Topic: Jeff Jarvis

Another Google Fail: Privacy

Yesterday, on Mark Zuckerberg's birthday, Google revealed in its blog that it had stopped collecting data from its street view service because it had inadvertently sniffed and collected about 600 gigabits of ...READ»

WeMedia's iPad Economy

Just a scant four weeks after the launch of the iPad,  WeMedia had the wisdom to gather some folks to spend a day exploring the future of the iPad economy.  Of course,  they didn't call it that.  In fact, everyone ...READ»

Editor of The Times Goes Online to Answer (Not Very Many) Questions on Impending Paywall

Following on from this morning's news that two of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers are to start charging, James Harding, editor of The Times, braved the Intertubes for a Q&A with his readers. Although there were no googlies ...READ»

Cat Stuck in Tree Covered Fairly, Journalistically by AOL's Hyper-Local Patch.org

Patch Media, AOL's local content and advertising platform, has just launched Patch.org, a charitable foundation that aims to cover hyper-local news in communities that are suffering from a dearth of media outlets, the ones the ...READ»

Search-Engine Strategies '09

What's today's best search-engine strategy? "Look beyond the search engines," says What Would Google Do? author Jeff Jarvis, who will give a keynote address at this event. Traditionally, companies looking to get discovered ...READ»

Fast Company Recommended Events December 2009

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New Influencer: A Social Media and Blogging Classic

Thinking about writing a blog for your small business or are you a marketer looking to dial-up your clients presence on the web? Paul Gillin’s book, The New Influencer: A Marketer’s Guide to Social Media, offers practical advice for anyone, whether you’re a seasoned marketer or digital novice, to increase brand presence and capture new audiences in the online space. Nearly four years after its publication, it remains relevant and useful to industry professionals and greenhorns…READ»

FTC Responds to Blogger Fears: "That $11,000 Fine Is Not True"

Bloggers say the FTC is threatening hefty fines if they take freebies. Not true, an agency rep tells Fast Company.READ»

Can Anyone Tap the $100 Billion Potential of Hyperlocal News?

Community-driven news services have been the next big thing online for years. Can The New York Times or AOL find the $100 billion local-advertising pot of gold?READ»

• Local Yokels

Is Hyperlocal Journalism's Savior?

It's been the week of hyperlocal. And by week, I mean the past two days, since Twitter accelerates the online journalism news cycle to roughly the rate at which we breathe. I hadn't finished exhaling the news of Everyblock's sale to ...READ»

Twenty Tweets #16

Am beginning to create some sensible order around tweets - so that it remains a fun thing to do but also begin to arrive with significant life purpose.  What is obvious to me is that I am currently subscribed mostly to the ...READ»

The Launch of Mediaite.com Further Blurs the Line Between Editorial and Advertising

The Washington Post's Salon Fallout and the Launch of Mediaite.com have brought attention to the blurring lines between "Church and State"READ»

Will NPR Save the News?

The most successful hybrid of old and new media comes from the last place you'd expect. How NPR's digital smarts, nonprofit structure, and good old-fashioned shoe leather just might save the news.READ»

How To Hack Harvard

College tuition has risen more than any other component of the cost of living for the last 18 years. But in the Internet era, information is free and ubiquitous. To the extent education is a knowledge industry, it would seem ...READ»

Just Say No: Why AOL's Infamous Customer Service Debacle has Become the Ultimate Marketing Cliche

Let's say you're writing a marketing book. Advice: Under no circumstance regurgitate the story of Vincent Ferrari, the blogger who posted a recording of his call with an AOL rep who tried to prevent him from canceling his service.READ»

Why Start (Up) Now

Amid the gyrations of the stock market, and predictions of a severe economic downturn, I have found myself in the interesting position of launching a start up with my friends at Lullabot and Bond Art + Science. Over the past six ...READ»

Personal Branding Hall of Shame Redux

Thank you, Jeff Jarvis. Jeff Jarvis, as you remember, was the blogger who outed Dell for its egregious customer service, which he called “Dell Hell.” Recently, I entered my own “Dell Hellish Dell” when I spent about five ...READ»

The Media is Social

How FastCompany.com will alter the digital landscape.READ»

Dell Hell Revisited and Personal Branding

Remember “Dell Hell.” That’s when Dell learned – or should have learned – the power of consumer anger. Blogger Jeff Jarvis reamed Dell for its shabby customer service and the story was amplified into a “blame Dell” ...READ»

How to Launch a Career With Your Blog

Your blog can get you the career of your dreams. READ»

My Book, by Me

How to subvert an industry for under $30.READ»

Is Print Doomed?

A blogger and a magazine exec square off. Is paper too one-way in an interactive world, or will the Web actually beathe new life into dead trees?READ»

Is Print Doomed?

A blogger and a magazine exec square off. Is paper too one-way in an interactive world, or will the Web actually beathe new life into dead trees?READ»

Citizen Journalism

PBS' "Frontline" is doing a series called "News War: What's Happening to the News". Part 3 aired last night @ 9pm, but you can watch it online. Segment 19 in part 3 is of particular interest to those of us involved in ...READ»

Stuff By Us, Part Two

Another soundbite from a Davos discussion on user-generated content. In something of a metaphor for the UGC phenomenon, much of the most trenchant stuff came not from the formal panel members but from the audience. Jeff Jarvis, ...READ»