JR: Circa and BuzzFeed - December 2014 - #media - #startup - #mobile
- Dec 18, 2014

JR: Email newsletter startup business - Proof that not all of the ideas have been taken. Lo-fi tech approach plus personal interests plus a passion to make something. dec 2014 july 2014 sample #email - #media - #writing - #technology - #startup
- Dec 17, 2014

JR: Snarky, tear-down content - It's a common writing style because it's easy to do, and many people enjoy it because it makes them feel good when they read about others getting verbally torn down. Humans have a desire to see successful people and projects fail. For some years, ... more>> 1 min read
- Dec 17, 2014 - #web #media #writing #business #blogging #design

JR: Stories to read - Dec 15, 2014 - #media - #comments [x] [x] [x] [x] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8753526 https://medium.com/@hvost/designer-news-most-popular-stories-of-2014-547e0e89865b https://github.com/neilj/Squire
- Dec 16, 2014

JR: The New Republic upheaval - December 2014 - It has been the main topic at Mediagazer from Thu, Dec 4 through Tue, Dec 9. The irony of the New Republics retreating elite posting their displeasure on Facebook was heightened by Hughes publishing a defense of his plans for the magazine pla... more>> 7 min read
- Dec 12, 2014 - #media

JR: Journalist baffled by Quartz.com design - Feb 11, 2014 story titled Does it matter that mobile-native Quartz has a mobile-minority audience? The answer is "No," since Quartz is an 18-month-old digital media startup, and responsive web design only began its popularity surge in 2011. The cha... more>> 10 min read
- Dec 09, 2014 - #media #moronism #mobile #responsive #design #startup #blog_jr

JR: Recode.net drops comments from its stories - Nov 20, 2014 Recode.net's reasons for dropping comments are similar to Reuters's reasons for announcing recently that it dropped comments from news stories: the discussion occurs on social media. ... we concluded that, as social media has cont... more>> 1 min read
- Nov 20, 2014 - #comments #media

JR: Goofy Vox.com political crap - I had high hopes for this site when it launched in early 2014. Sometimes, they post interesting info, but a lot of times, the site posts infantile crap. Example: 9 damn good reasons to go vote today 2) Raises for 680,000 workers The 2014 electio... more>> 2 min read
- Nov 04, 2014 - #politics #media #moronism

JR: One site owner's view on comments - Authored by: Bryan Goldberg. Bryan is an entrepreneur in New York and San Francisco. He is the Founder and CEO of Bustle.com. He previously founded Bleacher Report, and currently advises several startups. Major achievements, but it does not mean... more>> 12 min read
- Oct 23, 2014 - #comments #media #moronism

JR: Hyperlocal Journalism or Local Blogging Networks - Jul 15, 2014 - NY Times - Blog Sites Unite: Brooklyn, Weve Got You Covered Excerpts from this interesting story about blogging being used as hyperlocal journalism. What makes their approach different, they say, has to do with providing service j... more>> 3 min read
- Oct 23, 2014 - #local #blogging #media #blog_jr

JR: FiveThirtyEight Elo NFL Rankings - #data - #nfl - #media
- Oct 08, 2014

JR: Some Ello thoughts - Sep - Oct 2014 - (my Sep 29, 2014 comment at ToledoTalk.com with minor corrections and/or additions added below) If you know someone who already has an Ello account, then you can request an invite from that person. Otherwise, you'll have to wait until Ello gets arou... more>> 12 min read
- Oct 05, 2014 - #ello #socialnetworking #media #moronism #blog_jr

JR: My Sep 30, 2014 comment about Toledo's blight authority - The water authority talk in the other thread made me wonder if any updates existed for Toledo's blight authority. Sep 11, 2014 - Toledo Councilmen release names of 15 people for newly formed Toledo Blight Authority Sep 19, 2014 - Collins shows o... more>> 1 min read
- Sep 30, 2014 - #toledo #politics #media #moronism

JR: Journalism's new code of ethics in September 2014 - Sep 18, 2014 TheHill.com story. "Remember, journos, if your mother tweets she loves you, check it out." Excerpts: The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) adopted a new code of ethics this month and the main difference between the revamped... more>> 2 min read
- Sep 18, 2014 - #media #moronism #humor #blog_jr

JR: FiveThirtyEight - NFL - {{feed= desc}} #nfl - #media
- Sep 18, 2014