For us geriatrics, Jane Gross' New Old Age Blog was a revelation. I also understand that it got millions of hits right out of the box. For that alone, she should be more than the "butt" of a bad joke, but her work deserves better.
If you ever want your heart to break, head over to the Times' migraine blog. It is called Migraine: Perspectives on a Headache. The comments section is consistently devastating.
I'm not old either, but the typos drive me fucking nuts. Nuts!
- Calendar. Not calender.
- Strunk and White wrote "The Elements of Style," not "Element of Styles."
- Hillary Clinton is not a dude. Her first name has two Ls, not one.
(+1 if you're trying to make people think Gawker has been outsourced to Mumbai. )
@flavorflav: OK, fine. But did you ever think about the fine Mumbai-Americans whose ambitions to night-edit Gawker you've just crushed like Deep-Fried Tandori Chicken with your cruel reference?!
Editors at The Daltonian were too coked up to comment, but did point out that their private tutors had basically written the story so why don't you go ask THEM and get out of their fucking FACES for ONCE because they didn't INVENT THE WORLD. #dalton
@raincoaster: I'm pretty sure I don't know you, but what's interesting is the paranoia I am now experiencing. Are you peeking in my bedroom window? Are you closer than that? ARE YOU MY DOG? #dalton
It'd be nice to see a online news paper really shake things up and not run itself like every other news blog. I mean, the hard truth is that the news will be online for free... So if the big guys hide behind pay-walls a large majority of surfers will be thrown to different websites. New big guys will pop up and become huge, if they can find a way of making money with online news. Be warned, there will be news pirates, aswell...
But I mean why does the NYT have to run like a standard site? Radically change it up, maybe more like fastflip, maybe not. But something unique, with extremely relevant ads. It could work
@brennanmceachran: I know a fellow trying this at Vancouverite.com but of course like everyone else, he's struggling with the model. He's the best investigative reporter on the west coast, though, so he DOES have an advantage. #newspapers
It was Sulzberger, who may or may not be the heroic pilot who dumped into the Hudson, who nailed the dilemma square on. Only nobody caught it. He said the Titanic was not done in by icebergs, but rather by the Wright Brothers nine years before.
He should know. He's the Captain Smith of this Titanic. #newspapers
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I think one a month is enough. There is a lot there to digest.
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That said his "I am not a journalist" thing is total bullshit.
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Also, remember when the Gawker tag "The New York Times is just a fancy blog" was like, a futuristic neg?
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- Calendar. Not calender.
- Strunk and White wrote "The Elements of Style," not "Element of Styles."
- Hillary Clinton is not a dude. Her first name has two Ls, not one.
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Also, the CBC would probably buy the blog about hockey.
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[manolobig.com] #dalton
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But I mean why does the NYT have to run like a standard site? Radically change it up, maybe more like fastflip, maybe not. But something unique, with extremely relevant ads. It could work
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He should know. He's the Captain Smith of this Titanic. #newspapers