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Re: Membrane: An Experiment in Permeable Publishing - Features - Source: An OpenNews project

mathewi — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:41:59 -0000

This is fascinating. As you probably know, Medium and Quartz have been experimenting with something similar, which they call "notes" or "annotations." Very interesting area. Thanks for this!

Re: There’s Something About Twitter

mathewi — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 12:06:49 -0000

Thanks -- there is something ineffable about that ability to mix close friends with acquaintances, complete strangers and everything in between. Serendipity at work in real time -- inherently unpredictable, which is good, but also potentially flammable.

Re: There’s Something About Twitter

mathewi — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 10:48:08 -0000

Fred, I'd be interested in hearing more about what made your son's friend fall in love with it. Was it just connecting with friends, or following celebrities, or some combination of the two? My 16-year-old daughter is likewise obsessed -- for her it is mostly a way to argue about sexism and the patriarchy :-)

Re: Re/code kills comments on its site

mathewi — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 18:34:03 -0000

Please don't :-)

Re: I'm not making blogging tools

mathewi — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:50:54 -0000

Thanks, Dave -- I didn't mean to suggest that it was only a blogging tool, just that it seems like a great tool bloggers can use to write things and then connect that to their blog. But that was hard to get into a headline :-)

Re: How to make a smiley

mathewi — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:03:47 -0000

I get bugged by my kids for adding the hyphen -- apparently including the nose is old skool :-)

Re: Jet Lag

mathewi — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:58:02 -0000

I haven't done a huge amount of long-haul travelling, but I've found MG's advice the best -- stay up as long as you can when you get to your destination, and try to get as close to a local schedule as possible, as soon as possible: exercise and water rather than caffeine is the best treatment for fatigue, and eating and sleeping at "normal" times are crucial for resetting your clock.

Re: Metainstability

mathewi — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:20:29 -0000

Very true! I have felt that as well. And happy birthday to The Gal.

Re: News articles as assets and paths

mathewi — Wed, 30 May 2012 22:30:10 -0000

Terry Heaton has been ahead of the curve on a lot of this stuff, including the idea of "news as a process."

Re: Fun Friday: Where Do You Get Your News?

mathewi — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:10:39 -0000

Twitter lists, followed by Techmeme, Mediagazer, Hacker News -- some of which I consume through Flipboard and News.me when mobile

Re: A slideshow of sunsets and “skypainting”

mathewi — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:14:38 -0000

iPhone 4

Re: Community and Context: Thoughts on Closing Comments - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic

mathewi — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:45:06 -0000

Thanks for that, Alexis -- as someone who managed a community for a major newspaper (or tried to at least) I know that comments can be a thorny subject, and I agree with you that the kind of curation of responses you tried to engineer is also a good way to handle things sometimes, especially with contentious subjects. It is also hard to manage the expectations of readers, many of whom want to respond in their own ways, not necessarily the ways we might like them to -- and that includes journalism professors too, I guess :-) I appreciate you taking the time to lay out your thoughts on it. All the best,

Mathew

Re: Scripting News: How picture-sharing works today

mathewi — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:38:37 -0000

You should try Instagram, Dave -- even if you don't use the filters or the social elements, the ability to post to Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and a Tumblr blog with a single click is pretty fantastic.

Re: Reasons to Love the Internet: The Rain Dance

mathewi — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:20:46 -0000

Thanks, Bruno.

Re: TVO’s The Agenda: The “Death of the Web”

mathewi — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:40:50 -0000

Not that it's pointless, but it's definitely something to keep in mind.

Re: Scripting News: Kick back Google

mathewi — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:33:45 -0000

Just to be clear, I didn't try to "get a controversial statement" out of Chris Messina -- I asked him what he thought about Twitter Annotations, and he emailed me a response. Simple as that.

Re: Nick Carr’s Retreat From the Internet Continues

mathewi — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:14:16 -0000

I completely agree, Justin. Thanks for the comment.

Re: Nick Carr’s Retreat From the Internet Continues

mathewi — Mon, 31 May 2010 23:48:24 -0000

Thanks, Alex -- totally agree.

Re: Nick Carr’s Retreat From the Internet Continues

mathewi — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:44:42 -0000

That's a great point, Marcus -- unlike Nick, who seems to believe that linking makes us stupider, I think linking and the kind of contextual thinking it enables or encourages is better for all concerned, writer and reader.

Re: Nick Carr’s Retreat From the Internet Continues

mathewi — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:41:50 -0000

Of course there's a right and a wrong, Anna -- I'm right and Nick is wrong! :-) But you make a good point: there are nuances to this. I happen to believe that the benefits of links in the text far outweigh any disadvantages.

Re: Nick Carr’s Retreat From the Internet Continues

mathewi — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:27:10 -0000

Maybe I've been blogging too long, but when I read a post that has no links, I instinctively question the writer's diligence -- it just feels wrong somehow.

Re: Nick Carr’s Retreat From the Internet Continues

mathewi — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:22:19 -0000

Thanks for the comment, Ksenia -- I think putting links at the bottom makes them seem less like part of the argument or discussion that a good blog post should involve. It makes them easier to ignore, and harder to realize when one is missing that probably should have been there.

Re: Nick Carr’s Retreat From the Internet Continues

mathewi — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:13:23 -0000

Totally agree, Vadim. Thanks for the comment.

Re: Me on The Agenda: The iPad and the Future of Media

mathewi — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:01:33 -0000

Yes, it may be the future of media, but it certainly doesn't seem to be the future of Flash media :-)

Re: Come On Nick, You Can Do Better Than That

mathewi — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:25:37 -0000

Thanks, SM :-) Great anecdote, by the way.