by David | Nov 9, 2011 | Digital Migration
Yet again, I use this blog as something of a mad scientist’s laboratory, to show off how to use the latest social media tools. This time around, it’s the social media aggregator/publisher Storify. [<a...
by David | Oct 13, 2011 | Digital Migration
A dark line descended over my Mac and all the programs froze. Then the message came up on the screen, telling me that I should push the “Power” button on the front of the Mac, hold it down until the whole machine turned off, and basically do a hard reboot....
by David | Oct 5, 2011 | Digital Migration
Stephen King posters, originally uploaded by Wordyeti. All your favorites are there … the “It” clown, little Drew Barry more starting the fire, The Gunslinger, the creepy little monkey with his cymbals. I’m not sure if the pix here were meant...
by David | Oct 4, 2011 | Digital Migration
I’m in Sofia, Bulgaria, training journalists & others on how to use the various tools of New Media. As part of the trip, we went into the mountains, to an ancient monastery. Yeah, I know — a trip up winding paths to a crumbling castle … bring...
by David | Sep 27, 2011 | Digital Migration, newspaper crisis
This is painted on the ceiling of the Rila Monastery in the mountains of Bulgaria, one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. I can’t help but wonder whose eye this ancient artist used as the model for the Eye of God. The history and beauty of this complex...
by David | Aug 19, 2011 | Digital Migration, newspaper crisis, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
The eulogies for the newspaper industry are starting to become almost commonplace, as the generation that matured and worked during the Salad Days of the 70s and 80s totters off into the sunset. Mark Heisler, the NBA beat writer at the LA Times, has weighed in with a...
