Chuqui and Scott Karp are pondering that user-generated content is a myth. “This shouldn’t be surprising to people, because if you’ve run communities for any length of time, you’ll run into the 1% rule: in any community of size, the vast majority of your content is created by about 1% of the membership.” “It’s that… Continue reading You Can Create – And It Should Be Shared
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Remembering How to Play
The coverage of the California wildfires gives another interesting look at how quickly reporting is evolving with the advent of new online tools and communities. What is most interesting is how the lines are blurring between official reporting from major media outlets, and information being gathered and shared from those directly affected and others throughout… Continue reading Remembering How to Play
Mashing Up the NY Times
Web 2.0 pioneer Dave Winer is playing with some mashups of New York Times content. Awhile back, he created the “river of news” idea. Now he is experimenting with an outline view, that organized the most recent stories by their topical frequency. During these experiments, Dave checks in with readers to share his thoughts and… Continue reading Mashing Up the NY Times
Interactive Tools Makes Reporting Easier
Danny Sullivan looks at the difference a decade+ makes for reporters looking to track the progress of fires across California: “I was a graphics reporter in the area during the big Laguna Beach fire of 1994, with my job specifically to map the spread of that fire. I had to do it the old fashioned… Continue reading Interactive Tools Makes Reporting Easier
How NPR is Flourishing & Challenged in the Digital Age
The head of National Public Radio shares tips for how an “old media” company should approach the digital age: Speed up. The pace of innovaion has increased immeasurably. While new times call for new products and new ways of doing business, remember that your values never change. Invest in your employees: challenge them and train… Continue reading How NPR is Flourishing & Challenged in the Digital Age
US Cell Phone Market is “Laughingstock”
Walt Mossberg looks the state of the US cell phone market: “…the result has been a mobile phone system that is the direct opposite of the PC model. It severely limits consumer choice, stifles innovation, crushes entrepreneurship, and has made the U.S. the laughingstock of the mobile-technology world, just as the cellphone is morphing into… Continue reading US Cell Phone Market is “Laughingstock”
BBC Looks Towards Expansion, Not Protection
The BBC’s director-general, Mark Thompson, is pushing for more video and online capabilities for the BBC: “If we do not invest in this future, if we instead draw up the wagons around our existing services, the BBC will rapidly cease to be relevant to our audiences and will lose its power to be a force… Continue reading BBC Looks Towards Expansion, Not Protection
Innovation: Differentiating Your Business & Making Customers Love You
In order to set yourself apart from competitors and prove to your audience that you really are the center of a community, you don’t need the latest technological innovations. You just need to care about your audience. A recent story of how online shoe seller Zappos took an extra step to show a customer they… Continue reading Innovation: Differentiating Your Business & Making Customers Love You
Newspaper Rethinks How it Can Best Serve it’s Community
The Mercury News newspaper is exploring how it can better serve its community in the digital age: “The American newspaper industry is in transition, adjusting to a world in which new technologies allow news and information to flow in many forms…””We’ve launched a major rethinking project to determine the role we’ll play in our community… Continue reading Newspaper Rethinks How it Can Best Serve it’s Community
Bringing a Magazine Online; Adding Interactivity
Better Homes and Gardens is bringing their brand online, and rethinking everything in the process: “Web surfers are no longer satisfied with passively reading sites about home decorating, cooking and gardening… They want to be a part of the action by designing rooms, writing cookbooks, learning how to execute craft projects and creating a garden… Continue reading Bringing a Magazine Online; Adding Interactivity