I Heard It Through The App Vine
After surfing around a bit tonight, I’m not sure yet whether the new Vine App will be to video what Instagram is for pictures. (Vine went live last Friday, when I was on vacation in Anguilla.) The...
View ArticleWant good online comments? Create communities and moderate them.
I’ve been clear that about why I value blog comments before. If you’ve spent any time online, however, you know how bad many comment sections are. Why is that the case? Read Bora Zivkovic on commenting...
View ArticleHacks at Twitter, New York Times, WSJ and Washington Post highlight need for...
Earlier tonight, I received an email I would just as soon not have gotten from Twitter, along with 250,000 Twitter users who had their password reset. Twitter security director Bob Lord explained why...
View ArticleWhite House supports unlocking cellphones but Congress must update DMCA to...
“…neither criminal law nor technological locks should prevent consumers from switching carriers when they are no longer bound by a service agreement or other obligation,” wrote R. David Edelman, senior...
View ArticleCan journalists change their social media avatars to political symbols?
Nisha Chittal asked a number of journalists (including me) about where they stand for on using same-sex marriage symbols on their social media profiles. Here’s what she found: “The answer is a...
View ArticleTweaser: noun — a movie teaser cut into a 6 second Vine video and tweet
I never expected to associate a “tweaser” with The Wolverine. (I assumed Wolverine’s healing powers would always extrude any splinter.) That changed yesterday, when James Mangold, the director of the...
View ArticleSome context and perspective on open data journalism
This afternoon, I gave a talk on open data journalism at the Developing the Caribbean Conference at the University of the West Indies, Mona in Jamaica. The diGJamaica liveblog captured the discussion....
View ArticleThe White House is tumbling further into social media
Earlier today, the White House officially joined Tumblr. A short initial post and a hand-drawn infographic explained what the 100 million or so active members of the social blogging platform what to...
View ArticleOn unwiring
For the last decade, I’ve thought about going offline like Paul Miller. Turn off, drop off, tune in to life offline. I’ve never done it. Thinking back, I don’t think I’ve been fully offline more than...
View ArticleSo long, and thanks for all the fish
Thursday was my last day at O’Reilly Media. The past three years have been extraordinary. No other professional experience I’ve had even comes close to matching it. Tim gave me the opportunity to have...
View ArticleYahoo buys Tumblr. Keep calm and reblog on?
Yahoo’s board has approved a $1.1 billion all-cash deal to buy Tumblr, a New York City-based technology company. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer tweeted that this is the first acquisition announced by an...
View ArticleOn Corrections: Why fixing the rough draft of history matters
Last week, Slate published my article on a recent executive order on open data issued by President Obama. Unfortunately, it contained an error, which has since been corrected. After an alert reader...
View ArticleHi! Click here to stop from getting phished on Twitter
Today, Twitter finally started rolling out dual-factor authentication for its users. Twitter will allow users to use text messaging to a mobile phone to confirm their identity upon log-in. Make your...
View ArticleJake Tapper honors veterans with a #MemorialMessage
CNN anchor Jake Tapper has long been adept with online media, going back to his work at Salon.com. On the Friday before Memorial Day Weekend, Tapper showed how powerful a platform Twitter can be for...
View ArticleIn defense of Twitter’s role as a social media watchdog
Mike Rosenwald is concerned that overzealous critics will make Twitter boring. Rosenwald, who has distinguished himself in articles and excellent enterprise reporting at the Washington Post, appears to...
View ArticleFrager’s Hardware fire leaves burn scar in the heart of Capitol Hill
Frager’s Hardware, a Capitol Hill landmark beloved by generations of Washingtonians, was ravaged by a fire last night. Across my neighborhood, people are waking up to the reality of a devastated...
View ArticleChecking into Foursquare’s Time Machine
This data visualization below traces the data contrails that I’ve left around the District of Columbia over the past four years. Foursquare’s Time Machine is a lovely reminder that the stories we can...
View ArticleUnder pressure, Twitter prepares to extend reporting abuse to all users
Under increased scrutiny, Twitter will be extending the ability to report tweets to all of its hundreds of millions of active users around the world. A statement from Twitter, emailed to the BBC and...
View ArticleWhite House goes direct on Instagram in advance of “Zillow Town Hall”
Tomorrow, President Barack Obama will be answering questions about housing during a live event with Zillow. Today, President Obama went directly to Instagram to ask the American people for questions...
View ArticleAl Jazeera America bets on an American audience for serious journalism
I’m watching the launch of Al Jazeera America here in DC, on Channel 107*. (No HD in this media market, from what I can tell.) It’s the biggest launch in broadcast media since Fox News, in 1996, and...
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