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How Did I Miss This?

Posted by: kegill on: 31 October 2006

Jobs on the fifth anniversary of the iPdo. Newsweek. (tip)

Blogging, Politics and Media

Posted by: kegill on: 31 October 2006

I’m planning to teach a small, seminar-type course for undergrads in
Communication in the Spring : Blogging, Media and Politics. (Terribly
unoriginal title).
Here’s the draft course description. Input appreciated!

SR520 Comments Due Today

Posted by: kegill on: 31 October 2006

Comments on SR520 Draft EIS are due (postmarked) today. The Senate overwhelmingly passed a Class C resolution last Thursday, expressing concerns about the DEIS process in general and about the Pacific Interchange in particular. It resulted in a flurry of e-mail from a UW Law Professor.

Online Demos Break Stereotype

Posted by: kegill on: 31 October 2006

Online demographics are changing — and lots (about a third of the audience) of 40-somethings are trotting around MySpace, YouTube and the like, according to the SF Chronicle. Among the surprises, based on September data from Nielsen NetRatings, is the percentage of under-35s listening to NPR podcasts… 54 percent, compared with 25 percent of its [...]

MySpace “DRM” Announced

Posted by: kegill on: 31 October 2006

The Rupert Murdoch-owned social networking site has announced it will use technology from privately-held Gracenote to protect digital rights (copyright) by reviewing songs that members upload to the site. Acccording to the LA Times:
The technology compares [songs uploaded] with Gracenote’s database of
copyrighted material and can block uploads without proper rights. Terms
of the licensing agreement were [...]

Living The SecondLife

Posted by: kegill on: 25 October 2006

At the Online News Association meeting earlier this month, I asked a panel on “community” about Second Life. I was greeted with blank stares by all but one of the panelists, Jennifer Sizemore, vice president and editor in chief of MSNBC.com. (Hurrah for the home team!)
Even though I knew it was coming, I missed [...]

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Southpark Fun, Take 2

Posted by: kegill on: 23 October 2006

Last year, I wrote about a cool Flash application that allowed fans to create their own Southpark characters. The tool is in its second iteration, so here’s my “Take 2″ as well … I’m using it as my avatar on my faculty website. Obviously feeling more feminine this fall!

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Blogging, Politics And Media

Posted by: kegill on: 23 October 2006

Presentation for COM300, 23 October 2006. Keynote – PPT

Time to Raise Hell With Network Webcasts

Posted by: kegill on: 21 October 2006

Updated 21 October. Prior date: 21 March
It’s not a watershed moment, yet, but there has been one improvement since this was first penned in March, at MSN Video.

Imagine, for a moment, that you could watch NBC News only if you owned a GE television. Or listen to ABC radio only with Sony equipment. That situation [...]

The Complete New Yorker Portable Hard Drive

Posted by: kegill on: 19 October 2006

The New Yorker is offering more 4,000 issues of the magazine, ready to
search on an 80GB  light-weight external hard
drive. Formatting sounds proprietary (this must be their DRM talking): you must install "The Complete New Yorker program."However, these folks are smart enough to have their software work on both Macs and PeeCees. In the overall scheme [...]


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