I never thought I would actually have the chance to meet the great digger Tal Siach. He’s Israeli, and since he’s on the other side of the Earth, that means I’m never going to get to meet him right? Not so. He visited the States over the last week for the Consumer Electronics show in [...]
Pics from Bay Area Digg Meet-Up 1-15-10
by admin on January 17, 2010 in Digg, Environment, John Boitnott, Photos/Pics, Social Media, fun stuff
Boitnott Talks VVM New Year Goals on Larry Chiang Crunchup Video
by admin on January 2, 2010 in John Boitnott, Media Stuff, fun stuff, tech culture, techcrunch
I have learned so much about my FICO score from Larry Chiang. But more than that, he is one of the nicest people I have met in the Bay Area tech community so far. When I went the latest Crunchup in San Francisco, a mutual friend kinda “handed me off” to Larry and next thing [...]
John Boitnott KEYT Resume Tape from 2005
by admin on December 30, 2009 in John Boitnott, KEYT Channel 3, Media Stuff, Santa Barbara, TV, journalism
In the spirit of self-promotion that I sometimes engage in, let’s take a trip down memory lane with some of my on-air TV reporting work that I use to do for KEYT Channel 3 in Santa Barbara. For years I worked as a part-time reporter at the small-market TV station and ended up working on [...]
New Meme: The “Dick Chicken”
by admin on December 6, 2009 in San Francisco, Social Media, Tech, tech culture
It’s rare these days that you come upon a new meme in its infancy — or to be honest just another bizarre oddity that makes you laugh a little while consuming alcoholic beverages at the local watering hole. I was carousing at Murio’s on Haight Street in San Francisco a little while back with my [...]
San Francisco Pic of the Day
by admin on October 31, 2009 in Photos/Pics, San Francisco, fun stuff
There is something about the crisp fall evenings in San Francisco that can just hit you the right way. The design director for SF Weekly was leaving so we all headed to the Hotel Utah on 4th and Bryant Streets for a goodbye party. Right as I was about to enter the bar there, I [...]
How to Use Pictures with Tweets to Report on News
by admin on October 25, 2009 in Media Stuff, Social Media, journalism, twitter
I have spoken recently about using pictures in your tweets to engage people and build followers. Including pics with your tweets keeps people up to date on your life, and actually adds value. It’s fine to say that – but why is it true? Over a long period of time, if people know they have [...]
Using Pics with Tweets to Engage People and Attract Followers
by admin on October 11, 2009 in Environment, John Boitnott, Media Stuff, Social Media, Tech, World Wide Web, twitter
I’m starting here what I would like to think would be an ongoing case study in how to build fans and followers on Twitter, through the use of pictures in one’s tweets. It’s good enough to tweet compelling articles and other content from third-party sites through your tweetstream. It’s good to allow people to see [...]
Top 3 Reasons Why Janine Kahn Kicks Butt
by admin on October 3, 2009 in Media Stuff, Politics, Social Media, TV, Tech, twitter
There has been a lot of talk all over the internet about the wonderful development at SF Weekly, the San Francisco alternative weekly newspaper, where Alexia Tsotsis is arriving Monday after her sojourn at LA Weekly to become a web editor in the City by the Bay. I am super excited to get to work [...]
Important Lessons from William Safire
by admin on September 28, 2009 in Media Stuff, Politics, TV
As I was reading about the life of Nixon speech writer William Safire yesterday, I came across this little piece written by Ted Pease with “Today’s Word” that I knew I had to show here. In my time as a journalist there are things I learned that I MUST pay attention to, like spelling and [...]
They Call it Baby Man Yellow.
by admin on September 25, 2009 in California news, Environment, TV, Uncategorized
Sometimes things just work out perfectly. That’s what I thought as I sat down with my buddies Alexia and Janine for a cookie on Friday. Once I was done it was smoke time. And the pack of cigs had the exact same color tone as Alexia’s finger nail polish. And the same color as Babby [...]
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My 89-Year-Old Grandma Loves Playing Solitaire on iPad
July 31, 2010
- Wow, they only have 42 of ‘em? (pic) July 2, 2010
- Journalists Wonder What’s Better on Twitter – “First” or “Correct” June 19, 2009
- Using Pics with Tweets to Engage People and Attract Followers October 11, 2009
- Pics from Bay Area Digg Meet-Up 1-15-10 January 17, 2010
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Is Craig Ferguson the heir apparent to Bill Hicks?
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- The World at Large is Transitioning to the New Digg? August 19, 2010
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My 89-Year-Old Grandma Loves Playing Solitaire on iPad
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- How to Start Your Publisher Profile on the New Digg July 24, 2010
- Twitter140: They Drew a Cartoon of Me July 15, 2010
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