http://www.hypergene.net/blog/weblog.php All about Participatory Journalism - how audiences are changing the future of news and information. en-us Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:29:00 GMT Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:29:00 GMT Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed by Shayne Bowman and Chris Willis under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 License. mediablog@hypergene.net mediablog@hypergene.net http://www.hypergene.net/blog/images/bloglogo_rss.gif http://www.hypergene.net/blog/weblog.php 195 44 This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hypergenemediablog/~3/rpCfLMXTGgY/weblog.php Foreign Policy has a fascinating <a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/07/the_twitter_revolution_that_wasnt" >article on the role of Twitter</a> in the Iranian protests. <blockquote>A number of opposition activists have told me they used text messages, email, and blog posts to publicize protest actions. However, good old-fashioned word of mouth was by far the most influential medium used to shape the postelection opposition activity. There... http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/http://www.hypergene.net/blog/weblog.php?id=P383 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hypergenemediablog/~3/NgLC0Ng_QIs/weblog.php <img src="http://hypergene.net/blog/images/uploads/cbs_home.jpg" border="0" alt="cbs" name="image" width="560" height="333" /> This screenshot of yesterday's home page of <a href="http://www.cbs.com/" >CBS.com</a> pretty much says it all. We're not sure if this is a mistake or what. But really, is this the answer? <img... http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/http://www.hypergene.net/blog/weblog.php?id=P380 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hypergenemediablog/~3/bNyJVo_Dwzk/weblog.php For those who were unable to join the "Storytellers Caucus" at We Media this year, here's some of what you missed: I started with a brief history of how our traditional ideas of story have proved a remarkable tool for making order out of the chaos of the world and our experiences in it. (<a href="http://www.hypergene.net/download/slides.pdf" >PDF</a>) The world is a messy place but a quick look in, say, your local library shows you something else.... http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/http://www.hypergene.net/blog/weblog.php?id=P379 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hypergenemediablog/~3/Pg9LLJGWVwE/weblog.php It's live. <a href="http://go.footnote.com/pages/" >Try it</a>. <a href="http://go.footnote.com/pages/" ><img src="http://hypergene.net/blog/images/uploads/footnote-pages.jpg" border="0" alt="image" name="image" width="478" height="377" /></a> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/http://www.hypergene.net/blog/weblog.php?id=P378 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hypergenemediablog/~3/ET0fFy8DaAk/weblog.php <img src="http://hypergene.net/blog/images/uploads/techcrunch50_finalist.png" border="0" alt="image" name="image" width="211" height="75" /> Around 2:15 Pacific Time, CEO Russ Wilding, will be on the TechCrunch 50 stage to launch our latest project. Anyone will be able to kick the tires of this new thing immediately after the talk. Watch live coverage: <object id="utv_o_242018"... http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/http://www.hypergene.net/blog/weblog.php?id=P377 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hypergenemediablog/~3/SE21e5vqYYs/weblog.php Excerpted from a Flickr email sent to me today... <img src="http://hypergene.net/blog/images/uploads/flickr-ransom-note.jpg" border="0" alt="image" name="image" width="520" height="530" /> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/http://www.hypergene.net/blog/weblog.php?id=P376 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hypergenemediablog/~3/e5A3SqJoYp4/weblog.php Footnote.com ended up <a href="http://www.footnote.com/image/53006924/" >on the home page of CNN this afternoon</a> (then migrated to the Tech section). It was an unexpected surprise, which kept us on our toes. <img src="http://hypergene.net/blog/images/uploads/CNN-Footnote-thumb.gif" border="0" alt="image" name="image" width="400" height="336" />... http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/http://www.hypergene.net/blog/weblog.php?id=P375 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hypergenemediablog/~3/rHftPKpcxlg/weblog.php It's been both surprising and humbling to observe how people have interacted with <a href="http://go.footnote.com/thewall" >The Wall</a> since it's announcement on Wednesday. After discovering some issues with our clustering providers and optimizing code on the site, we've been able to keep the site humming. It's not easy to quickly serve up a 20GB image - one of the biggest, if not the biggest on the Web - to thousands of people anxious to explore and contribute... http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/http://www.hypergene.net/blog/weblog.php?id=P374 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hypergenemediablog/~3/vxmiUavvYTo/weblog.php The Situation Room's Abbi Tatton does a great job of <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/tech/2008/03/27/tatton.virtual.vietnam.memorial.cnn" >summarizing the idea of The Wall</a>. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/tech/2008/03/27/tatton.virtual.vietnam.memorial.cnn" ><img src="http://hypergene.net/blog/images/uploads/cnn-abbi-tatton.jpg" border="0" alt="image" name="image"... http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/http://www.hypergene.net/blog/weblog.php?id=P373 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hypergenemediablog/~3/_3aYnl7Ir6I/weblog.php As part of the release of <a href="http://go.footnote.com/thewall" >The Wall</a>, Chris and <a href="http://www.footnote.com" >Footnote.com</a> are going to be making <a href="http://www.footnote.com/documents/51218854/photographs-of-marine-corps-activities" >1 million Vietnam era photos and documents</a> from <a href="http://www.archives.gov/index.html" >The National Archives</a> for free. Here's... http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/http://www.hypergene.net/blog/weblog.php?id=P372 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hypergenemediablog/~3/_H-Z5qJ_dac/hypergenesbWed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT<ul> <li><a href="http://moonlanding.historybeat.com/">Moon Landing Memories - Florida Today &amp; Footnote.com</a><br/> A site to view and share memories and photos about the Apollo Moon missions.</li> <li><a href="http://www.everyblock.com/code/">The EveryBlock source code</a></li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/hypergenesb#2009-06-30http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hypergenemediablog/~3/a5XCBLKYZUs/hypergenesbWed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT<ul> <li><a href="http://wemedia.com/2009/05/11/doh-i-just-laid-off-my-business-model/">Doh. I just laid off my business model | WeMedia.com</a><br/> Let’s do the new math in the new world of paid content.</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/hypergenesb#2009-05-12http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hypergenemediablog/~3/4E7qLF3DBLI/hypergenesbFri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT<ul> <li><a href="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/05/moroney_kindle_is_no_biz_model.php">Belo's Moroney: Kindle is not the future (Dealscape)</a><br/> Moroney might be wrong about that, in fact: If the Kindle takes off, it might be the game-changing device that resuscitates the moribund newspaper industry.</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/hypergenesb#2009-05-07http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hypergenemediablog/~3/w_e0i8aR0q4/hypergenesbThu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT<ul> <li><a href="http://www.yelvington.com/warnings-about-online-only-path">Warnings about the online-only path | yelvington.com</a><br/> Stark warnings for an industry in transition.</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/hypergenesb#2009-04-22http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hypergenemediablog/~3/ZFJnOPzHT5Y/hypergenesbFri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT<ul> <li><a href="http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/04/the-failure-of-amazonfail/">The Failure of #amazonfail &laquo; Clay Shirky</a><br/> I was wrong, because I believed things that weren’t true.</li> <li><a href="http://slate.com/id/2216162">The high costs of running YouTube. - Slate Magazine</a><br/> A tsunami of user-contributed content and demand for streaming is stress-testing YouTube.</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/hypergenesb#2009-04-16http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hypergenemediablog/~3/uCMSeFftRfs/hypergenesbSun, 12 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT<ul> <li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/07/citizen-journalism-publis_n_184075.html">HuffPo Citizen Journalism Publishing Standards</a><br/> Finally someone has set a reasonable (any) bar for citizen journalists.</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/hypergenesb#2009-04-11http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hypergenemediablog/~3/Hgh_SpeJp4g/hypergenesbFri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT<ul> <li><a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/the-ap-was-the-first-web-20-company/">The A.P. Was the First Web 2.0 Company - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com</a><br/> A.P. used the telegraph to build one of the first electronic networks for sharing and reusing information.</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/hypergenesb#2009-04-09