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by morisy 17y ago
There's so many possible explanations for why these apps were yanked (battery conservation, legal concerns over war driving, compatibility issues) that the lack of clearly naming at least one is a little frightening. With Apple yanking poli
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by morisy 17y ago
While a lot of media outlets have been playing this up as some sort of tech holy war, it really comes down to the conversions and compatibility. Build a nice standardized site, and you can cut some (but not all) costs when trying to reach o
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by morisy 17y ago
This ad is frighteningly similar to the ones out there in the real world at all but the most progressive papers, only difference is they pay a little bit better.
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by morisy 17y ago
Does that training include training them on what makes it valuable? There's a lot of great benefit to getting your content and brand out there, and you're absolutely correct that it can be done much cheaper than the $1k press release, but I
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Rob's been a hero of mine for a long time, but I think what sets him apart is his eagerness to test, analyze, and iterate on news and media concepts, something sadly lacking throughout much of the industry but a familiar formula around here
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by morisy 17y ago
Kind of missed the benefit of going "for profit," since 501c3's can donate to other causes as long as it's for the public benefit: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eotopich01.pdf While I love Paul Newman's food, acting career, and generosi
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Sexy Numbers: Measuring ROI in Social Media Campaigns(revenews.com)
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A-Commerce: How APIs will change IT Operations(itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com)
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by morisy 17y ago
Balsamiq's been a stand-up company. Doing non-profit web design, their core product was a little out of budget for us so they graciously donated a free copy, no questions asked. Building a design blog is a great move since it helps focus cu
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by morisy 17y ago
I completely understand that, and tried to make my comment come as a critique rather than a criticism. Two of the most important factors in how much people trust news, however, is a) the source's reputation and b) who is paying for its gene
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by morisy 17y ago
Journalism: Based on bringing transparency. Secretjournalismstartup: Clouded in secrecy. While this dichotomy has always been present in news media (some ink-stained retches, including yours truly, will protect scoops and anonymous sources
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by morisy 17y ago
Newspapers have been kicking around similar ideas for years ( http://bit.ly/cTOokG ) but bundling comes with its own inherent problems, including anti-trust issues, complexity of login, and the fact that similar content is usually not only
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by morisy 17y ago
While making it easier to port iPhone developers isn't a bad idea, it's not a "checkmate" to the iPhone, since it would only capture X percent of those developers, and even if that X was magically 100%, I've never heard someone say, "I was
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by morisy 17y ago
Especially pertinent as more data falls from our head to our computers, and then our devices, and now The Cloud(TM).
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What to keep in our heads?(thenumerati.net)
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by morisy 17y ago
"Smart, young, artistic people are always asking me which is a better career path, “Creativity” or “Money”. I always answer that it doesn’t matter. What matters is “Effective” and/or “Ineffective”." Perfectly said. Every time I've ever trie
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by morisy 17y ago
Yes, but it will ultimately be one factor of many. More important is yet more experience, connections, and being able to do what the employer needs you to do in a timely fashion. So use what you created and try and get quoted about it, make
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by morisy 17y ago
I once worked for a for-profit student newspaper that had a non-profit landlord, which existed almost solely to lease space at a discount to the for-profit company and support that for-profit's "educational" mission. It saved thousands annu
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by morisy 17y ago
It's a good essay, and while I totally agree with "don't just slap adsense on there," for some people monetization is the hobby, or at least part of it, and even if it isn't there's nothing inherently wrong with putting up ads. Being pres
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by morisy 17y ago
If Apple was receiving complaints for apps that had women in bikinis cleaning your phone, imagine the deluge they'd get offering "Explicit" material. Perhaps the verbiage would be more finely tuned before release, but they already have "Mat
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by morisy 17y ago
Good advice, reminded me of K. Vonnegut's list: 1. Find a subject you care about 2. Do not ramble, though 3. Keep it simple 4. Have guts to cut 5. Sound like yourself 6. Say what you mean 7. Pity the readers Source, "How To Write With Style
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by morisy 17y ago
My thoughts exactly. They could have almost introduced as a new feature instead of a new product, like how they've been adding more integrated support for YouTube sharing in GChat and Mail. A lot of this was elegantly* evolutionary, but it'
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Nokia, please try(arcticstartup.com)
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by morisy 18y ago
While other commenters are right, nothing here really is groundbreaking, it's good to be reminded that Twitter IS indeed monetizable, they just choose to not be making money at this time. And that might not be a bad idea. They're best optio
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by morisy 18y ago
Just to play Devil's Advocate here, I think the article has some serious flaws while making some great, fundamental points. The biggest flaw? Stealing an underdog's strategy when you're not the underdog just doesn't make sense. Mac had almo
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by morisy 18y ago
I think a lot of that is great advice for a thirteen-year-old just getting feet wet, particularly the suggestion about diving in and hacking around. I self-learned a whole lot about programming (and game design) with http://www.alice.org/