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Demand Media and the New Economy of the Journalist

Demand Media and the New Economy of the Journalist

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Demand Media has been a constant topic of conversation among online journalists of late.  It all began with this article in Wired entitled “The Answer Factory: Demand Media and the Fast, Disposable, and Profitable as Hell Media Model“. Plenty of other companies — About.com, Mahalo, Answers.com — have tried to corner the market in arcane online advice. But none has gone about it as aggressively, scientifically, and single-mindedly as Demand. Pieces are not dreamed up by trained editors nor commissioned…

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The Blogs as Aggregator

The Blogs as Aggregator

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Over the past two years, we’ve seen the genie come out of the bag on blogging.  In the good old days if you wanted our content, you came to our blog.  Now, our content is being automatically posted in a bunch of spots, perhaps on Facebook, Google Buzz, Google Reader, and even the headline shows up on Twitter. Then we throw our participation on those other sites in, and now we’re all over the place.  It’s hard for us to…

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Mattel Adds SMDB Barbie

Mattel Adds SMDB Barbie

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Mattel today announced they’ve add “Social Media Douche Bag” to the list of Barbie’s professions.  The new Barbie, which comes complete with it’s own iPhone, iPad and Twitter account will hit store shelves soon. “This career just kind of happened.” notes Mattel product coordinator, Roberta Smith.  “We had a ton of left over ‘Journalist Barbies’ and ‘Dental Hygenist Barbies’ and we had a quick look at where those folks were going when they were laid off, and there it was,…

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The Illusion of Privacy

The Illusion of Privacy

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The launch of Google Buzz this week has once again brought questions of privacy and social networking applications to the forefront.  Just as many of us have questioned over the past few years the repeated failure of Facebook to respect our privacy. To my mind, this is a very simple thing: never post anything to any networking service that you wouldn’t want to see again.  Ever… People have lost jobs over what they have posted on Facebook and elsewhere.  I…

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The Day Social Media Went Mainstream – Google Buzz

The Day Social Media Went Mainstream – Google Buzz

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Google decided that I was ready for Google Buzz this morning, and it magically appeared in my email console.  If you haven’t heard of it, watch this video: On first take, when viewed inside of gmail, Google buzz seems to be a real yawn.  Just another place where you need to update statuses to keep in touch with folks. Exactly what I’ve been warning would become the death of social media, the great diaspora wherein we all end up on…

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NY Times: When iPhone Apps Are Too Smart

NY Times: When iPhone Apps Are Too Smart

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The big secret of iPhone apps is coming out of the bag: most apps that are downloaded are rarely, if ever used. While I’m not saying we’ve jumped the shark here, it is important to note that if the New York Times has picked up on this fact, then it’s approaching common knowledge.  Read their article, “When iPhone Apps Are Too Smart” here. So, for every zealous owner whose iPhone is loaded with little-known programs that predict asteroid fly-bys, there…

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Geo Location Services and the Coming War for Our Whereabouts

Geo Location Services and the Coming War for Our Whereabouts

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Over the past few months I’ve been messing with Foursquare…the geo location service-based social network-game.  Frequent readers will possibly remember that I’m not a really big fan of sharing geo location information, even though I’m perhaps one of the few who has directly had his life saved by cell phone geolocation. Foursquare is an interesting study.  By turning the geo location service into a game and allowing the most frequent visitors to locations to earn the title of  “Mayor” of…

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DeLurker Day!

DeLurker Day!

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Today is DeLurker Day, the day in which bloggers like myself celebrate our readers by offering you an invitation to leave a comment.  I know there are a lot of you out there that read this blog almost daily, but as you know, there aren’t always a lot of comments.  Take the time and let us know who you are and what you like, don’t like and what you’d like to see here or in the world in general, in…

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New Book, Site & Forum: LoveYourGeek.com

New Book, Site & Forum: LoveYourGeek.com

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Last night Karl Susman opened his new site which I developed over the holidays.  The site is to support his new book, “Love Your Geek”, which was released over the weekend for the Kindle and will be arriving in the full splendor of print on February 1.  Many of you will know Karl from his WestsideGadgetGuy.com podcasts, and if you don’t you ought to check them out. The site is a combination of WordPress and BBPress Forum, designed to foster…

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The Real Currency of Social Media

The Real Currency of Social Media

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“It’s people. Soylent Green is made out of people. They’re making our food out of people. Next thing they’ll be breeding us like cattle for food. You’ve gotta tell them. You’ve gotta tell them!” Soylent Green – 1973 So what is the real commodity of social media?  It’s people.  You and me, and all our friends.  Period. Over the past few weeks, this as really started to steam roller.  Let’s take a look at a few examples: Fake Steve Jobs…

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