Who Needs Magazines?

In the current media climate, why would you want to launch a magazine? Maer Roshan, who has been working on Radar for four years now, answers that question in his letter from the editor for the upcoming Feb. 13 issue.

The Craigslist Anomaly

This is an impressive anomaly. I especially like the adjectives Michael Slater uses to describe the designs of craigslist and Google.

Geo-Locative Info

Are we entering "the sunsetting of the Web" as Caterina Fake, one of the cofounders of Flickr, puts it. Says Fake:

The idea of a browser, of a Web page, is becoming less and less important. The Web is breaking apart. We set up our services online, but are then looking at the data on a mobile phone or PDA.

That quote comes courtesy of the Poynter-based blog of Monique Van Dusseldorp, who attended the Digital Lifestyle Days conference in Munich this month with Fake.

Van Dusseldorp writes:

What does this mean for new services? Your device knows where you are and where your friends are. Fake was convinced that the next wave would be in "geo-locative' information.

Another next wave to monitor. Cool.

Welcome

Welcome to Convergence Journalism, a new course we will be unveiling at UMass-Amherst this semester.

I will be updating this blog throughout the semester with news, updates and plenty of links to stuff I think is worth checking out.