David lafontaine's
Sips from the firehose
A site that attempts to render the internet down into one easy-to consume mental beverage.
Google’s ‘In-Depth Articles’ Feature: What Journalists Need to Know
...back from summer vacation, and leaping into the school year. Well, trying to leap, anyway. I mentioned this development in digital news to my journalism classes at Annenberg, and figured I might want to expand a bit more on it, and provide some links to related...
Unfortunate Juxtapositions
Some times, there is a bit of a lag between the loading of the headline on HuffPo and the photo. Not always as humorous as it is here.
Lessons from a C47 Pilot: the Core Trait of an Entrepreneur
This made me think of an encounter I had with a guy back when the job titles “Entrepreneur” did not have the suffused halo of glory around it that it does now. Looking back, this short conversation was one of the transformative experiences in my life. It’s what has driven me to consistently take the road less traveled in my career.
Forget an MBA – Watch creativeLIVE’s “Secrets of Silicon Valley”
“You can’t learn this in any graduate school. Years ago, I thought about going back to graduate school for an MBA, but nobody was teaching what I wanted to learn. These speakers, who are creating completely new businesses beats any education anywhere. And it didn’t cost $100,000 in student loans.â€
Delicate Glass Sculptures
I've always said that if I had any talent whatsoever in sculpting, the medium I would choose to work with would be glass. I just love how really talented artists play with its transparent/translucent properties, and how it can be melted & made to flow organically....
Economic Crisis Forces Spain’s Newspapers into Digital Migration
Unemployment over 50% - banking system collapse - political instability - newspapers run out of options When asked what are the enduring lessons of the last five years for newspapers, various pundits have opined "Don't enter an economic recession massively...