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Fifteen years ago I sat in the World Room at the Columbia Journalism School and watched as a digital expert from Knight Ridder showed off a piece of cardboard.
Really, it was a mockup of a type of digital content delivery device (video below). The hope, he said, was that the device would have a touch [...]
I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep anytime soon after Tuesday’s election results — everything is still sinking in. So let me see if I can get some thoughts down about the not so surprising surprise in Massachusetts while I’m still relatively cogent.
As I look back at the past few months, and read the [...]
In episode 6 of the Fresh Ground Podcast, Chuck Tanowitz talks with David Dahl, editor of the zoned editions of the Boston Globe.
Chuck and David discuss the Boston Globe’s “Your Town”, how the editorial process works, how community bloggers can participate, the impact of layoffs, the accelerating speed of change in the industry and who [...]
In his Innovation Economy column this week, Scott Kirsner tells the stories of several tech companies that were sold to out-of-state acquirers over the years and openly asks the question: is it better to build and sustain or build to be acquired? In fact, he goes as far as wondering if Boston is forever destined [...]
Working on LaunchCamp Boston has been a pretty exciting thing this week. We’ve seen the sign-up list grow with some wonderful participants heard from some wonderful people who want to take part and add to the discussion along with the many who were already on board to work with us on this project.
It looks like [...]
Like any small business we here at Fresh Ground watch our pennies pretty closely. While we believe that there are many fine services worth paying for, we also realize that, for the short term, we can get by without many others.
In the past I relied pretty heavily on the ProfNet emails. These are emails sent [...]
Fresh Ground Communications is very pleased to announce the first LaunchCamp event, scheduled for February 3rd & 4th, 2010. LaunchCamp takes a fresh look at PR, marketing, social media and management — and the technologies and tools that have evolved around these areas — and attempts to identify the challenges that organizations face in the [...]
In episode 4 of the Fresh Ground Podcast, Todd Van Hoosear talks with Paul Gillin, veteran technology journalist, author, blogger, researcher and consultant. Paul is a popular speaker who is known for his ability to simply complex concepts using plain talk, anecdotes and humor.
Todd and Paul talk about how to start in social media, measure [...]
During a recent Journchat, Chris Anderson and I had a bit of a back and forth about the idea that journalism is a state of mind as much as it is a profession. “It is a profession. Sorry. 100%” he Tweeted. Yes, he agreed that everyone has the power to communicate, but, he believes, journalism [...]
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