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WordCount Q&A: Helium.com CEO Mark Ranalli
Mark Ranalli makes no excuses for Helium.com. The website he helped start in 2006 isn’t the New York Times and never will be, and that’s OK with Ranalli, who describes the venture as a pro-am writing platform, where like cream, the best writing rises to the top and is compensated accordingly. One of a new […]
How to never run out of things to blog about
It’s not hard to come up with blog post subjects, even when the idea well appears to have run dry. In fact, after blogging for a while, you’ll see inspiration for posts in almost anything you do, see or say.
Announcing a hyperlocal news how-to at Portland Digital Journalism Camp
If you’re interested in learning more about hyperlocal news, and you live within driving distance of Portland, plan now to attend a panel discussion on hyperlocal news I’m moderating at Portland’s Digital Journalism Camp on Saturday, Aug. 1.
An open letter to Twitter: stop the porn spam
But nobody should have to worry about what they’ll find when they open an email from Twitter notifying them of a new follower, or when they click on their Followers list.
How not to out yourself on Facebook
If you put down the the fireworks long enough over the holiday weekend to pick up a paper or read news online, you may have seen the story of the British spymaster’s wife who outed him on Facebook. It seems the wife of Sir John Sawers, next in line to run England’s super-secret spy agency […]