Written by amedeo on January 25th, 2008
EveryBlock, from ChicagoCrime.org’s Adrian Holovaty and crew, fishes local info ponds and databases to create a new standard for the required depth of neighborhood news/information aggregation providers.
Why I like it
Making raw data made much more accessible is good journalism.
It finds and beautifully displays info from government reports (good source material for deeper stories), an aspect [...]
Written by amedeo on January 21st, 2008
Rather than having 50 million sacks into which you must stuff your data (from personal information to media and more), DataPortability wants the framework for one big sack that brave Web travelers can carry with them wherever they digitally go.
If/once such a structure takes hold on a mass scale, figuring out how to make money [...]
Written by amedeo on January 20th, 2008
After being reminded of Ira Glass’ series on storytelling by MultimediaShooter, I felt inspired to create a static page of videos featuring tips and techniques from Glass and others. Up top, you’ll see the tutorials link.
If you know of other great video tutorials, let me know in the comments and I’ll aggregate, though I’m sure [...]
Written by amedeo on January 20th, 2008
What: Five of the 10 best-selling novels last year in Japan were originally cellphone novels.
Freaking out:
“Fans praised the novels as a new literary genre created and consumed by a generation whose reading habits had consisted mostly of manga, or comic books. Critics said the dominance of cellphone novels, with their poor literary quality, would hasten [...]
Written by amedeo on January 19th, 2008
With more and more sites getting video crazy, CuePrompter makes it easier for your budding, struggling-with-a-stand-up Web stars to talk to the camera (via eHub). You’ll need a Web connection.
For an offline version, check out Prompt, which is available for Mac and PC.
Video news lessons and resources used for this post:
Bill Myers Online
CNNfyi.com
A cached document [...]
Written by amedeo on January 8th, 2008
The idea that the print newspaper business faces doom made it to “The Simpsons.” Gawker has a clip.
I looked for it on YouTube, but it was removed for copyright infringement.
Found the clip on Dailymotion:
'The Simpsons' announces the death of printUploaded by darko156
I wonder if Nelson read “$23B zapped in news stock value” by Alan [...]
Written by amedeo on January 8th, 2008
Tell Idio your musical likes, and it builds your personal music magazine.
The results don’t excite me as much as the method: Drop in a bit of info about yourself, and out spits media matching (well, trying to match) your interests.
It toys with the concept of information finding us and adds a touch of design and [...]
Written by amedeo on January 7th, 2008
Founded by veterans of the mobile industry, MizPee provides user reviews and locations of toilets (news you can use) in numerous cities.
Once you’ve settled upon your spot, you can use the same site to browse product deals (let’s call it consumer news) in the area.
MizPee is one of several inventions of YoJo Mobile, which describes [...]
Written by amedeo on January 6th, 2008
To steal from BBC beta home:
Giving control to the customers: Make the display of your news site customizable. Make sections draggable-droppable, expandable/hideable. Especially cool: Use “+” and “-” to add or remove a headline from the list. Some folks already do this using your RSS feeds, but this is a way to serve people uninterested [...]
