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Still love those glasses!
ReplyDeleteJames, you look like a lunatic when you put those glasses on and bug your eyes out to read the screen. I love it! Now if you only had some Elton John windshield wiper goggles.....
ReplyDeleteDarn, those thick reading glasses!
ReplyDeleteI think all newspapers should come together and try to decide what is best for them financially in regards to asking subscribers to pay for online content. They have all got to get on the same page. If this were established, papers should have lawyers that go after individuals who copy and paste articles on their blogs or sites in the same way that the music industry has tried to protect it's material.
ReplyDeleteAnd if photos and stories are republished elsewhere, a fee should be paid to the reporter and photographer. This would be a great incentive for writers and photographers to get out there and get the best stories with hopes that they would be reprinted in multiple places, meaning more cash.
I don't have the brilliant solution to reinventing the newspaper financial model. But I found the Poynter column you linked to surprisingly uninspiring.
ReplyDeleteI don't see any of her suggested models as very promising.
Another winner!
ReplyDeleteJim, how about flashing a title of today's discussion at the beginning of each clip? Something that will show in the YouTube freezeframe.
ReplyDeleteNothing fancy, after you get done talking, just write the subject on a sheet of paper and hold it in front of your face and then put that clip at the beginning.
Just that when I want to go back and review something you said, it would be easier to find a subject - esp. when you have hundreds of videos in your library....
Good idea!
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