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Re: Qik Time- Digital Journalism Demo

Patrick — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:02:12 -0000

Awesome exercise. Real teaching, real learning, real application. Doesn't get much better. Thx for sharing this stream.

Re: Qik Time- Digital Journalism Demo

Donna — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:30:02 -0000

real-time deadlines...gotta deal with it...love it

Re: Qik Time- Digital Journalism Demo

Donna — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:24:09 -0000

I love it...student ran out of text messages so can't text anymore...

Re: Qik Time- Digital Journalism Demo

donnabaratta — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:23:59 -0000

Beautiful, organized chaos! Total immersion. Wish I could join you! Thanks for sharing your class!

Re: A Brief History of the Internet – Way Cool Storytelling

hrheingold — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:46:48 -0000

I like this one a lot, too. I use it in the syllabus for my other course. I particularly like the way this history brings up the role of non-USA projects, which is usually glossed over in most short histories of the Internet.

Re: Chatroulette- Freebasing the Social Web

hrheingold — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:11:37 -0000

I must finish reading student blogs, must not click on chatroulette. But doesn't the randomness preclude community formation? Gotta try it. Great post. Right on top of an emerging meme.

Re: Chatroulette- Freebasing the Social Web

david — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:08:28 -0000

Hey Drake, I used this last night. It's extremely weird, I think people are uncomfortable with this new platform, it removes anonymity, even though they still have no idea what your name is or where you live. But no uncomfortable enough for the 4 dudes that were wankin' it...

Re: The Best (and Creepiest) Map Mashup Evar

david — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:44:34 -0000

This is how I know when Drake is nearby.

http://www.davidcarini.com/...

Re: The Best (and Creepiest) Map Mashup Evar

Miran Pavic — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:40:11 -0000

I think this could save journalism.

Re: The Best (and Creepiest) Map Mashup Evar

kathrynroethel — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:14:07 -0000

Dear Drake,
Why are you so amazing? Reading your blog brings me all the joy of seeing a beautifully crafted selection of mini pies and tarts at Whole Foods Market. It makes me want to jump up and down with the glee of a Detroit Red Wings victory, and drops my jaw like the awe of the Bellagio fountain show.

When I look at your blog, I see all I aspire to be, all my pure, technology-loathing heart longs (but fears) to become. The warm enchantment your blog has left me with will linger in my soul for days, weeks...nay, months! Godspeed, Mr. Martinet, godspeed.

Re: Beautiful E-Mags Miss the Point

mariecbaca — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:34:47 -0000

Yo, check out my blog for my response to this: http://www.digitaljournalis...

You bring up some great points, but I think some developers fail by realizing that some readers DON'T want to share content with others.

Re: Beautiful E-Mags Miss the Point

hrheingold — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:05:28 -0000

Simply beautiful: the analysis is spot-on; beautifully written. And these words are an incredibly important if (to some) self-evident insight: "how it looks when shared..."

Looking at it from the other side -- the UI for sharing -- I use Diigo to share articles and highlighted passages via email. It takes a few steps. I'd like to enable a feature that enables me to highlight a passage in any publication and have a pull-down list of the people I usually send clips to appear automagically in the margin. But that's from the how to share side. The important question you raise is yet to be answered. Maybe you'll come up with some answers?

Re: The Best (and Creepiest) Map Mashup Evar

hrheingold — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:45:22 -0000

Beautiful work, Drake. It's visually compelling, and what the map tells us about the state of mobile social software is powerful. You touched on the privacy aspects, the marketing potential. As always, well done. I'm beginning to wonder, and I'm serious about this: what can I teach you? I am continually learning from you, and try to pass that learning along to other students. I want to nourish you, as well. What do I know about that you DON'T know about? Think about it.

Re: Cycling for Sight 2009- Photomap from the Tour

hrheingold — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:19:14 -0000

Beautiful. Next year, this becomes part of the assignment.

Re: Rethink the NEWs.

hrheingold — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:11:58 -0000

Drake, you scooped me, you devil! This came to my attention this afternoon and I was going to blog it on my blog, and then I across this. Perfect dissection and parody of the rhetoric of TV news. I recommend it for all students. Short, funny, and so sharp

Re: Rethink the NEWs.

Tessa — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:48:36 -0000

...and that is why my (television) news of choice is the daily show.

Re: Digital Journalism: The Project Proposal

hrheingold — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:38:08 -0000

I love it! If it's just the two of you, that's OK -- you can really zoom. But if you can recruit one or two others, perhaps you can find an effective division of labor that can make this even better. Please start a wiki page where you can document the project on the wiki page(s) and document your collaboration process via the comment thread(s)

Re: Digital Journalism: The Project Proposal

mariecbaca — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:21:09 -0000

I think you're forgetting the LOLCat element.

Re: CES’ Huge Growth Depicted—That’s What She Said

hrheingold — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:43:17 -0000

Drake, your comment really helped make sense of what you are doing. Your antennae are superbly tuned, your technical chops are at the Jedi level, you write well, but you have an existential problem that affects many, including yourself -- you have a very clear picture of how you are putting your complex knowledge, insights, research together, but you need to expend just a few more words conveying why what you are getting at is important to the reader.

Re: CES’ Huge Growth Depicted—That’s What She Said

Gabriel Sama — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:13:38 -0000

Drake, dont forget to post twice -- at least -- per week. Cheers, GS

Re: What Fresh New Hell is This? – Facebook Adds Pickpocketing Feature to its iPhone App

hrheingold — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:50:43 -0000

"This is going to cause some discomfort" in the medical realm means "take your belt off and start biting it because it's going to hurt like hell." You captured the weasel-factor in their wording, perfectly. I guess I've been spreading my personal info all over the interwebs for so long that the weasel words outrage me more than the privacy violation.

Re: CES’ Huge Growth Depicted—That’s What She Said

hrheingold — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:19:54 -0000

What's your beat for Comm217, Drake? It's difficult to figure it out inductively

Re: CES’ Huge Growth Depicted—That’s What She Said

withdrake — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:59:34 -0000

well, the second half of the post was supposed to be a rough analysis of the industry as a whole vs. size of CES. Basically, I said that industry growth (as measured by the NASDAQ composite cant account for about 30x of the growth. My hypothesis, that would need to be tested, is that it is a combo of really good marketers working for CES, and a many-fold increase in the presence and importance of electronics in middle income lives. 20 yers ago middle income people had maybe one film camera per house hold. Now it is not out of the ordinary for each member of the family to have 2 or more (digi-cam, cellphone cam, webcam, etc.)

Re: CES’ Huge Growth Depicted—That’s What She Said

Gabriel Sama — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:43:31 -0000

What would the experts say about the growth of the conference, Drake? Does it mimic the growth of the tech industry, or is there something else? How dependant is the industry on the conference? What'd happen if it closed? Love the graphic: can't make the growth clearer than that. Also, great links, specially the 1990 pics. Good post.
GS

Re: What Fresh New Hell is This? – Facebook Adds Pickpocketing Feature to its iPhone App

Vanessa — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:56:05 -0000

The phrase "comfortable with any use you make of their information" is shamelessly sketchy. At this point, I'd expect there to be a txt msg option for you to ask your friends if they are cool with it. Or at least something in my newsfeed that says, "Drake just sold all of Vanessa's information to a marketing company in Delaware with his new iPhone Facebook app ver 3.1. Click here to upgrade your ver."