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Second Life: Living in “Starry Night”

by David | Jul 12, 2008 | Design, new media, Online Video

Ran across this on Andrew Sullivan’s blog, where he had it intriguingly titled as “Mental Health Break.”I found this very affecting; the creativity and dedication displayed here are humbling. A preview: Robbie Dingo, an alias for a resident of Second...

Many Eyes Word Tree: What Went Wrong in Iraq

by David | Jul 9, 2008 | Design, Digital Migration, infographic, journalism, new media, Newspapers

A brief respite from the yammering about curmudgeons, interns, naivete vs. nihilism and all the rest of the debate over whether or not newspapers will be considered a curiosity in less than 2 years’ time… I got to this thru a post on the Poynter site, and...

Tiny Sips: The 60-Second Steve Jobs and On-Demand Jon Stewart

by David | Jun 11, 2008 | Design, Digital Migration, Online Video

Still struggling with assessing, organizing and condensing all the information I’ve been taking in, so my posts here and at Hard News have been sporadic, at best. This situation looks like it will persist for at least another week, so in the meantime, I’m...

Welcome to the Artesian Media blog

by David | May 26, 2008 | Blogging, Blogs, Design, Digital Migration, journalism, Newspapers, Online Video

I’ve been blogging for more than three years now on the Typepad platform, and have finally taken the leap to WordPress.  It’s not because Typepad was bad – although it was a little clunky at first, and I haven’t ever really been happy with...
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Because surfing the Internet is like drinking from a firehose, David LaFontaine braves the torrent to tell you what trends and technologies to gulp down, swirl in your mouth, or spit out.

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