Related Articles

• 

  The history of blogging marches on

  1670 readersReading Om Malik’s reflection on the AOL purchase of TechCrunch, I had to pause at this sentence: “Like Arrington, I learned much about blogging from Dave Winer and Doc Searls.” It reminded me of a long-ago post on this blog that I wrote as a reaction to a TechCrunch post Mike Arrington wrote in 2007

• 

  It’s the words and photos, not bells and whistles, that make reading-media work

  6365 readers If I had time, I’d write a post that would reflect on what Patricio Robles says here and what Khoi Vinh said here. Short version (and, with apologies, some inside baseball): Condé Nast’s most successful magazine iPad app is the New Yorker — which eschews all the bells and whistles the company jammed into its

• 

  Techmeme receives a love letter from the New York Times

  1181 readersI’ve tried many times over the years to kick my habit of checking in numerous times a day to see what’s on Techmeme. I’ve always failed. Because I was an early fan of Gabe Rivera and his approach to aggregating and ranking news (and rumors) that are trending on the corner of the web where

• The thin line between honoring and commercializing

  1144 readers I can only imagine the debates that took place inside State Farm and its agencies over creating a TV commercial to run during the coverage of the 911 tenth anniversary. Frankly, if I were in an advisory role, I would suggest steering clear of the topic, as no matter what you do, it will be

• 

  End of the pre-iPad era

  1278 readersApparently, I was the first person to leave the Nashville Apple store with a new iPad this morning. Since it was officially announced in January, I’ve tried hard to avoid blogging about the iPad. (However, I haven’t displayed such restraint on Twitter.) Frankly, I’ve been burned out on iPad blogging since writing a speculative guessay last

• 

  How many curators does it take to curate a story about lightbulbs?

  1528 readers The concept of media curation has been around a long time. How long? Well, I can at least date it back to August of 2007, as that’s when I registered the domain CurationMedia.com, an address that re-directs to Hammock.com. But somewhere along the way, the inherently-confusing metaphor of “curation” being applied to content on the web

• 6 Amazing Vintage Baseball Designs

  3875 readersIf you love baseball, you have to appreciate living in an era when we’ve witnessed so many major records broken. At the same time, perhaps you long for the day when every other record broken wasn’t tainted by the suggestion of scandal, from steroids to human growth hormone to betting on games. The 1919 World Series

• 

  Top 8 Major League Baseball Slogans of 2012

  5011 readers The 2012 Major League Baseball season is in full swing, and I thought it a good time to touch on the fact that baseball, like all professional sports, is a business. And like any other business, marketing is a key component to baseball’s success. Brand marketing is critical; in baseball, fans (customers) are passionate about

• 

  Top 8 Major League Baseball Slogans of 2012

  4491 readers The 2012 Major League Baseball season is in full swing, and I thought it a good time to touch on the fact that baseball, like all professional sports, is a business. And like any other business, marketing is a key component to baseball’s success. Brand marketing is critical; in baseball, fans (customers) are passionate about

• Twitter in a time of emergency – a few observations, suggestions and thanks

  3498 readersOver the weekend, my hometown of Nashville experienced massive flooding due to unprecedented torrential rain. (For those who would like to help, please contribute to this fund set up by the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.) As I was in Charleston, S.C., for American Business Media committee and board meetings for most of both days, I