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Learning from “The Rocky Mountain News”

It’s no secret that newspapers are in trouble. In fact, the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism’s “State of the News Media” report said the industry “ exited a harrowing 2008 and entered 2009 in something perilously close to free fall.”
For media junkies, it’s also not a surprise that “The Rocky Mountain News”  is closing.
But for as [...]


This is my brain while blogging …

I know I’m behind on this little meme, but I’ve been behind what with my trip to the Everglades and working on my design final.

Am I a practical thinker? The analysis dialogue changed on the Typealyzer classify me as an “INTP — The Thinkers.”
 
The logical and analytical type. They are espescially attuned to difficult creative and [...]


Education 2.0 | The Internet makes us the computer wearing tennis shoes

I’ve got a confession. I love the ‘95 remake of The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, the one with Kirk Cameron —not Kurt Russell. Having access to all that information just seemed really cool.
For those unfamiliar, here’s a quick summary: This average guy, Dexter Reilly, zaps himself working on a state-of-the-art computer and suddenly he’s able [...]


Thanksgiving Everglades Extravaganza!

I’m taking a trip to Walter Hamilton Place between November 25th and November 30th.
I’ll be heading down to south Florida to get some experience — practical and life experience — with my dad. It’s a great opportunity to see some great habitat, increase my birding life list, and have an extraordinary break.
Photographs, notes, Flip-quality video, [...]


Spot.us goes live, journalism may yet be saved

Today, like last week, is another historic day.
Not as historic mind you, but pretty good nonetheless. That’s right, Spot.us is live. The brainchild of Dave Cohn seeks to connect the community with journalism on a whole new level — the pocketbook.
Spot.us lets people pitch and gather funds so a reporter can write the story. These [...]


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