My whole life is about META. I worked at TV stations so long that at times I felt more interested in TV station culture and life than I was with the actual delivering of the information. The latest gossip about where a reporter or news director had just gotten a new job always enthralled me. [...]
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Pics from Bay Area Digg Meet-Up 1-15-10
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 [...]
Using Pics with Tweets to Engage People and Attract Followers
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 [...]
They Call it Baby Man Yellow.
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 [...]
Is There a Reason Why Glenn Beck Cries All the Time?
Well maybe this is a reason. I can’t say I’m surprised and I can’t say I’m disappointed. After years of spilling vitriolic hate speech onto the nation’s radio airwaves as well as TV, Glenn Beck is finally getting what he deserves. Here’s a report I found on the TV newsletter called Shoptalk: “About a dozen [...]
Green Inc.: Offsets in the Air in San Francisco
This spring, travelers entering San Francisco International Airport will see a new type of kiosk at check-in — one offering carbon offsets for those who wish to counter the greenhouse-gas emissions from their trip. read more | digg story
Liverpool Lennon Airport Experiments with Carbon Capture Technology
I am totally infatuated with the site I submitted Monday morning. CleanTechnica has been around for a while and specializes in technological innnovations that help make the environment cleaner. It’s so cutting edge that it often doesn’t get a whole lot of press — at least not as much as Britney Spears’ new album. This [...]
IKE AFTERMATH: The Worst Of The Worst (PICS)
Ike did damage all over Texas. These pictures show some of the worst damage that the hurricane inflicted. read more | digg story
Berkeley Scientists: World In ‘Mass Extinction Spasm’
Devastating declines of amphibian species around the world are a sign of a biodiversity disaster larger than just frogs and salamanders. Researchers said substantial die-offs of amphibians and other plant and animal species add up to a new mass extinction facing the planet. read more | digg story
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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.
