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I'm Bill Wren, a writer-editor, social media enthusiast in Fredericton, New Brunswick. And that would be my dog, Molly Bloom, as a logo in the header.
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Tag Archives: journalism
Mooer’s Law and online content
Are you familiar with Mooer’s Law? It goes like this: An information retrieval system will tend not to be used whenever it is more painful and troublesome for a customer to have information than for him not to have it. … Continue reading
Good answer: Twitter, blogs as news
There’s a good answer on the question of Twitter, blogs etc. as news. From Susan Chira, foreign editor for the NY Times, answering reader questions March 30-April 3, 2009. Via @jayrosen_nyu (btw … the link at the end of this … Continue reading
Monetizing meaning: What is content anyway?
If you follow discussions about social media, journalism, “Web 2.0″ and all that other related “stuff,” a number of terms pop up over and over. Content. Value. Monetization. There is also a lot of “what if” that goes on. I … Continue reading
Social media – where everything is true
Maybe that should read, “everything is false.” The Twitter Premium Accounts hoax is what got me thinking about this. Some people believe it is true. Some believe it is false. Which is it? If you look at it closely, I … Continue reading
The Either/Or Syndrome – news, social media and change
There is an apparent effect of media, particularly of social media, that results, I think, due to the sheer number of voices in the conversations and the speed at which they can communicate. For lack of a better word, I’ll … Continue reading