Where are newspapers headed? It’s hard to say given the varying tone of reporting on the newspaper industry and fate of newspaper reporters. On one hand, Journalism.org’s The Changing Newsroom study describes today’s newspapers as being run by smaller, younger, more tech-savvy staff. But Mark Glaser, writing in his MediaShift column at PBS.org, says papers […]
The funny side of Twitter
My post about Twitter, or rather why I’m not using it due to social network overload, generated a lot of comments and even more page views. People who use it love it, and swear that it’s helping the promote their books, blogs, etc. Other people – myself included – find themselves distracted enough with everyday […]
Social network overload and why I don't do Twitter
I’m on LinkedIn. I joined Facebook a while back, and Del.icio.us and Technorati. I’m on my favorite message board for freelancers at least a dozen times a day. But I can’t do Twitter. At least not yet. There’s only so many hours one person can devote to online social networks, and only so many social […]