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What I'm Reading
- Apple to Unveil its Next Move in Music?CBS News | Aug 30, 2010Apple has scheduled a big event for Wednesday. CBS News speculates on the company's coming announcements.
- Can Preschoolers Be Depressed?New York Times | Aug 25, 2010Some psychologists believe preschoolers can experience bouts of depression, this New York Times report says.
- Electronic Arts stands by Medal of Honor Taliban featureCNET | Aug 25, 2010EA defends the ability to play as Taliban soldiers in the upcoming "Medal of Honor" game.
- Twitter’s not stupid – you just have boring friendswww.andrewdubber.com | Aug 16, 2010A nice look at how to get the most out of Twitter and refutation of some common Twitter complaints.
- Is 3-D dead in the water? A box-office analysisSlate | Aug 24, 2010Slate magazine looks at whether people are happy with just two dimensions in their movies, thank you very much.
- Apple to Unveil its Next Move in Music?
Recent Comments
My Clips- Cause of plane crash west of Bozeman under investigation, pilot pronounced dead at scene August 31, 2010
- The man who wanted train horns August 16, 2010
- Money well spent? August 15, 2010
- Local telecom company gets $64 million to bring high-speed Internet to rural Gallatin County August 5, 2010
- Montana Opticom receives $64 million in stimulus money for rural broadband August 4, 2010
- AT&T to replace Alltel in Montana within a year June 25, 2010
- Bozeman twin looks to scale namesake peak: K2 June 21, 2010
- High water claims Amsterdam Road bridge June 12, 2010
- Trio of veteran Belgrade teachers retiring June 7, 2010
- MSU robot digger wins NASA competition May 29, 2010
Tag Archives: Associated Press
Montana ACLU congratulates Bozeman for rescinding password policy
The ACLU of Montana congratulated the City of Bozeman for rescinding its password policy in an undated statement posted to the organization’s Web site. “While an employer can (and likely should during the course of a background check) view an applicant’s public profile on online sites, demanding access to information that applicant has set to private [...]
Posted in Ethics, Social Networking Also tagged ACLU, Bozeman, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Ethics, privacy, Social Networking Comments closed
Top-down syndication is broken, says Jackie Hai
Jackie Hai: [T]he AP has failed to grasp is that the evolution of the participatory web has blurred the line between content producers, distributors and consumers to the point where everybody can be any and all of the three. The news wire of the future will not be centralized and top-down, but rather distributed and [...]
Posted in New Media Also tagged bottom-up, Jackie Hai, Jeff Jarvis, syndication, top-down Comments closed
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
Jimmy Wales speaks with Poynter about AP topic pages