http://www.imakecontent.net Media, technology and what the user did next Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:40:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert plan to return to TV on 7 January while their writers stay out on strike. Off air for two months, the latte-drinking (probably), liberal-leaning (certainly) presenters, funny men, princes of political satire etc say they would much rather return with their comrade writers ... http://www.imakecontent.net/2007/12/21/crossing-the-line/ Just published, graphic novel Shooting War by Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman: it's 2011 and anti-corporate blogger Jimmy Burns is working as an embed for Global News - 'Your home for 24-hour terror coverage' - in President McCain's Iraq... And boom. The beta online version is available here. .Share This http://www.imakecontent.net/2007/11/06/shooting-war/ ... conned by the numbers from their web departments and aided and abetted by laughably inconsistent web metrics... newspaper owners will strip newspapers of the resources they need to reinvent themselves in order to nurture an internet beast that they believe is a rottweiler puppy but is, in fact, a ... http://www.imakecontent.net/2007/07/17/net-costs/ My review of Rationale, an argument mapping application for Windows and a useful addition to any journalist/blogger/critical thinker's software arsenal: Share This http://www.imakecontent.net/2007/04/26/better-creativity-through-software/ The public spaces on the internet served as the most important arena for exchange of information on the events yesterday. Almost every news story cited a Facebook or Myspace page or a livejournal entry as a source. The Wikipedia entry and discussion on the event hashed out validity of sources ... http://www.imakecontent.net/2007/04/18/the-social-web-and-the-virginia-tech-shootings/ Spot the change in the new logo at the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE ): Before And After Yep, "newspaper" is so 20th Century. ASNE president Dave Zeeck thinks ASME may eventually drop "newspaper" altogether for something more up to date. - Strupp's NotebookShare This http://www.imakecontent.net/2007/04/03/sign-of-the-times/ Hired by Microsoft to be an "enthusiast evangelist", to "go out and mingle, bond and touch influential end users and show them all the cool things that Microsoft has to offer", lifestyle blogger Stephanie Quilao quit after only nine and a half weeks. It wasn't just that working for Microsoft ... http://www.imakecontent.net/2007/03/14/hello-microsoft-goodbye/ YouTube uses its users to steal from the work of honest artists toiling to create original content, says Viacom as it finally sues YouTube for "massive intentional copyright infringement": YouTube is a significant, for-profit organization that has built a lucrative business out of exploiting the devotion of fans to others’ creative ... http://www.imakecontent.net/2007/03/13/viacom-sues-youtube/ Flip away from the enthusiasms of the Web 2.0/participatory media crowd; the future suddenly loses its shine.In a paper published last year by Harvard's Shorenstein Center, Robert G Picard gives a detailed account of what's gone wrong with American news journalism:Many of the challenges of news organization today exist because ... http://www.imakecontent.net/2007/03/02/cookie-cutter-journalism/ Steve Bryant only buys (into) media he can do stuff with:Media is changing from entertainment into utility. Media that can't be manipulated is almost useless. When I listen to NPR, I wish I could freeze the broadcast and pull a link from the radio, send it to a friend. When ... http://www.imakecontent.net/2007/02/28/manipulating-media/