Let me preface this post by saying that Louis CK inspired today’s musings. Why is that pertinent, it’s not really, but I’m not so secretly hoping he’ll google himself and end up here and then we’ll go down to the…
The Super Bowl of Journalism: A #SOTU Round Up
You could say that the president’s State of the Union address each year is like the Super Bowl of web journalism. If you won’t say it, I will. It’s a single manageable time of immense importance and scrutiny and every news org is experimenting to take…
Multimedia that made me go f’yea! in 2011
It’s the end of the year and that usually means two things, left overs and best of lists. This year saw a lot of newsworthy events from the Arab Spring to OWS, Obama got Osama to Rick Perry trying to remember…
Time out Tuesday: Art Heist
This week I came across a piece of marketing for HBO that just had me hooked for hours. And it wasn’t because of anything slick from the PR department, it was all about the storytelling.
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Time out Tuesday: Choosing Thomas
When Deidrea and T.K. Laux learned during their first pregnancy that their unborn child had trisomy 13 (a rare DNA abnormality which makes it impossible for newborns to live more than a couple hours to days outside the womb) they…
Time out Tuesday: Journey to the End of Coal
This week I’ve found something that is just cool. Very very cool.
Journey to the End of Coal takes a look at the exploding growth of China’s economy and the new energy needs that have come with it. By visiting…
Time out Tuesday: In Bb 2.0
I sat in on a lecture about social media recently and a gentleman asked the speaker what was the point.
It was an interesting question, and answer seemed obvious. To explore new art forms and models of communication. To bring…
Time out Tuesday: ReTweet Revolution
We all know the role Twitter played in the aftermath of Iran’s elections. How tweets got the play-by-play news from the streets to the world. How it was used by some to organize protesters. How the White House asked Twitter…
Time out Tuesday: Ira Glass on Storytelling
I don’t even think I have validate this entry to time out, it’s F’n Ira Glass, women like his style and men have been ripping off his hipster style for years.
The host of PBS radios “This American Life” has…
Time out Tuesday: Dr. Horrible
Ok ok, so two weeks ago I did kind of cop out by posting Spaced, but you know you enjoyed it. 
It’s 42 min, but if you haven’t seen it, you are so…
Time out Tuesday: Letters to the President
“Every day, President Obama reads ten letters from the public in order to stay in tune with America’s issues and concerns. “Letters to the President” is an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the process of how those ten letters make…
Time out Tuesday: Spaced
What? You say I’m phoning it this week? Look, Spaced is about showing respect for your audience to get it without spelling it out, telling an honest story, making it entertaining and most of all, understanding your consumer…
