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BarCampOhio to Happen, Finally!

Seeded on Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:54 PM EDT ()

BarCampOhio is happening on August 11, 2008 after talking about it for two years. (Really, it's been two years, see one of my updates back when Newsvine was just a snot-nosed kid).

technology, barcamp, ohio

Milestones a Minute

Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:53 PM EST

Synch these two articles together and you'll easily notice that one third of the U.S. population has had its personal data compromised in one way or another. Boeing laptop theft puts U.S. data breach tally over 100M U.S. Population To Reach 300 Million This Month

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us-news, population, data-security, identity-theft

BarCampOhio

Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:22 PM EDT

BarCampOhio is officially launched. We don't have much, just determination right now. But if you are in Ohio (or nearby) and want to share some knowledge and learn a hell of lot, join our effort to make BarCampOhio a reality.

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Kings Fall to Fans

Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:32 PM EST

In the April issue of Business 2.0, Erick Schonfeld writes that content is no longer king. His article, "Tuning up Big Media" claims that the audience is king now. Companies are asking for a struggle if they take that approach.

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media, business, social, web, fuzzy

Stories from Mars!

Seeded on Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:17 AM EST (Google)

No. This isn't the National Enquirer. It's Google!!

world-news, social-worlds, fuzzy

That Old Familiar Feeling

Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:59 PM EST

I had that old familiar feeling last night. It has been years since I felt it last. It's that feeling that I love everyone and I'm on top of the world. I usually got that feeling about mid-way through a night of college drinking and dancing. But this time it was different.

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family

Business Web 2.0?

Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:56 AM EST

Might be a bit early to say this, but Business 2.0 seems to be positioning itself as the publication of the new Web. The February issue was the first place I read the words "Web 2.0" in a print publication. The March issue just arrived and seems to be following suit.

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media, business, social, web, print

Ming the Mechanic: Mohammed cartoons in Egypt

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2006 9:51 PM EST (ming.tv)

Citizens can be journalist without even trying. And we often are, just on a smaller scale. Blogs and sites like newsvine give us a little more reach. Here's to watching that reach grow, and grow, and grow.

news, we-media

Lost Remote: Good stats on local TV web ad growth

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:44 PM EST (lostremote.com)

Local online advertising will grow. But will local content? Advertorial might end up the only thing left to read about my neighborhood. Hope that happens. Then the audience will be truly starved.

entertainment, local