If you need any more evidence that today’s journalism is a rudderless ship drifting about aimlessly, look no further than the reaction surrounding the recent decision to change the AP style for “Web site” to “website.” It amazed me to see the phrase “AP Stylebook” on Twitter’s trending topics, and as a former journalist who …
Category Archive: Business and politics
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Apr
13
Why Old Media loves the iPad (and why you shouldn’t)
With the big Apple iPad launch came a flood of reviews across the media. David Pogue loves the device. So does Walt Mossberg. Old Media are throwing themselves at the iPad as if it’s the promised savior. For the New York Times and Popular Science, Conde Nast and the host of Old Media producers building …
Mar
15
Twitter: Where nobody is really *just* a follower
In a matter of a couple of weeks, Conan O’Brien has managed to cause a huge stir, just by signing up for a Twitter account. He’s already up to 670,000 followers, and doesn’t seem to be slowing down. I can understand why he’s got so many followers; the guy’s already got fans, and they’re dying …
Mar
10
Part II: Why HR can’t fix your crappy employees, either
You may have seen my post on why blocking access to social networking sites (or even the Internet as a whole) won’t make your employees more productive. But every company attacks its fear of social media with the same two swords: IT and HR. If there are reasons why IT can’t wholesale ban certain sites …
Mar
09
Why IT can’t solve your employee problem
We’ve got to keep our employees from Facebooking and Twittering all day, don’t we? They waste valuable work time on social networking sites — and we are paying them for it, dammit! Somebody better call IT. Have them block Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube…and throw in Pandora while you’re at it; nobody needs music at work. …
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