Bookmarks for 08/10/2009

Even when I don't have time to write I still read. Here are bookmarks I've saved in Delicious.

Bookmarks for 05/17/2009

Even when I don't have time to write I still read. Here are bookmarks I've saved in Delicious.

Bookmarks for 03/03/2009

These are my links for 03/02/2009 through 03/03/2009: The ReTweetability Index – Index on Censorship » for free expression – Index on Censorship » Russia’s re-education – Tweetake – Giveaway of the Day – free licensed software daily. Today: PDF Converter – PDF Converter is an easy-to-use software for converting a PDF document to an [...]

Valleywag Understands How Content Works

Time Cover Feb 2009

Valleywag highlights the new Time cover and makes the most excellent observation about how self-important the media is (see How Not to Save Newspapers). The problem with micropayments is not technology. It's that consumers are fundamentally uninterested in paying per article. Isaacson dismisses the problem of "mental transaction costs," but it's quite real. It's almost [...]

Bookmarks for 01/29/2009

These are my links for 01/29/2009 from 17:19 to 20:49

Speaking of Media Bias

Just after posting my article about Wal-Mart's evil, oppressive, proletariat-bashing memo, I noticed that Little Green Footballs and Michelle Malkin jumped on USA Today for their incredibly biased photo alteration of Condoleezza Rice. It's stunning what "accidentally" slips past editors these days.

The Media Fund Hits the Ultimate Low

I've been analyzing the negative rhetoric coming from the political campaigns. I'm disgusted with the Media Fund's latest ad campaign that insultingly takes the low road to appeal to African Americans. The Media Fund has not placed any of these ads on their Web as of today, and I doubt they will. But that hasn't [...]

2004: The Year the Media Changed

So much has been written about the CBS forged memo story (read a good summary here). I have never seen so much discourse surrounding the actual reporting of a story versus the story itself. I personally declare 2004 to be the year of the media shift. It's the year that the blogosphere kicked "Dan Rather's" [...]

Pat Tillman and the Media

I can't say anything about Pat Tillman that hasn't been already said. He was a hero, he was a patriot, and he was a role model. However, why is it when I turn the on the news and see reports about him, he's described as unusual? Did his patriotism surpass those of his fellow soldiers? [...]