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Nov
02
The Daily Mac: 11.02.10
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Swautumn: I caught these colors last week, right where I get off my train to go to War News Radio at Swarthmore.
Recent travels have kept me ridiculously far behind my usual tweet digest routine, but here’s a blast from last week. Or was it the week before? I will catch up when I can, but hey, this blog is basically my seventh job these days.
adage: Why Do So Many New-Media Startups Ultimately Commit Suicide? http://bit.ly/9T2Qyi
lostremote.com/ Cutting the cable for the new world of social TV http://bit.ly/bCi1hf
With Grant, NPR to Step Up State Government Reporting http://nyti.ms/ajUngS
WSJ: Twitter Sports Commentary by the FCC http://bit.ly/b4X9jB
Internet to Surpass 2 Billion Users This Year http://on.mash.to/bUfum8
RT @nprnews: Shark Attack Kills California Body Boarder http://n.pr/beTXz9
My top story 2nite: RT @BreakingNews: Actor Randy Quaid, wife free on bond in Canada, fleeing ‘Hollywood star whackers’ http://bit.ly/d1pwks
The Big Picture – Boston.com » France on strike http://bit.ly/8YxQh6
Though I am concerned with that Texas weather. RT @warpafx: LOL RT @gizmodo Cloudy With.. http://t.co/91pV9pk
Wikileaks Hacked By “Very Skilled” Attackers Prior To Iraq Doc Release http://bit.ly/b3TPs2
Oddee’s 15 Coolest Vintage Tech Ads http://bit.ly/aDxNwN
Homeland Security positioning to cut losses on so-called invisible fence along the U.S.- Mexico border http://lat.ms/9MdWl5
British Nuclear Sub Is Freed After 10 Hours http://nyti.ms/a2nbQR
RT @warnewsradio NYT/ The Iraq Archive: The Strands of a War http://nyti.ms/bN3WCG
VirginMobile CS: I can’t help, connect you to anybody else, or speak to anybody on your behalf for three days – because we use email. (Huh?)
Day 4 in VirginMobile CS hell. They agree they shipped me the wrong replacement device overnight but sending the right one will take 3 days.
RT @iwantmedia: Newsweek’s Tumblr includes video soliciting candidates for magazine’s open position of editor http://bit.ly/bWHSg0
NPR: ‘Sticky’ Bombs, Guns With Silencers Take Toll In Iraq http://n.pr/adIWVO #audio
Waaay overdue. NYTimes: Credit Cards Soon to Get a Makeover http://nyti.ms/ccPnui October
Have a nice weekend. #FOLLOWFRIDAY @warnewsradio @phijiorg @jlab @ webbmedia @nytlev @pavementpieces @crosswordkathy
niemanlab.org/ Columbia developing a year-round news outlet to let students learn how to build and serve an audience http://bit.ly/9BN98n
Congrats! RT @warnewsradio 500 tweets! Thank you for following War News Radio on Twitter. http://bit.ly/9YmXWo
wan-press.org/ Tablets & E-Readers: Finding the Business Model for News Publishing http://bit.ly/dcHiFu
WSJ: Yahoo to Offer Media Links http://bit.ly/duUwIf
Times Offers Details On ‘Metered-Model’ During Earnings Cal http://bit.ly/9zTW8S
I just registered to play Webbmedia Group’s Ultimate QR Game at #ONADC! http://bit.ly/aU9CbP
Great news: PhIJI will be back in 2011! http://phiji.org/
Tweet This: The Top 25 Magazines on Twitter http://bit.ly/bvsRzb
Skyping the shootout: At least one TV station gets that most TV stations don’t get social media journalism. http://bit.ly/byTJkO
Death outside a DC nightclub: TBD uses Storify to create a breaking news narrative http://bit.ly/bXyrDi
eMedia Vitals » Tablet apps: five monetization strategies http://bit.ly/aKQ6fi
THE ALL NEW AND IMPROVED PRESSTHINK IS UP AND RUNNING! http://bit.ly/cMavBg The blog is now on WordPress! Open source FTW!
Comments return to the Portland Press Herald http://bit.ly/a52mFz
BBC: A freight ship has hit a passenger ferry in a canal near Amsterdam, Dutch media say. http://bbc.in/b1E3LW
Check out my mutton chops! RT @nasry: @JimMacMillan Jimmy McMillan !!! so u never told me that “The Rent Is Too Damn High” :):)
AP: Guardsman w/2 M16s told security at Michigan Stadium he was part of honor guard and was allowed onto the field http://bit.ly/aShyhO
Did I just see an ad for an antidepressant for people who are already on antidepressants but are still depressed? That makes sense?
NYTimes: Battling the Earbud Blues http://nyti.ms/diSHLG
Oct
27
The Daily Mac: 10.27.10
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Train Station, Swarthmore, PA, 2010
The Border Project - our NYU/UofA border reporting collaboration in AZ and Mexico last weekend – is now online at http://bit.ly/9xzA4e
RT @NewsyRSS: NY Band Performs with Only iPhones: Brooklyn-based band – Atomic Tom – performed on the B-train… http://bit.ly/dsXu3U
Lost Remote » Will Sony’s Google TV replace our cable TV? http://bit.ly/aBNb2z
AP: Cops: Woman drove around with body for months. http://apne.ws/ciEC9N
RT @warnewsradio: A flying Humvee? Don’t scoff, Pentagon wants one http://lat.ms/9k7jkA
RT @warnewsradio: AP: American influence so dwindled in Iraq that Iraqi lawmakers.. http://yhoo.it/9DRe8x
Great news: PhIJI will be back in 2011! http://phiji.org/
RT @joekaczmarek: Front page photo controversy with great reply by photographer. http://bit.ly/auhacZ
Outside the newsroom at warnewsradio.org at Swarthmore http://twitpic.com/2zlwam
Except for the revenue. RT @jeremykohler: If @jimmacmillan were a newspaper he’d be No. 6 between WashPo and LAT. http://bit.ly/9oXhra
Billionaire Soros donates $1 million to Media Matters http://bit.ly/9JithV
Ugh. RT @CBSNews: Juan Williams Firing Leads Palin, Huckabee to Call for Defunding NPR http://bit.ly/aKFmtB
Lost Remote » How the Facebook news feed works http://bit.ly/cAY1ne
“Like” War News Radio on our Facebook page at http://on.fb.me/cA4kk1
RT @warnewsradio gothamist: Wanted Al Qaeda Leader Lunched at Pentagon Soon After 9/11 http://bit.ly/92psQl
Report says plane crash in Congo that killed 20 in August blamed on escaped crocodile. http://bit.ly/a5B6XA
pressthink.org/ The 100 Percent Solution: For Innovation in News http://bit.ly/cuYILr
RT @washingtonpost: VIDEO: Massive marijuana burn in Tijuana http://wapo.st/9PBWQE #buzzvideo #nopunintended
RT @andrewmendelson: Temple’s Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab named a best practice in Knight Citizen News Network http://bit.ly/ckDzke
RT @andrewmendelson NYTimes: The Many Faces of You http://nyti.ms/9ePr2I
Entrepreneur planning unsolicited bid for Boston Globe http://bit.ly/aDBmHc
Looking for a “Photo Mechanic for audio:” What’s the best Mac app for managing audio files? Any better alternatives to iTunes?
Texting while driving? How’bout after an accident? Crazy pic by Philly’s Tom Kelly IV: http://bit.ly/deDvyT http://tk4photo.blogspot.com/
searchengineland: Hard News Pays Publishers More Than Chasing Search Trends, Report Says http://selnd.com/b9FZmb
RT @warnewsradio @RT @JoeKaczmarek Journalism vs. Military Censorship. http://bit.ly/c1EbrA
Google, Publishers Discuss How to Profit From Selling Content on Internet http://bit.ly/cnQRSh
RT @mediaite: “Rent Is Too Damn High” Party’s Jimmy McMillan Visits The Last Word (video) http://mediaite.com/a/gyobb
mediapost: CBS Closes Signature Store, Grows Online Presence http://bit.ly/bKObAG
NEWSPAPER WEBSITES REACH NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF U.S INTERNET USERS IN SEPTEMBER http://bit.ly/aaqU5N
RT @iwantmedia: Editor & Publisher fires entire staff; employees to be replaced by “experts as opposed to reporters” http://bit.ly/ajSrJ0
Demand Media unveils blog syndicate center http://bit.ly/byoGFw
Yahoo Says Display Ad Sales Up 17 Percent http://bit.ly/9QLNR6
J-Lab’s Networked Journalism Project Expands To Include Partnerships in Four New Cities http://bit.ly/cgtBU2
RT @journalistnate: Hey @journalistics. You forgot about us @sacbee_news. We have 11,315 followers, would rank No. 16. http://bit.ly/a88o6m
Twitter severs ties to parent of new celebrity-tracking website http://lat.ms/ardfiy
news.yahoo.com: 20yearold criminology major Marisol Valles García named police chief in Guadalupe; no one else applied http://yhoo.it/cO2UHW
Pretty lame numbers for most: Journalistics’ Top 25 U.S. Newspapers Ranked By Twitter Followers http://bit.ly/b18oO7
NYT: Traffic Bait Doesn’t Bring Ad Clicks http://nyti.ms/cZNwIk
RT @warnewsradio: NATO casualties in Afghanistan soaring as 45 service members killed in October http://bit.ly/cCRIhb
Pooling Resources, Two Newsrooms Merge http://nyti.ms/abKXt4
niemanlab.org/ Launch! Five lessons from the first months of running a news startup http://bit.ly/a7mC19
guardian.co.uk/media: We thought the internet was killing print. But it isn’t http://bit.ly/cHd9N7
RT @iwantmedia: Google in talks with newspapers & magus to help monetize content. “Solutions may be publisher-specific” http://bit.ly/b4p6In
At least 1,228 members of the U.S. military have died as a result of the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001: http://bit.ly/91wSRk
Nice 6-month review: Mashable: Is the iPad Really the Savior of the Newspaper Industry? http://on.mash.to/anEob5
emediavitals: Does serious journalism pay? New research suggests yes http://bit.ly/cTHJJr
US comes in at #20 in 2010 Press Freedom Index from rsf.org http://bit.ly/bP8nkB
The Top 25 U.S. Newspapers According to Google’s PageRank: http://bit.ly/btSQpk
Curley: AP Plans Independent Rights Clearinghouse http://bit.ly/bSy5wE
AP to form news group to make money from mobile http://yhoo.it/aVlm9G
Casting thoughts? ‘Glee’ Creator Ryan Murphy Eyes Redo Of ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ For Fox 2000 http://bit.ly/9Rt4YF
RT @agahran: Washington Post sticks head in sand (or perhaps elsewhere) again on social media & public engagement http://bit.ly/d6t7JW #doh!
The Border Project - our NYU/UofA border reporting collaboration in AZ and Mexico last weekend – is now online at http://pavementpieces.com/
RT @warnewsradio: bbc.co.uk: Eight killed in Iraq jewellery raid http://bbc.in/bruosn
lostremote: Homeland Security is monitoring social networks with pretend ‘friending’ http://bit.ly/aFwwRi
RT @warnewsradio This American Life> This Week on the Radio: “Iraq After Us” http://bit.ly/dhPBTJ
Oct
26
The Daily Mac: 10.26.10
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Press room at model White House, Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Vally, CA, 2010
RT @kmatheson They don’t mess around in Philly’s Italian Market, so if you’re thinking of stealing, fuhgeddaboutit: http://yfrog.com/5ypmebj
NYTimes: In Climate Denial, Again http://nyti.ms/azxMCa
Tulsa World keeps a daily update of U.S. war casualties at: http://bit.ly/91wSRk
RT @TechnicallyPHL: Say hello to @Michael_Nutter. The details behind the mayor’s new Twitter account: http://bit.ly/dnoBCG
guardian.co.uk/ Journalism students don’t read newspapers http://bit.ly/aooiTo
Sunday’s NYT crossword puzzle has a shout-out to @CraigyFerg. Sort of. http://bit.ly/cP0wwv
pbs.org/mediashift: Newspapers Must Consider More Free, Citizen Media Content http://to.pbs.org/c51Ptx
Journalism education: Irrelevant, or lacking context? http://bit.ly/aIm1hQ
The six criteria for employing unpaid interns, from the US Dept. of Labor. http://bit.ly/bB0h5p #hellonewsrooms
BBC posts guidelines for online, social journalism http://bit.ly/9kiIn8
boston.com/bigpicture: Marijuana http://bit.ly/9e3jvs
huffingtonpost/U.S. forces generate a lot of waste. http://huff.to/bh9yzk
Probably true. RT @jdubyamills: they’ll be talking bin Laden’s whereabouts during the 2092 election
Here’s one more of the #NYU border reporting team editing all the way home from AZ tonight: http://twitpic.com/2yutby #nahj
W/ @yvonnelatty & #NYU border reporting team as they edit all the way home from Tucson tonight. http://twitpic.com/2yusal #nahj
I thought we declared the death of “Is journalism dead?” debates a long time ago. re npr: What’s The Point? http://n.pr/aHMKHX
RT @RJI: What “engagement” means to California Watch’s Ashley Alvarado (via @mayerjoy) http://wp.me/pJJBn-gd
TIME: Yet Another “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Showdown Today: http://bit.ly/b5Qwpg
This week on War News Radio: Best of Fall 2010 http://www.warnewsradio.org/
News editor for Alaska Dispatch handcuffed & removed from event by senate candidate’s security team http://nyti.ms/96XlHZ
Tutorial: How To Create Your Own URL Shortener http://bit.ly/c9obT6
Why you should create a custom URL shortener http://bit.ly/bK530o
What Companies Want in a Social Media Intern http://bit.ly/dtxlsx
The Newsonomics of replacement journalism http://bit.ly/ayeq7z
10 Memorable Viral Videos of 2010 [Mashable Awards] http://bit.ly/dvbwxn
Philly’s best news photographer @joekaczmarek has a cool moonshot, POTUS and more recent work up at http://bit.ly/dejyH6
Calle Independencia, near the border fence, Nogales, Mexico, Sunday http://twitpic.com/2ym16e
Cemetario, Nogales, Mexico http://twitpic.com/2ym08f
NYTimes: Income Inequality: Too Big to Ignore http://nyti.ms/9Cg2SD
RT @crosswordkathy Sunday’s NYT crossword puzzle has a shout-out to @CraigyFerg. Sort of. http://bit.ly/cP0wwv
Arizona afternoon http://twitpic.com/2yljj1 http://bit.ly/c8tNtk
Oct
25
The Daily Mac: 10.25.10
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Jelly bean portraits, Reagan Presidential Library, California, 2010
Border Patrol checkpoint, Rt. 19, Arizona http://twitpic.com/2ylgqy
npr: Millions Of US Computers Completely Pwned By Botnets. http://n.pr/bCOEvF
US Border Patrol units watch the fence near Nogales on Saturday: http://twitpic.com/2yeoe9
5 Tips for Developing a Global-Friendly Website http://bit.ly/cH3Jyd
Why do sportswriters insist that stars retire while still on the top? http://bit.ly/cepLLN
Lunch truck by the border fence, Nogales, Mexico http://twitpic.com/2ya8b6
NYU & UofA students work on a reporting project Saturday on the Mexican side of the border fence at Nogales http://twitpic.com/2y9t8b #nahj
A Border Patrol vehicle is seen through the border fence from Nogales, Mexico Saturday http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/jimmacmillan/5087930114/sizes/l/
NYU and UofA students hike the border fence in Nogales, Mexico Saturday on a joint border reporting project http://twitpic.com/2y9m5g
Bus stop, with border fence in background, Nogales, Mexico http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/jimmacmillan/5087373359/sizes/l/
Border fence art, Nogales, Mexico http://twitpic.com/2y95za
Still life, Nogales, Sonora http://twitpic.com/2y95dp
US border fence, seen from Nogales, Mexico Saturday: http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/jimmacmillan/5087944574/sizes/l/
MSNBC’s Kim: Killing pageviews will pay off in the long term http://bit.ly/axgpDM
Nine Quick Tips to Identify Clutter http://bit.ly/bNfhHS
Don’t worry; Philly wont hold a grudge. AP: Fox-Cablevision dispute threatens MLB broadcasts. http://apne.ws/aDoW4n
We’re on our way across the border to Nogales, Sonora today. Here’s another look at the Arizona side from yesterday: http://bit.ly/bzcYQZ
Border Patrol vehicle, Nogales, Arizona http://twitpic.com/2xx5le
Welcome to Nogales, Arizona-Mexico border http://twitpic.com/2xx40j
At PhIJI in November: Webbmedia CEO Amy Webb http://phiji.org/ PhIJI is the Philadelphia Initiative for Journalism Innovation at Temple U.
6 civilians killed in southeastern Afghanistan after roadside bomb blast hits their vehicle http://bit.ly/921jvU
The New York Times and Boston Globe’s differing paid content strategies http://bit.ly/bKn6LM
RT @arapaho415: Another downside to Orange Co CA; flights to DCA start at John Wayne via George Bush Intl end at Ronald Reagan airport.
Are journalisms start-ups being appropriately funded? http://bit.ly/9tI331
JimMacMillan: I had no choice but to transfer at.. (@ George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) ✈ w/ 30 others) http://4sq.com/5Dr3wn
Colbert will love this stuff: WP staffers can observe, but not ‘participate’ in Colbert, Stewart rallies http://bit.ly/bSjZ5D
Oct
24
The Daily Mac: 10.24.10
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California, 2010
At PhIJI in November: Webbmedia CEO Amy Webb http://phiji.org/ PhIJI is the Philadelphia Initiative for Journalism Innovation at Temple U.
Bill Simmons about his accidental tweeting last week about Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss’ trade to Minnesota. http://bit.ly/9q2QYM
“Public Media” $100 Million Plan: 100 Journalists Per City | Newsonomics http://bit.ly/am1VyK
Reuters To Roll Out Online Video Series; ‘Rocketboom’ Meets ‘Newshour’ http://bit.ly/au0U2M
Only the NYTimes would suggest a $253 tool kit http://nyti.ms/czAGWA #maybeillgettwo
Bankers Ignored Signs of Trouble on Foreclosures http://nyti.ms/aTfVM8
I love these guys! AP: Chile miners do not disclose ordeal details. http://apne.ws/aptwCc
Off to AZ and Mexico with NYU students reporting on border issues (@ Newark Liberty International Airport – Building One)
washingtonpost.com: UFO over New York City? http://wapo.st/bhPDNA
ReadWriteWeb: “Why I’m Quitting Digg by Donald F. Draper” http://rww.tw/bHIZ7r
Video: Mystery creature lurking on ocean floor near Tokyo http://bit.ly/akTsSq
Mashable! » 5 Tools for Keeping Track of Your Passwords http://bit.ly/aIk4Ab
Unfinished Michelangelo found in Buffalo home? http://bit.ly/9Ofx1L
I call only as a last resort, but I’ve spent way too much of this evening in voice jail hell.
Boing Boing » Beware the “friending” feds: is the US gov snooping on your Facebook profile? http://bit.ly/bNnMu2
Except for war zones, this is the worst hotel I have ever checked into: http://bit.ly/bHfmT9 I checked out 10 minutes later.
Gawker boss: ‘We overtook Huffpo (temporarily)’ http://bit.ly/bsTOzU
RT @BreakingNews: Fla. man who suffered eye injury after stripper accidentally kicked him with high heels gets $650,000 http://bit.ly/d97q0l
RT @warnewsradio US military says 77,000 Iraqis killed over 5 years http://bit.ly/b6X1DT
Just not today? RT @USATODAY: Obama: ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ will ‘end on my watch’ http://usat.ly/c3bxRN
These always make me nervous. RT @muckrack: Most active today on Muck Rack: Jim MacMillan
Finding iPhone live “Maps” useful to examine route in strange downtown (Newark) from back seat of taxi, but cabbie is just fighting traffic.
buzzmachine.com/ NPR: Love ya, but you’re wrong http://bit.ly/a32YGq
AP: Pentagon says it will comply with court ruling. http://apne.ws/d4Qoc8
What about his SOTU pledge?? RT @Reuters: FLASH: Obama administration asks judge to stay ruling blocking “don’t ask, don’t tell”
How Gawker decides what to pay for stories, video http://bit.ly/9rggYu
On my way out.. (@ Amtrak & SEPTA – 30th Street Station w/ 9 others) http://4sq.com/4tQJZ9
