by David | Apr 17, 2012 | Digital Migration, newspaper crisis, Newspaper Deathwatch
27 Print Dollars for $1 Digital; Social News; Papers in Trouble; Kodak v. Fuji I posted this picture via Twitpic earlier today, and my digital brethren quickly chimed in on how much they felt like this in their daily lives. And I get it. Working in the media industry...
by David | Mar 20, 2012 | Digital Migration, Video
OK, I’ll admit it. I’m as guilty of assigning myself a made-up title as anyone. But c’mon – “Digital Alchemist” is pretty cool. And it’s a nice shorthand for what I do – which is to research, study, broadcast via social...
by David | Jan 18, 2012 | Digital Migration, new media
This was originally a comment to Robert Niles’ excellent piece on the Online Journalism Review, on whether or not the New York Times should be a “Truth Vigilante”. I’m republishing it here, because it looks like the commenting feature on OJR...
by David | Jan 8, 2012 | Amusing Nonsense, Digital Migration, Video
Video Everywhere Comes to Our Clothing I guess it was inevitable. Back in the 80s, hip designers realized that consumers were willing to become walking billboards for their product logos, all for the sweet, sweet tradeoff of being able to flaunt our ability to buy...
by David | Dec 15, 2011 | Conspiracy Theories, Digital Migration
Eli Pariser’s TED talk on the dangers of allowing someone else to choose what you see/hear/feel If I were a weaker man, I’d just fold up my tent and move on. However, upon closer inspection, I find myself saying “Yahbut …” a lot...
by David | Nov 29, 2011 | Digital Migration, Vastness
One of my oft-repeated memes for my trainees – and, not coincidentally, the reason behind the very name of this blog – is that as we move further into these uncharted digital waters, what we need more than more information is better filters for the...