- @briansolis wrote a *must-read* post on @al_gore’s Web 2.0 keynote: Al Gore & the Social Revolution of Change (w/ pix) http://ping.fm/o7FoL #
- @tanjab http://twitpic.com/l143 – that’s literally a sweeping if not racist and likely 100% inaccurate headline #
- @michaelpilla 100% may be the result of an exit poll sample but is anything ever really 100%? Other #’s seem high too. what’re the REAL #’s? #
- @michaelpilla but this poll is not professional, it’s from LMU students trying out the “Racially Stratified Homogeneous Precinct Approach” #
- affligem noel at blue palms tweet-up with @darkknight247 @bushmanbill, others, talkin emo design, tasty beer #
- @michaelpilla @tanjab my disbelief stems not from the whatever++ percent in LA voted Obama, but that more than half of those voted Yes on 8. #
- @ev now you’re playing with power 😉 #
- @AndrewWarner say it ain’t so. what? and BitTorrent is the next Friendster? Buddy Chat ya later, holmes… #
- @NicoleJordan enjoy BKK and environs w/ @jackiepeters @gregarious and co. go straight to beach. Oh, and say hi to my roommate Greg 😉 #
- Palin will run in 2012 if its “God’s will.” Clearly there is no god in politics, and thats breaking, Wolf 😉 #
- cmon @barackobama, auto industry shouldn’t get a dime until it really steps up w/ better, greener, dareisay cooler cars. payoffstudentloans #
- Why Re-Tweet when you can ParaTweet (PT)? It’s just as deserving of attribution #
- Citi is sending me an AA companion ticket after I called requesting to close account after collecting miles #travelhacks #
- I just donated to IVAW (Iraq Veterans Against War) in honor of veterans and active soldiers at war. Felt good. Here’s why http://tr.im/D5p #
- way cooler than the GMail vid chat is the ability to translate RSS feeds on the fly in Google Reader. http://tr.im/1022 #
- yay. John Roderick (The Long Winters) will be joining @jonathancoulton and @hodgman at Echoplex tomorrow night! http://tinyurl.com/5j7hw3 #
- I’m such a sucker for @garyvee’s free shipping deals. + my original wristband is all worn out. Happy bday week @garyvee. Bring the thunder! #
- @Carolineoncrack re: “blogger parties” it’s the NEW new marketing for a broke-ass economy. but bloggers don’t HAVE to give good reviews 😉 #
- RT @LAist: County of Los Angeles Joins SF and Santa Clara Counties in Lawsuit Against Prop 8: http://is.gd/7d9G #
- @baratunde @TheOnion LOLZ I’d love to know how many people buy it. Can’t believe how much The NYTimes, Tribune are charging for old papers. #
- Why are so many .edu domains NOT no-www compliant? I’m looking at YOU: columbia.edu, uiowa.edu, indiana.edu Anyone know? seems a bit silly. #
- missed opportunity: great american steak & fry co. really shoulda sponsored this great american shakeout earthquake drill #
- in honor of the Great Shakeout, here’s The Bird and the Bee, “Preparedness” chillout, y’all. http://songza.com/z/iqwr6e #
- how would one download podcasts over the air to Blackberry Bold? Love that feature on the N95 #
- Cubs finally put 1998 behind them, say goodbye to Kerry Wood. Maybe next year really is *the* year. Now gimme Lowe/Peavy http://tr.im/12l2 #
- @artindeepkoma Gregg will be a fine setup man for Carlos Marmol #
- thinking about pre- @hodgman recital grub at Masa. Hoping for the extremely experimental, i.e.: http://tinyurl.com/6hncru #
- 100+ No on 8 protesters outside El Coyote. Traffic slow for 1 block on Beverly. Peaceful, jubilant, no visible 5-0 #
- finally had a reason to use DownThemAll plugin today. It’s come along way… great for passing assets through the cloud when FTP is no go. #
- everytime I see people reference QoS I can’t help but think of @queenofspain. Seems a lot of people want to see you tomorrow, QoS. #
- totally distracted from work by photos of Montecito Tea Fire. 70 + homes destroyed?!? Had to post it up for @LAist: http://tr.im/1327 #
- laist #
- LOLZ. thanks twitter for making the “delete” feature temporarily unavailable. Sorry for that last one – was intended for search box replizes #
- http://twitpic.com/loay – @MissMotorMouth yes, I went there, and sadly no — can not destroy. watch your libel, tweeps… no delete! #
- The AP keeps conflating Montecito with celebrities. Typical SoCal linkbaiting. Only “celeb” I know of out there is @dsearls. Hope yr hou … #
- @tanjab not saying there arent celebs with property in #
- montecito, but i’m celebrity-stupid 😉 #
R.I.P. Studs Terkel
One of the greatest radio voices of all time, pioneering storyteller Louis “Studs” Terkel died today. He was 96. What he gave to journalism and radio storytelling has everything to do with my addiction to podcasts, public radio and journalism of the people for the people and to the people.
It goes without saying that Terkel’s unique traveling interview style, best illustrated on 1963’s “This Train” is the model for great audio and visual storytelling of today. While riding the train from Chicago to the civil rights march in Washington D.C., Terkel gathered the voices of anger, joy and ultimately optimism from people of all ages making that historic trip. Just listen to part one of “This Train” below and, suddenly, you won’t think This American Life is the most revolutionary program to hit radio.
Studs was a Chicago guy but his stories had a purely American bent, touching on difficult matters of importance and celebrating life coast to coast. I’m sorry that he will not be around to see Barack Obama become president, although he discussed as much with a Huffington Post scribe in the days before his passing. I’m also sad that the Cubs couldn’t pull it out this year for Terkel and other Cubs fans who’ve waited the better part of 100 years to see a championship.
Studs Terkel was an activist until his dying days, playing a prominent role challenging AT&T’s corroboration in releasing records to the National Security Agency in 2006.
I hope to locate the full audio of this amazing piece to post later. For now, here’s the first 50 minutes of “This Train.”
Video and more below:
Travel Hacks: Oregon Coast Weekend
Today I’m introducing a new section to netZoo called Travel Hacks. I’ve traveled quite extensively (at times) over the past 15 years and in digging through my many notes and recollections, I realize there are quite a few tips, tricks, and secrets that I’ve come across. I’m hoping these posts are helpful to those who read the blog or stumble upon it and I know it will be helpful in digitally archiving the more incredible encounters and experiences of the past, present, and future.
This past weekend I met up with more than a dozen college friends for a long weekend retreat on the Pacific Coast (photos here). We chose Oregon because many of us have relocated to the West Coast since graduating from the University of Iowa in Iowa City between 1997 and 1998 and perhaps more notably, one of us needed to stay close to Portland with a seven-week old (these plans were made in early 2008) and two others were not far in western Washington State.
Murray Fromson Blogs Again
One of my pet projects over the past few years has been to get Murray Fromson to blog again. I met Murray at USC, he was in his last year teaching journalism and even though I never had a class with him I spent time talking sports, politics, newspapers, Internet, and even broke fast at his place a few Yom Kippur’s ago.
A couple years ago I migrated his blogspot (blogger) blog to wordpress and retrained him for quick and easy posting, but it wasn’t until this week, after he took me to California Wok, that he’s finally kicked his blogging senses back into gear. Apparently he was busy traveling the world and finishing up a book on Lincoln or something. I encourage you to keep up with his posts — they’re great and insightful — and in the near future look for his entries to appear in the Huffington Post.
Check out this colorful intro to Fromson’s well-informed perception of where the Obama campaign stands now, tainted, most naturally, by the general bitterness in the Southern California air surrounding Sam Zell (and company)’s dramatic mismanagement of the LA Times. Then click on and read the rest of the post: Continue reading “Murray Fromson Blogs Again”