Strategy

Social networking? For raising money online, email is still the killer app

I recently heard Thomas Gensemer, Managing Partner of Blue State Digital, speak at a breakfast at the Harvard Club sponsored by Quantum Media. BSD managed Obama’s online fundraising and volunteer efforts.... READ MORE >

Strategy

The Paper That Doesn't Want to Be Free

In a time of dizzying change, it’s sometimes best to take the stance: “Don’t just do something, stand there.” Those publishers who, from the start. charged their readers for internet access to their content... READ MORE >

Strategy

Can we live without the print edition of the New York Times?

In the January/February 2009 Atlantic, Michael Hirschorn examines the real possibility that the New York Times may not survive the year—at least in print. Never mind how this will impact journalism. Hirschorn... READ MORE >

Code

Where is MySQL Going From Here?

Where is the king of open source database engines, MySQL, and where is it going? For many years during the beginning of the 21st Century, MySQL enjoyed a stable and ever growing popular place in the open... READ MORE >

Design

Can Design Save the Newspaper?

h/t Signal vs. Noise

Strategy

Why We Must Shift Our Attention from "Save Newspapers" to "Save Society"

And so it is today. When people demand to know how we are going to replace newspapers, they are really demanding to be told that we are not living through a revolution. They are demanding to be told that... READ MORE >