So when my mother first bought an Apple IIc back in the day, one of the main things that we got it for, aside from me being able to play King’s Quest II or whatever, was that my Dad could learn how to use the mouse and keyboard better. My Dad had been a security [...]
Archive | July, 2010
How to Start Your Publisher Profile on the New Digg
“Diggers don’t die we multiply.” – Neal Rodriguez I’ve been getting a lot of requests from people on what they should do to get started with a publisher account on the new version of Digg. I’m really not interested in saying too much myself – since it can all be said relatively easily by my [...]
Twitter140: They Drew a Cartoon of Me
My trip to New York City to speak at the Twitter140 Conference in June, 2009 was one of the most fun experiences I have had in my years of working in social media. I had recently started my job at Village Voice Media at the time, and was sent to represent the company in the [...]
Why Some of the Best Facebook Status Updates Don’t Even Include a Link
People who operate company Facebook fan pages are always looking for ways to grow their communities and increase interaction with followers on the site. It’s plainly obvious, just by looking at analytics, that fan pages have become hubs for building interest in news organizations. It takes an arsenal of methods for growing that interest. Perhaps [...]
Tweets that Don’t Suck: The Axiomatic Tweet
An axiom is a declarative statement about reality. Merriam Webster calls it a “an established rule or principle or a self-evident truth.” There’s something about these things that makes them among the best tweets. I guess I just enjoy reading insightful statements by people. Honestly, when I see someone write axiomatic tweets, that causes me [...]
3 Bosses Who “Get” Social Media
The following post first appeared on the site Focus.com at this link. It’s a great site and I am going to be an ongoing contributor. In all the years I have been involved with news organizations, whether they be radio, TV or print, most of my bosses haven’t been very internet savvy. In recent years [...]
Wow, they only have 42 of ‘em? (pic)
I’m sitting at home fiddling around on teh internets, when suddenly, outta nowhere, I lose my internet connectivity. What the hell is van #42? Paranoia set in pretty quickly. Turns out there was a bad accident on the expressway in front of my house. 3 cars banged up bad. Van #42 was here as part [...]
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My 89-Year-Old Grandma Loves Playing Solitaire on iPad
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Two Main Reasons Empire Avenue is Worthwhile
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Wow, they only have 42 of ‘em? (pic)
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Journalists Wonder What’s Better on Twitter – “First” or “Correct”
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Using Pics with Tweets to Engage People and Attract Followers
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Social Media And Why You Should Bother With Online Education
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Google vs. Facebook on Privacy and Security (Infographic)
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Best Education Sites, and the Schools that Rule the Web (Infographic)
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Hi I'm John Boitnott. Welcome to my blog! Here I talk about how old media is coping with the Web. I write for Soshable.com, build buzz for sites and advise writers on how to make their work more likely to be shared online. I have worked at Venturebeat, Village Voice Media and NBC. Before that I held several positions at various TV newsrooms in the state of California, from 1994 to 2009.
