Comments on: Rebooting personal news

By: Bart

Bart — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:41:58 +0000

Isn’t this the purpose of tagging blog posts (which you haven’t really done here, besides filing this under “Essay”)? You can use tags to follow a thread of all of a site’s previous content depending on where your interests lie. Same thing with linking within your content to important information in context.

By: Michael Jung

Michael Jung — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:12:07 +0000

I forgot, we actually doing it with code already, WordPress.com Blogs where up to 3 stories are chosen which might be similar or of interest related to the tags/category.

By: Michael Jung

Michael Jung — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:09:27 +0000

Why not let readers do the editorial work of adding sources and background information to the news article (or partly supervised to combat spam).

- News Headline——|—————-|
—————————–|—————-|
Lorem imposum——|suggested-|
Lorem imposum——|readings—-|
Lorem imposum——|—————-|
—————————–|—————-|
.. comments…………….|—————-|

Sure, at the beginning, suggested readings might not be as rich and useful as 1-2 days later when good sources were added by readers. But it raises maybe the chances, that the reader comes back again and follow-ups the story via the suggested reading list. Second, it embraces ‘do what you do best, link to the rest’.

- Michael Jung
Twitter@michaeljung

By: Piers Hollott

Piers Hollott — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:33:47 +0000

Great back story on the Garbage Girl story. Why? It’s short, it gives salient details, it connects back to reliable authorities, and it is easily consumable because it is audio. IMHO, this would be a great addition to Lindsey Hoshaw’s about page, or front page. Part of curating your own personal news is providing an easily consumable synopsis of your own projects. Part of narrating your work.

[ http://lindseyhoshaw.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/the-story-behind-the-garbage-patch-story/ ]

By: Piers Hollott

Piers Hollott — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:52:46 +0000

One of the things I appreciate about danah Boyd’s Apophenia blog is that she has front page links to the articles that she feels are critical to the thesis she has been developing throughout her career. Similarly, I wish more people would link to their year end synopsis and predictions on their front pages.

By: Rebooting Personal News « News, Software and All you need

Rebooting Personal News « News, Software and All you need — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:20:26 +0000

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By: Stewart

Stewart — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:37:37 +0000

Hmm maybe a graphical representation like google wonder wheel or google image swirl with dates?

By: TedCHoward

TedCHoward — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:57:32 +0000

As I read this I kept saying Amen to myself. The internet culture of breaking news really needs the ability to get the back story.

Then I remembered an example of someone actually doing this. Every time Apple releases a new version of Mac OS X, John Siracusa posts a very detailed review on Ars Technica. Part of that review is a list to all previous reviews going all the way back to developer preview 2 in 1999. This information is interesting and useful to know where he’s coming from and why he feels certain ways about the new OS.

By: Jody Frisby

Jody Frisby — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:38:26 +0000

Dave, I forget how I noticed your train trip. Must have been thru Twitter. I actually followed just on the basis of travel log. Didn’t realize it wasa Droid test drive too.

Heard the pod cast for the first time monday. You and Prof Rosen are answering my questions and filling my mind with knowledge! Thank you!

Detailed Backgrounder! yes.

I get so much vocabulary from you and Prof R!
Have you guys created a dictionary? I would love that.

Nice to make your acquaintence. You two are bringing this ole gal up to speed fast!