When pundits examine the merits of Twitter, the line of argument is generally framed from the perspective that nothing worthwhile can be captured in 140 characters or less. There have even been studies (now...
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I have been recommending that people read Nouriel Roubini for some time now. Years ago he was viewed as a pessimist when he spoke at Davos but all of that is different now: "At the World Economic Forum two...
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If you're going to Northern Voice in Vancouver next month you may want to check out a panel I'm on with some smart, local news people. Here is the roster in case you were interested. " Panel topic Established...
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For years now, Len and I have been trying to correct some of the misperceptions around 'citizen journalism'. This was the basis for a talk I recently did in Copenhagen and the subject of an...
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I can't believe it took so long to happen but the Silicon Alley Insider has done a piece tracking the stars of Web 1.0. On the list are Todd Krizelman and Stephan Paternot, who I worked for in the late...
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A mention of NowPublic's role in the emerging new news environment."TLDNR - If you're over 20 years old, you probably have no idea what this means. It's an acronym for "too long, did not read," and text messaging users type it to describe most of the information that comes...
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I recently did an interview with the Canadian Press. Here is an excerpt from the final piece:"But the website's founder, Michael Tippett, says objectivity is less important than ensuring readers have access...
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NowPublic is here at Vidfest liveblogging the McLuhan 2.0 conversation this morning, between Marshall McLuhan's son Dr. Eric McLuhan and our very own Michael Tippett. Follow my updates on Twitter here...
The LA Time's coverage of the Cyclone discusses NowPublic's role:"Previous disasters have proved to be opportunities for "open-source" reporting, in which citizens post photographs, videos and written accounts...
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If you are in Vancouver this month you should get to Vidfest. The festival's line-up includes some great people including Wired's Editor-in-Chief, Chris Anderson as well as John Perry Barlow, co-founder of...
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This isn't really a news story but is a test of our new presence stream functionality. This photo was sent to NowPublic via shozu. If you've got a mobile phone it is an easy way to get stuff onto the site.
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If you're in Vancouver and are at Massive, I'll see you there. Don't hesitate to say hello. I'll be talking about:"The future of business and technology: the prosumer revolution
This 20 minute talk will focus on the prosumer revolution. It will give an...
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by Elecia Chrunik for www.thevancouverobserver.com NowPublic’s “crowd powered media” format takes the bold step of asking consumers of news to also be responsible for its content. An eBay-style...
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Andrew Keen has put out a book attacking citizen journalism among other things. Pundits have called Andrew Keen the Ann Coulter of the anti-citizen journalism movement. Lawrence Lessig says that Keen's...
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I did an Interview with Rory when I was in Seoul last month. Here is his piece:"MediaChannel’s Rory O’Connor reports on the present and future of citizen journalism for the Al Jazeera media program...
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