Great blog content
Chris Bogan has posted a great list of 40 Ways to Deliver Blog Content. Not that I follow it, but if I wanted to have an awesome blog, I would.
View ArticleContent sites revenue down 50 percent in 2009
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch is reporting that they are hearing predictions for content web site revenues to be down fifty to eighty percent in 2009 with “the median pessimism point around 50%.” The...
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More people getting their news online
The Pew Research Center released their top stories of 2008 report (pdf) and the big news in their report is not what the top stories are, but where people found them. In 2008 forty percent of the...
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Copyright like it should work
Today, January 1, 2009, Popeye the Sailor falls into public domain in Britian 70 years after it’s creators death because of an EU law that restricts the rights of authors to 70 years after their death....
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Maybe your video can be a little longer
When it comes to web video length , I’ve always said the shorter the better with a sweet spot being around 60 to 90 seconds. Video 2 Zero has taken an interesting look at how long people will watch...
View ArticlePassing on culture – Lunch Lady Land
If you’ve ever studied Mass Communications or Journalism you always discuss the purpose of Mass Communications in your introductory course. One of those purposes is to pass on cultural...
View ArticleWill broadband and media innovation sustain democracy?
The free flow of information “is as vital to the healthy functioning of communities as clean air, safe streets, good schools and public health.” That’s what the Knight Commission on Information Needs...
View ArticleWhat you need to know to flash
Flash content is an important part of the overall mix of web content and has a steeper learning curve than most other kinds of web content creation. Unfortunately, Macromedia and now Adobe have changed...
View ArticlePredictions for 2011 and beyond
As my first post of the new year, here’s my web, technology and communications predictions for 2011 and beyond. Don’t let me forget to check up next year and see how many I’ve gotten right. Social...
View ArticleI confess, I’ve paid for online content
It makes me sad to admit this, but I must confess I have paid for online content. You probably have too if you you are among the 65 percent of Internet users who admitted to paying for online content...
View ArticleWhat’s the most important part of a CMS?
Most web sites today are ran by a content management system (CMS). A CMS separates content from design and makes it easy to post content to the site without the knowledge of HTML. A CMS can be cheap...
View ArticleIs the Kindle Fire for content or purchases?
I bought my wife a Kindle Fire for Christmas. I’m impressed and she loves it (and the price isn’t bad either). I’ve read a lot of hype that says that Amazon is pushing the device to make more sales,...
View ArticleCommunicator’s hate change
A few months ago I talked about how users hate change, but let’s not forget that a lot of communicators hate change, too. I’ve been in several situations where I had to train reporters, editors and...
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