Final Edition: One Newspaper’s Video Swan Song

With a hat tip to ReadWriteWeb and Marshall Kirkpatrick, I thought I’d pass along this poignant video of the end of an era. A nearly 150-year-old Denver newspaper printed its final edition yesterday.  I wonder how many more times we’ll see this happen over the next few months. I also can’t help but wonder if [...]

The Importance of Consumable Content

I read with great interest a recent post from one of my favorite social media bloggers, Chris Brogan, on USA Today, CNN Headline News and the world of bite-sized media. His observations of the two media giants won’t be revelatory to most media veterans, but they do serve as timely reminders.  Are you offering your [...]

Automated DMs: Useful or Worthless?

Recently, I was challenged by a new Twitter follower (@normalrockstar) regarding my practice of sending an auto-reply direct message (DM) to new followers. He’d read my post on Twitter navigation and questioned my sincerity.  His DM read in part: Why is the guy who blogged about “interacting with followers” sending automatic replies? I responded by [...]

Alltop: A Magazine Rack for the Internet

Guy Kawasaki (@guykawasaki on Twitter), best-selling author of The Art of the Start and Reality Check, is changing the world .  And while I can’t say I always agree with his politics, I sure do love his creativity and what he brings to the world wide web. Last year he launched Alltop (inspired by popurls), [...]