Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2008-02-29
February 29, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
- Think it’s time for bed? yeah probably since I have to be at work at 8:30 in the morning! #
- @colbypalmer agreed, no browser for Twitter tonight #
- Good Morning Twitterville! #
- @dsilverman I might just have to look into that! #
- Wow, only one Tweet so far today? I need to step it up. #
- @thisboyelroy tell me about it! there’s so many sites out there it’s hard to keep track! #
- done with my phone interview, headed to KOMU to pick up some disks #
- Working on my Tivo, got the new HD in place but it all needs to be reprogrammed #
- Trying to decide what films to see at the Fest this weekend, I’ve got free tix to about 8 of them #
- @annieR would you be interested in seeing the list of tix I have, they’re free if you don’t already have passes for all weekend. #
4 News Companies Ally to Sell Ads on the Internet - New York Times
February 29, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
4 News Companies Ally to Sell Ads on the Internet - New York Times
Gannett, Tribune, Hearst, and the New York Times company are joining forces to try to sell more advertising. And it couldn’t have come at a better time. This was release about two weeks ago but I didn’t get a chance to read into it further until now.
Basically, they’ve joined forces through a company called QuadrantONE which is providing a Google AdSense-ish experience where an advertiser can contact them, and place ads in news properties of each of those companies.
The focus of the agency is on local ads only, presumably to not step on the toes of the sales people at those organizations who acquire and foster the large national contracts.
Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2008-02-28
February 28, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
- Getting the rest of my receipts ready to turn in for Contributr, need to close out the accounting work on it #
- bah, paperwork! contracts! Receipts! #
- I just found 258 images from last month that I hadn’t put on Flickr yet, here goes an overnight upload session! #
- Trying out Sites.Google.Com - the reincarnation of JotSpot (wiki) #
- Google Sites (formerlly JotSpot) seems pretty cool, I can see myself moving to it from Basecamp #
- What do you know about Tampa Bay? Great place to live? #
- @deanpence its not always the quickest learner is it? I fight with Gmail IMAP everyday because Apple Mail is always trying to sync #
- @nbostic congrats, teach them well! #
- This week has been great to tie up loose ends on projects. #
- Headed to a funding meeting for Contributr. #
- Wish me luck for lots of support! #
- Going out to dinner with friends, Tweet ya later! #
Recent Facebook Application Launches
February 28, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
I recently launched several Facebook applications and thought I’d share them with you. All of them are essentially the same application with different content, they parse RSS feeds from blogs and newsrooms that I work with.
While these aren’t examples of huge viral applications, they have been gaining viewers and interactions day by day. (I might also add that these are in a sort of perpetual beta until further notice 
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- KOMU News Headlines
- KBIA News Headlines
- Columbia Missourian Headlines
- Jonathan Coffman Blog Headlines
- The Convergency Room Recent Posts
Have a look and let me know what you think!
Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2008-02-27
February 27, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
- Just off the phone with AppLogic, very cool way to build out web apps #
- Updating my iPhone to 1.1.4 for ‘bug fixes’ #
- How’s the debate tonight folks? I’m seeing reports that the streaming version quality is really bad #
- So Ira Glass of NPR fame is coming to Columbia next weekend, if you’re a local Tweeter you should join me! #
- @dwmcallister sorry for the delayed reply, good news, Adobe AIR is great! #
- Are YOU in the Twitter top 10%? http://blog.twitter.com/search/label/stats #
- @justinseeley just keep it in line and take breaks, you’ll be alright. Look at the rest of us
# - @acafourek yes those FB screenies do look good, let’s hope it doesn’t ‘crash’ the application economy #
- @MilesNZ how did that happen? Sounds like a heck of a deal to me! #
- Alright, headed to bed early tonight in the name of getting up very early tomorrow. #
- Been up for a while, doing some reading before work this morning #
- @chrisbrogan I just got that 500 errors when posting a comment as well FYI #
- Today is a high productivity day for me. What are your strategies for such days? #
- @acafourek that sounds like it’d be pretty interesting, I don’t know of any existing sites #
- Just booked my airfare to Vegas for NAB in April, hooray! #
- yahoo, sent in my article and mugshot — err good picture of my face — to Adobe for my featured article next month #
- debugging some code, this is not what I’m meant to be used for! lol #
- My PDO TopSkin for iPhone just came in the mail, this is so exciting, I hope its the right case for me, I’ve been shopping around #
- I’ll put a full review of my new iPhone case on the blog tonight, but until then, the case is GREAT, the screen protector is ify #
- @acomputerpro how do you see yourself using Pownce? I haven’t been able to differentiate it from Twitter enough to use the thing. #
links for 2008-02-27
February 27, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
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This is corporate blogging and PR at its finest, also my first visit to “Nuts About Southwest”
remarkable communication: The Ten Commandments of New Social Media
February 27, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
remarkable communication: The Ten Commandments of New Social Media
I highly suggest you take a look at this recent post over at Remarkable Communication. He outlines ten very useful commandments for participating in social media.
His commandments:
- Participate in the coversation
- Do Not Lie
- Do Not Astroturf
- Talk like a human being
- Remember the community
- Don’t be a wimp
- Do not Snivel
- Write what is worth reading
- Don’t talk about what you don’t know
- Have a sense of humor
Wow, that’s quite a list and I tend to agree with each and every one of them. In fact, it reads almost like the text from Principals of American Journalism back in my early years at the Journalism School.
Those commandments of social media sound just like what it takes to be an honest, fair, and tought Journalist (just like in Jschool, that’s Journalist with a big J to support Big J journalism. Does that make sense to anyone who hasn’t gone to Journalism School?).
The only thing I might question would be astroturfing, not that I support it, it’s a ridiculous practice, but do people still participate a lot?
Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2008-02-26
February 26, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
- waiting for a meeting that starts ib5 minutes and I’m the only one here! #
- wow, I’ve got like 30 windows open in Safari that I want to share with you, check my del.icio.us feed later, and my blog in the coming w … #
- my Tivo is broken, think it needs a new HD… this is very sad because I don’t watch live TV anymore #
- Just ordered a new Tivo HD, do I have the money for it? no not really, but the few shows I do watch are worth it I guess #
- Being interviewed about Contributr! Yay Contributr! #
links for 2008-02-26
February 26, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
How To Make A Million Before You Turn 20 - Forbes.com
February 26, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
How To Make A Million Before You Turn 20 - Forbes.com
(Via Forbes.)
This fascinating article talks briefly about 5 people 20 years old or younger who’ve already made their Million+. This is just amazing and it goes to show the kind of intelligent and entrepreneurial people we have in this world. It’s truly amazing.
Now I like to think of myself as pretty entrepreneurial, I’ve started more ‘companies’ than I care to remember. The remnants of a few are located on this site through the various old sites and publications I have posted in my portfolio.
This drive to achieve and create something though speaks to a higher calling and a higher level of thinking. Lots of people have ideas, but these kids actually went out and achieved.
No amount of technology can ensure that you actually achieve, that takes something special.
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