January 2012
2 posts
Newspapers, Paywalls, and Core Users « Clay Shirky →
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Idaho Teachers Fight a Reliance on Computers -... →
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December 2011
1 post
Internet Access and the New Divide - NYTimes.com →
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August 2011
7 posts
Time saver →
Our company recently switched to using an online, browser-based service for our timesheets and payroll. I won’t name names, mostly because the task of getting the new service into service…
Meet the new blue →
I’ve been a bit busy the past week or so, what with the new duties of city editor kicking in for me here at the paper, so posting on here has been sporadic. I hope to get my schedule tamed…
Federal study: Internet connections usually aren’t... →
A report from the FCC confirms what many of us already know: Our Internet speed is usually not quite as fast as the brochure promised.
The report also quantified the effects on home…
Bite of Bozeman, as viewed from Twitter →
Our assistant managing editor, Ted Sullivan, put together this story both to capture the Twitter presence of the 2011 Bite of Bozeman and as a way to experiment with Storify, which is just plain…
Common blogging courtesy →
I suppose it’s about time that I do something that pretty much every other blog in the world does: include a blogroll or linkroll in my sidebar.
So, if you have a blog of local or…
University of Montana joins coalition to improve... →
The University of Montana is one of about 30 universities that has joined the University Community Next Generation Innovation Project or Gig.U.
Gig.U’s goal is to expand broadband service into…
Lee Newspapers websites in Montana putting up... →
News reached me tonight — via KTVQ’s Twitter feed, of all places — that the Billings Gazette and other Lee Newspapers in the state (perhaps elsewhere, for all I know) are going to a metered…
July 2011
6 posts
Remembering old blogs →
I’ve had a lot of blogs over the years. The first, back when I was a wee undergraduate in 2002, was just an HTML page that I updated by hand in a pirated version of Macromedia Dreamweaver as part…
Nieman Reports | Online Comments: Dialogue or... →
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Weekend At Kermie's: The Muppets' Strange Life... →
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Pretty soon, @nytkeller's going to run out of old... →
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Time Lapse – 4th of July in Big Sky →
Ah, back to a semi-regular posting schedule after a long weekend out of town.
In case you missed it, this past weekend was the Fourth of July. In honor of that holiday, here’s an excellent local…
Water flows downhill →
Late on Friday night, an oil pipeline underneath the Yellowstone River year Laurel ruptured, spilling about 1,000 barrels. The story is being covered extensively by the Billings Gazette,…
June 2011
10 posts
Bachmann's Unrivaled Extremism - The Daily Beast →
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The Secret History of Iraq’s Invisible War |... →
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The End Of The Rodeo For The World's Greatest... →
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A Federal Study Finds That Local Reporting Has... →
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Two new elements you’ll never see or use added to... →
Two new elements have been added to the periodic table. Elements 114 and 116 are now officially recognized by an international committee of chemists and physicists, the Associated…
Tornado spotted near Columbus and Laurel - Severe... →
Update: A tornado was spotted 8 miles away from the two-town area where my parents live tonight at 9:40. My parents were fine at 10:10, though they had no power.
Stormchasers are tracking the…
Where are the tweets? →
You may remember about a year ago when Twitter announced that it was donating its entire archive of tweets to the Library of Congress for posterity.
Where are the tweets? I asked…
Apple strictly limiting giveaways of its products →
Apple, as it turns out, is so protective of the perceived value of its brand that it prohibits the use of the word “free” anywhere near its product names in promotional advertisements.
Oh, and you can’t give away iPads either.
Bozeman makers unite →
I saw this link posted to Twitter today, and it intrigued me. Bozeman now has its own makerspace, the aptly named Bozeman Makerspace. What’s a makerspace, you ask?
I had to ask too….
Facebook posting likely contributed to Great Falls... →
A Great Falls family returned from vacation to find their house burglarized, likely the result of posting their travel plans to Facebook.
KXLH in Great Falls reports that the Larson family…
May 2011
2 posts
Chronicle online corrections policy altered... →
I wrote some time ago about how the Chronicle handles corrections on its website, and since things have changed a bit, I thought I’d provide an update.
Previously, we would mark passages in the…
Journalism nonprofit interviewing at the Chronicle... →
Who needs newspapers? It’s the question of the day here at the Chronicle, where we are playing host to a video crew from the Who Needs Newspapers? project.
The project, put together by a…
April 2011
8 posts
Take reports of Montana’s terrible broadband... →
Some news outlets have reported this week that Montana’s Internet access speeds are the worst in the country and that this could leave our rural areas “economically crippled.” While I do not…
Creators and share-ers →
Of course you know about the Wayback Machine, don’t you? You’re all Internet-savvy people who’ve been around the block a time or two, so you obviously know about the marvelous website that lets…
MSU offering class on advanced WordPress blogging →
The website WP Candy is reporting that Montana State University is offering an extension course on advanced techniques with WordPress. Check the link above for the course description or read the
Katie Couric: I Am Leaving CBS Evening News →
Katie Couric has confirmed in an interview with People magazine that she’s leaving the CBS Evening News.
Heavy →
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The bugger, bugged →
Hugh Grant breaks into investigative journalism with this hidden microphone interview with a former paparazzi.
Canada! How Does It Work? →
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Baseball's Loss of Innocence →
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March 2011
14 posts
Data: Montana has slowest Internet speed in the... →
According to data from the last two years, collected by M-Lab, a joint effort of Google and the New America Foundation, Montana has the slowest average download speeds in the country — a measly…
“Can priests be just friends? Or must they always be friends with benedictions?”
– An Atheist in the Hospital by Will Berson - Roundtable | Lapham’s Quarterly
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Arthur C Clarke and the end of upbeat futurology |... →
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Judge rules against Google settlement with... →
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A New York judge has denied final approval for a proposed settlement between Google and book publishers, saying that the agreement is not fair, adequate…
The New York Times to Begin Charging for Web Use... →
Details of the New York Times’ metered paywall, which goes into effect March 28.
Get your own hashtag! - Updated to include Storify... →
Well, since everybody at the Montana Legislature discovered Twitter a couple weeks ago (even Republicans), the #mtleg hashtag has become rife with partisan tweets. So, reporter Emilie…
Dubai on Empty | Culture →
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First Do No Harm - Marshall Allen →
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Attorney General Steve Bullock registers Web... →
A spokesman for Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock has purchased www.bullockforgovernor.com, further evidence that Bullock may run for governor in 2012.
KTVQ reports that the domain…
Making a game out of Facebook →
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Yesterday, I found out about a contest that corporate wants to hold to get more fans on the company’s various Facebook pages. There are a number of…
Tom Brokaw talks new media with ASMSU Exponent... →
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Last week, former NBC Nightly News anchorman Tom Brokaw was in town to accept an honorary doctorate from MSU, and he took the opportunity to speak…
Tom Brokaw talks new media with ASMSU Exponent... →
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Last week, former NBC Nightly News anchorman Tom Brokaw was in town to accept an honorary doctorate from MSU, and he took the opportunity to speak with…
How does this story make you feel? →
I followed a link on Twitter this afternoon to a poorly written story (actually a piece of commentary from a community news site operator, as it turns out) about a baby being born in the…