If you think reporters, editors, newspaper pundits, Sam Zell and the Sulzberger family are the only ones worried about the fate of the media business, you haven’t spent a Saturday morning with a room full of geeks. At last weekend’s BarCampPortland III meetup, the assembled developers, programmers and Web 2.0 entrepreneurs were just as concerned […]
May Blogathon attracts 34 writers and counting
Since announcing the 2nd annual WordCount May blogathon last week, no fewer than 34 writers have signed on to take the challenge of posting once a day during the month. I’ve added a few stragglers since the original list went up, so if you’re participating and are running a list of fellow blogathoners on your […]
Journalists, freelancers, bloggers invited to BarCampPortland III
Whatever you think will happen to the news business, its fate is becoming irrevocably entwined with the tech industry. So it makes sense that a discussion on the future of news should include representatives from both camps, the journalists, freelance writers and bloggers who report and write it, and the techies with the wherewithal to […]