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Evolution

Ever since the Tower of Babel, effective communication has been a work in progress. Communication on the web is no different. As journalists, one would think we'd have this figured out. Sadly, we don't.

Here are a couple of attempts at evolving the way we communicate with our audience from The Sunday New York Times.

- 'At Home Again in the Unknown'

Great article about my favorite Icelandic treat, bjork. Online, the article is 'spiced-up' with audio from the interview. A small, but very meaningful value-add. I love being able to hear her voice and I love being able to get some additional content I don't have to read.

- 'How YouTube Helped Lisa Nova Start Her Career'

LisaNova has been one of my YouTube subscriptions from the start. She is droll and bust a gut funny at the same time. She is also timely; able to riff off the current culture at the drop of a hat; her latest, 'LisaNova Does 300' may be her best.

Nice, short and sweet piece in the Times about her rise - and for anyone who thinks YouTube is a fad...please pay attention!

Are We There Yet?

Chronicles of NYTd.
Moving into the new space by my friend Andrew Devigal, Multimedia Director, NYTd.

twitter

I don't know what to make of twitter.

I have been playing with it for a week or two and am still looking for the 'killer app'.
The technology that allows this instant ability to communicate is wonderful, but to what end?

Lots of new stuff to play with lately; have you checked out ustream?

I have been checking out the NYT tweets.

Is this the future of headline delivery?

Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most

Backyard Spring, 2007
Originally uploaded by Burnt Pixel.

Get out and enjoy!

Virginia Tech, The Week That Was

I think most of us are still in a state of shock. These kids were our neighbors and our friends.

The level of violence that happens in this world is too much.
The level of violence that happened close to home this week should remind us of that and call us to action.

And what should the media be doing? I talk, with others, about that here.

Pay attention to the faces, remember those who died.

Thank you, Jackie Robinson

I grew up loving baseball. My mother loved baseball and it was because of her that I did also. She was a Brooklyn Dodger fan even after they left for the west coast and, of course, it was because of Jackie Robinson.

There are many things to thank Martin Luther King and Malcom X for, but perhaps more needs to be said about the path they followed, paved by Jackie Robinson.

More you need to know here, here, and here.
Photo by Getty.