Who Is Humphrey Cheung?
Humphrey Cheung is a new kind of journalist. Let’s call him a tech-journalist He didn’t go to Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. He didn’t start on a newspaper. He was an IT guy who worked in tech journalism....
Read moreWords With Friends – Reaching for a dictionary that isn’t there
Reaching for cyberspace…. Like everyone else, apparently, I have moved from wasting hours on Freecell to wasting hours on Words With Friends. This is considered a more ‘social’ game, (as you play it with other people). While I try...
Read moreTrojan Wars v. Cupcake Wars – You Decide
There’s a message for you…. Yesterday, I had a meeting at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The Met has what is probably the world’s finest art collection, and while they have always made films and DVDs...
Read moreThe GOP Money Wagon Rolls Into Illinois
And this week……more of the same…. I am not going to get involved in politics here. Who you vote for is your business. I do want to talk about what is rapidly becoming the world’s longest- running (and least...
Read moreMiracle On The Tyne
A few months ago we ran a training bootcamp for a handful of reporters from Sky News in Newcastle, England. Newcastle has fond memories for me. It was where we ran the BBC Video Bootcamp for nearly four years,...
Read moreLies, Politicians and Videotape
When I was a kid, I used to lie in bed late at night and listen to the radio. In the dark, when everyone else was asleep, you could tune into some extraordinary stations from very far away on...
Read moreWorld’s Richest Man Does Not Get It
And now…..this A few years ago, Lisa and I were in Venice when we saw the biggest private yacht I have ever seen pull into the Grand Canal. It looked more like an aircraft carrier. “What in the world...
Read moreAu Revoir Encyclopedia Britannica – And Why NBC Is Next To Go
When I was a kid you either had The Encyclopedia Britannica or World Book. The rich kids had Britannica. The upward strivers had World Book. We had World Book. Britannica was a status symbol, but it was more...
Read moreAl Jazeera Airs Syrian Doc Shot Entirely on iPhone
Tomorrow night, (March 14th), Al Jazeera is going to air a documentary shot entirely on an iPhone by a journalist working in Syria. Syria is a very dangerous place to work and the iPhone gave him access to film...
Read moreiPad3 – Is This The Definitive MMJ Tool?
iPad HD or iPad3 or whatever they want to call it…. Two nights ago, we had Melissa Flemming, from the UN over to dinner. We have been talking to her about training and empowering her staff to create their...
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