In my last post where I said I was interested in everything digital which to me was everything, I had a friend ask me if social was digital. I think social is digital.  To me social is the core of communicating with technology to build relationships. It’s online. Through a [...]

Great e-book from web governance consultants WelchmanPierpoint. The Digital Deca: 10 Management Truths for the Web Age eBook View more presentations from WelchmanPierpoint.

The Pew Internet and the American Life Project released their latest study on American’s use of the Internet examining how we use online news today.  The overview of the report sums it up … In this new multi-platform media environment, people’s relationship to news is becoming portable, personalized, and participatory. [...]

From a JOA where your paper is inserted in the “winning” newspaper’s edition to a multi-award winning newspaper website and a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service back to laying off most of your staff. The Las Vegas CityLife has interesting look at the roller coaster ride of Greenspun Media’s Las [...]

In the United States one out of every four pageviews is from Facebook. Amazing! Google only accounts for one in eight page views (15 percent).

What metrics do you use to measure the success of a newspaper web site switching to a paid content model? Specifically, I’m thinking about how will Stephens Media know if their switch to a paid content model for the Pine Bluff Commercial? Here’s the metrics I think a site switching [...]

I spent all morning banging my head against my computer and several search engines trying to remember the name of visual timeline tool that I found that was pretty cool– Vuvox. Vuvox is a web tool that alllows to create a collage of photos, video, audio and text to tell [...]

Scripps closed the Rocky Mountain News today– it was a great newspaper, a great website, a model of how a news operation can change. Unfortunately, the JOA in Denver didn’t give Scripps enough flexibility to stop the losses it had seen this past year ($16 million). Here’s a long video [...]

This must be the day of lists. Newsweek has a great list of the Seven Lies We Tell Ourselves About Facebook. I’ve listed the Newsweek “lie” and my response to it. I only friend people I really know- I actually only friend people who I am willing to go out [...]

Here’s a great article from Smashing Magazine on 10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Web Design.  I’ve worked online in some form or fashion for about 10 years and this article really gets to the heart of a lot that I’ve experienced.  My favorite truths are You need a separate web [...]