by David | Oct 17, 2009 | new media
This is the last class I taught in Astana – they were very engaged with the idea of moving from traditional media to “New Media,” particularly with blogging. The main question on everyone’s mind was “How do I drive more traffic to my...
by David | Apr 14, 2009 | advertising, Digital Migration
“So much cash sloshing around that we forgot that the interface is going to change completely. Again.” – John Battelle Excerpts to come… mmm
by David | Feb 9, 2009 | journalism, new media, Online Video, Politics & New Media
Hire this director and have him start whipping Christian Bale into shape. This video had my class rolling with laughter – it’s slightly NSFW (mainly with the cussing in the subtitles, although if your office has Russian speakers, they might object). This...
by David | Jan 30, 2009 | Blogs, Digital Migration, New Marketing, new media, Newspaper Deathwatch, Politics & New Media
I posted this as a comment here, already, but it bears repeating. While the concept of a bailout for newspapers (and allegedly for good journalism) seems attractive at first blush, I fear that in practice, the billions in bailout funds would suffer the same fate as...
by David | Dec 27, 2008 | Conspiracy Theories, Politics & New Media
I threw up a little in my mouth when I read this: Southern Baptist Pastor Wiley Drake bashed Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren this week, saying “God will punish†Warrenfor agreeing to give the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration next...
