David Weiner and I had an interesting discussion yesterday on the importance of the AP (for the full discussion thread, click here). As most things do during a recession, the crux of the argument boiled down to cost; without the AP, most publications wouldn’t be able to globally staff all beats. Because we have an [...]
Posts under ‘Future of Media’
“OMG!! Blogging Is Dead! Now What?: Quick & Dirty Alternatives”
This morning, WIRED jumped on the “blogging is dead” bandwagon. Ironically, they wrote the article, well, in a blog post. The writer, Paul Boutin, makes some good points: too many mainstream publications to get heard, too many secret marketing campaigns and too much of a time suck to write. So, um, now what? Social Media [...]
“Breadcrumbs: Using Curiosity to Strategically Reach Audiences”
Last week, Robert Scoble declared Tech PR useless. My response, a light-hearted post to shake off the negative energy, called for change within the PR industry. Many of you emailed me asking about the future of PR and marketing, so today I wanted to share those thoughts. Changing Landscape The founders of our industry, in [...]
“Video Sneak Peak of New WordPress ‘Crazyhorse’ at Wordcamp 2008″
socialTNT spent our Saturday at Wordcamp 2008 learning about all things social media and blogworthy. You’ll be seeing the results of what we saw in future posts. In the meantime, we did manage to video a demo of the new WordPress (aka Crazyhorse) given by Liz Danzico and Jane Wells. WordPress designed Crazyhorse after they [...]
“3Q’s in 3Min: Geoff Livingston, The Buzz Bin”
It’s May Day, and people all around the world are marching towards better rights for workers. That’s right, people everywhere are chanting for more time on Facebook and the ability to watch “3Q’s in 3Min” at their desks. Every Thursday, socialTNT channels the spirit of citizen journalism by putting bloggers, reporters, PR pro’s or anyone [...]
“Top Tech Bloggers Define Web 2.0″
Last week, all eyes were on San Francisco. Up north in Sonoma, the NewComm Forum debated how to incorporate social media technologies with communications (Step 1: Add socialTNT to RSS reader). Down in the city, the tech community rallied around the Web 2.0 Expo. But two years after Tim O’Reilly defined the emerging technologies, many [...]
“Web 2.0 Expo, Day 2: Marshall Kirkpatrick, Loic LeMeur, Simeon Margolis”
Web 2.0 Expo marches on, and socialTNT has been there day and night. On Thursday, Day 2 at Moscone Center, socialTNT ran into ReadWriteWeb’s Marshall Kirkpatrick , Loic LeMeur from Seesmic, Simeon Margolis from Utterz, the Seybold Report’s Chuck Lenatti and BlogTalkRadio’s Hilary Leewong. In today’s short video montage, we talk with folks on the [...]
“Preview: NewComm Forum 2008″
If you’re a new media fanatic living in the SF Bay Area, this week is like Christmas. With all the new tools being shown off at the Web 2.0 Expo, and all the great minds talking at the NewComm Forum, it’s pretty easy feel over stimulated. socialTNT makes it easy by giving you our top [...]
“Our Modern Lives: Tune In or Turn Off?”
Today’s post was written by contributing writer Marie Williams. With Blackberries and iPhones keeping us constantly connected to an online IV stream, it’s becoming increasingly more difficult to disconnect. As of late, discussion around the problems of our “always on” lifestyles seem to be popping up everywhere. Last month, the Churchill Club held a panel [...]
