- The case against Amazon Kindle so far
Two stories the New York Times and Crunchgear suggest that these are early days still for Amazon's e-book reader Kindle.
Crunchgear says the present Kindle model is not so useful for students. Reasons?
- Weak body no…
Topic: Gadgets, Kindle, Ebooks | Read more
- The Web 1.0 solution for Web 2.0 startups
Startups like Daily Candy (shopping choices lists) and Dogster (social networking sites for Dog lovers) are making money from selling higher CPM rates on newsletters. Dogster charges $20-$40 CPM rates for its newsletters…
Topic: Web Services, Web20, Money, Businessmodel | Read more
- Why are we not happy despite all these social media tools?
Kevin Kelly says, "Everything is so amazing and nobody is happy." He writes about the ubiquitous presence of technology all around us but still, we have become sadder and anxious still.
Why aren’t we grateful for all…
Topic: Web20, Happiness | Read more
- Why this was the worst Oscar award show in living memory
For the past 15 years, like many in Time Zones ahead of LA, I woke up around 6 in the morning to watch the Oscars, no matter when went to sleep last night. This was the first year, I chose to sleep and woke up to watch S…
Topic: Films, Films, Oscar, Review | Read more
- The Web 2.0 Hall of Fame: 40 People, 40 websites that dominated the game
There is no formula to success but those who have achieved it have one or more quality from this small checklist:
- Original: and making sure people know this
- First: and making sure people know this
- Lucky: right p…
Topic: Internet and Websites, Web20halloffame, Web20, People, Biography | Read more
- The Web 2.0 Hall of Fame: 51 Business Models
"Show me the money. " That is the web 2.0 slogan as few web 2.0 sites have been able to generate revenues to break even.
This story is In two parts:
Part 1: Sources of Revenue
1. The Pagerank model: Sites or pa…
Topic: Internet and Websites, Web20halloffame, Businessmodels web20 | Read more
- The Web 2.0 Hall of Fame: 11 best books
1. The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google by Nicholas Carr
The idea: The darker side of web 2.0
"The Internet is becoming one vast, programmable machine. The World Wide Web is becoming one vast, prog…
Topic: Books and Literature, Web20halloffame, Books, Web20 | Read more
- The Web 2.0 Hall of Fame: The Personal Branding Checklist
First, as Thales has said, "Know thyself". Before you start on your journey of self branding, it very important for you to know how people perceive you and how you perceive yourself. Start with self-discovery.
1. K…
Topic: Personal Development, Web20halloffame, Branding, Web20 | Read more
- The Web 2.0 Hall of Fame: tools and ideas for businesses
1. Blogs - to allow uers to contribute with comments, ratings etc.
2. Bookmarking/Tagging - to save links that users like
3. Brand monitoring - using blogsearch (http://blogsearch.google.com), social bookmarking (http…
Topic: Business and Finance, Web20halloffame, Web20, Business | Read more
- The Web 2.0 Hall of Fame: The best quotes
"Web 2.0 is about people" - David Sifry
"Web 2.0 is a marketing concept used by venture capitalists and conference promoters to try to call another bubble into existence." - Dave Winer
"I think Web 2.0 is of cours…
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- The Web 2.0 Hall of Fame: Past, future and Beyond
Here are some of the most important things to know about web 2.0:
Web 2.0 is much more than a term coined by a publisher in 2004.
Web 2.0 changed the way people interact online.
Web 2.0 gave businesses opportunity t…
Topic: Internet and Websites, Web20halloffame, Web20 | Read more
- The Online Journalism Handbook: Glossary of Useful Journalism, Blogging and New Media Terms
This catch-all glossary covers all the useful journalism, blogging and new media terms that you would find useful. This is the first version. Later versions will offer more opinion and analysis on each term.
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Topic: Internet and Websites, Onlinejournalismhandbook, Glossary, New media | Read more
- The Online Journalism Handbook: A simpleguide to what the Internet likes and what to do about it
I know this is a inverse way of doing things but looking at the competition you are likely to face on the Internet, I thought it would be helpful if I shared information about what internet users like.
Let us start wi…
Topic: Internet and Websites, Onlinejournalismhandbook, Simpleguide, Trends | Read more
- The Online Journalism Handbook: Seven kinds of stories you should be doing often
This quick and dirty guide to what you must write online on a day-to-day basis is meant to help you come up with story ideas for your newsblog. Items #1, #2 and #3 you should be doing often on your blog. They are easy to…
Topic: Media, Onlinejournalismhandbook, Blogging | Read more
- The Online Journalism Handbook: The Ultimate list of web 2.0 tools and ideas for better news sites
What makes any news site better is original and interesting content. But, the 25 web 2.0 tools and ideas listed below help enhance the news experience through better user engagement and eventually bring in more user traf…
Topic: Internet and Websites, Onlinejournalismhandbook, News, Media | Read more
- The Online Journalism Handbook: A simpleguide to citizen journalism sites worldwide
For your convenience, this simpleguide is organized countrywise. Please suggest more such sites in the comments below to make this guide better.
Global Citizen Journalism Sites
Global Voices Online http://www.globalv…
Topic: Internet and Websites, Onlinejournalismhandbook, Citizenjournalism, Simpleguide | Read more
- The Online Journalism Handbook: Where to look for writing and reporting jobs
Start with searching for jobs on job search engines. Most of these sites provide RSS feeds and email alerts for your job search. Use them.
Indeed http://Indeed.com
Oddle http://oodle.com
Simplyhired http://simplyhir…
Topic: Internet and Websites, Onlinejournalismhandbook, Jobs, Media | Read more
- Online Journalism Handbook: The Ultimate list of free tools and resources for journalists and bloggers
A work in progress, this is your guide to free tools, cool sites and cool people the online journalist should know about:
Cool sites and tools
Read the latest on the journalism blogs http://journalism.alltop.com/
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Topic: Internet and Websites, Onlinejournalismhandbook, Media, Simpleguide | Read more
- The Online Journalism Handbook: 50 most important links on journalism How Tos and Education
Here is list for you - links to best guides on the internet to all things related to journalism - blogging, photojournalism, flash journalism, video and more...
Blogging Guides
Problogger's Blogging Guide for Beginne…
Topic: Media, Onlinejournalismhandbook, Howto, Education | Read more
- The Online Journalism Handbook: : A roundup of tools and advice for Bypassing Internet censorship
Reporters Without Borders lists 13 countries that it accuses of suppressing freedom of expression on the net, including Syria, China and Vietnam.
A roundup of resources for bypassing Internet censorship:
1. HOWTO byp…
Topic: Media, Onlinejournalismhandbook, Censorship | Read more
