My latest at HuffPost- Romney: The Quantum Candidate
- It Wasn't Just the "Pressures of Fame" That Killed Whitney Houston (or Amy Winehouse, or Michael Jackson, or Heath Ledger...)
- How Viral Works: Tracing the Take-off of Erato's "Call Your Girlfriend"
- The "Gridlock" Story: Why Media Balance Is Broken
- Obama Can Win by Being Bipartisan and Bold
- Behind Michele Bachmann's Twisted History: The Fear of Complexity
- My latest at O’Reilly Media
Category Archives: Communications
More Political Reputation-Management: The Truth-o-Meter
Following my recent post about a color-coded reputation management system* for politicians (indicating their truthfulness by the color used to display their names on web pages), I came across Politifact and its Truth-o-Meter. Politifact is a project of the St. … Continue reading
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Digital Journalism Case Study: Live Blogging a Political Convention
The California Democratic Party held its annual convention in San Diego April 27-29, and I was there blogging, along with hundreds of other traditional and web-based reporters. Here are some observations. < - First, a thought about this picture: No … Continue reading
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Digital Politics
From my O’Reilly blog: I’ve been doing more and more work in politics since the ’04 election (communications consulting and web production). I got involved at first out of a sense of civic obligation–and because my wife told me to … Continue reading
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My Tips From An E-Musician Article On Podcasting
Electronic Musican recently ran a comprehensive article on podcasting, written by David Battino. It includes some tips from me. A lot of what has stuck with me about communication over the years I first learned as a freelance writer-broadcaster for … Continue reading
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10 Journalism Tips For Bloggers, Podcasters & Other E-Publishers
Blogs, podcasts & e-newsletters make it easy for anyone to be a journalist. But just as the debut of desktop publishing led to some very ugly documents, these newer tools are spawning some very sloppy journalism, which does no good … Continue reading
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Focus: Simple But Hard
Complicated is easy. Simple is hard. But simple is much more valuable. We generate complication when we don’t know, or can’t face, what we’re really talking about. For example, look at the (gigantic) weight loss industry. Here is about all … Continue reading
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