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Thoughts on Twitter's Growth

by Jonathan Coffman February 13, 2009

I often write about Twitter, but here are some fresh thoughts on my usage, and it’s value. Twitter’s growth has been widely reported in both the mainstream, and technology/social media spheres so I won’t get into that today, but what I do want to discuss with you is how the value propisition of the service [...]

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Contributr

by Jonathan Coffman January 10, 2009

Current Project: Contributr Contributr is a user generated content solution built for use by multimedia newsrooms. It allows the general public to quickly and easily submit text, images, and video directly to editors and producers from any platform – including the web, their desktop, and cell phones-. The startup company was originally sponsored by the [...]

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My Email Process

by Jonathan Coffman December 1, 2008

I find it fascinating to learn about how others use technology in their lives so today, I present: how retrieve and process email. First off, I’m not a GTD person, that sounds all fine and dandy but really doesn’t work so well for me. I DO try to stay organized but let’s be honest, I [...]

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Top 4 tips from Twitter Users to News Organizations

by Jonathan Coffman November 13, 2008

A long while back I asked my Twitter following to tell me what advice they would give to a news organization (or any company really) thinking about getting started on this platform. Here’s what they had to say: @ddmcd – “Don’t Twitter anonymously — identify real people with specific addresses.” @shawnr – “Tell them to [...]

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Advances In Widget Distribution

by Jonathan Coffman October 21, 2008

I’ve been working pretty hard recently on developing a local/national widget strategy and in doing so I’ve seen a lot of really cool widgets out and about the world. We all know by now that distributing your content widely is key to reaching eyeballs and advancing your message. What is so cool now is that [...]

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Hurricane Ike Media Review: KHOU.com

by Jonathan Coffman September 15, 2008

Among the Houston based local media scene, KHOU is a solid contender and very popular station. Like the other local network affiliates they had “wall to wall” coverage on-air and online. Their broadcast transmission was also being streamed live online. I do want to preface each of these reviews with the web technology or content [...]

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Houston Chronicle Excels in Hurricane Ike Coverage

by Jonathan Coffman September 13, 2008

As someone who not only is interested in news and journalism, but who also works in social media for a living I constantly see television stations and newspapers who either don’t take advantage of advances in technology or completely ignore the true value in the power of people. This morning as I think about my [...]

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links for 2008-06-19

by Jonathan Coffman June 19, 2008

Making Light: AP to negotiate with sham “Media Bloggers Association” AP and the Media Bloggers Assoc. » mathewingram.com/work | BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Whither the AP The A.P., Hot News and Hotheaded Blogs – Bits – Technology – New York Times Blog Seriously? Who do these people think they’re fooling? Daily Kos: State of [...]

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links for 2008-06-16

by Jonathan Coffman June 16, 2008

He’s Big Bird: Caroll Spinney loves every feather – Yahoo! News The man behind the Bird. PhoneFactor | Home 2-factor authentication via PhoneCalls, now integrated with OpenID… Pretty good idea to increase web security access. Tweet

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links for 2008-05-30

by Jonathan Coffman May 30, 2008

Scoop08 | A New Kind of Newspaper node Youth written election news and information site D: Notebook – WSJ.com : Facebook Grows Up, Goes for an Ice Cream Can Facebook make money? NPR Desktop Alerts – News Alerts Delivered Directly to Your PC What has been your experience in using this? I’ll have to try [...]

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