Archive for August, 2005

New PR Wiki

Posted: 29 August 2005 by Kathy E. Gill in Social Networks
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After finding BlogHer, I discovered a speaker’s wiki. From there, I stumbled onto The New PR Wiki, which is a three-month old project that seeks to be “a collaboration tool for PR professionals and people interested in the practice of public relations.” Wikidom seems to have gone mainstream now that it’s WYSIWYG!

NYT Hyperlinks!

Posted: 22 August 2005 by Kathy E. Gill in Media

I think this is a first … I was reading a NYT op-ed, and noticed that the Times had actually LINKED to the stories referred to in the article! And one was to a competitor, the NY Daily News. The grey lady finally gets it?

Amazon to sell short stories

Posted: 22 August 2005 by Kathy E. Gill in Convergence, Personal Technology

According to the WSJ Online, Amazon has started selling short stories for $0.49. The service, Amazon Shorts, launched with 59 authors. Amazon has been experimenting with digital content, starting with the December 2004 "movies" that featured Amazon products. A highlight was the Norah Jones and Bob Dylan concert broadcast during the company’s 10-year anniversary celebration. [...]