for the length, but I can not just post a link to http://www.inma.org, because the cover article to the March Issue of IDEA is behind a member wall. However, maybe it inspires participants to push product innovation – […]

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Reporters and Blogs

Len Apcar and NYTimes on reporter bloggers… he says that the NYT brand is both a blessing and a curse, and so they are cautious with blogs. But there are other ways to see what happens with news organizations. As a point of contrast, check out this NYT reporter’s personal blog. This is on one […]

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