Mark Loundy's Common Cents

MarkLoundy: Many irrationally hope. RT @nicolehollway: I don't understand why we still think that people will pay to read news online. There, I said it.

MarkLoundy: RT @jdlasica: Thanks to Andy Smith (@kabbenbock), co-author of The Dragonfly Effect, for his talk at today's Social Media Breakfast East ...

MarkLoundy: One in a series of commercial hiphop music videos that I produced for (of all things) an office chair company. http://bit.ly/bIaxGe

MarkLoundy: I'm attending Social Media Breakfast East Bay: July 29 -- http://smbeb-07-10.eventbrite.com

MarkLoundy: @Westendorf There's a lot to complain and whine about - somebody's got to do it. @jayrosen_nyu happens to be pretty effective at it.

MarkLoundy: @Digidave I prefer to call journalism an activity - one worthy of protection without regard to its practitioner's day job.

MarkLoundy: RT @PBSMediaShift: Patch editor: A lot of days I'd get up in the a.m. and start working and wouldn't be done until after midnight. http: ...

MarkLoundy: Updated MediaWoorks demo reel. Pass it on to anyone who needs video services in the SF Bay area. http://bit.ly/a3Odem

MarkLoundy: @howardowens Has there been any buzz about Patch coming to Batavia?

MarkLoundy: @hrheingold Go to www.ICANN.org and click on "Dispute Resolution." Or you could contact the squatter directly and ask them to give it up.

MarkLoundy: @SocialMedia411 Did you reverse the references to "active" and "registered?"

MarkLoundy: Should journalists learn programming? (flowchart) - http://bit.ly/cQumtP

MarkLoundy: RT @dangillmor: RT @tomstites: If you care about the future of democracy and journalism, this reframing by Doug Muder is a must read: ht ...

MarkLoundy: The July 2010 edition of Common Cents is now online at http://www.loundy.org/commoncents/ This month: "Playing the Odds."

MarkLoundy: RT @jayrosen_nyu: If Newspapers Cease to Be, There Will be Two Causes of Death. Part One: http://jr.ly/9eq5 Part Two: http://jr.ly/9g36 ...

MarkLoundy: RT @petapixel: End of an era - Photojournalist develops last produced roll of Kodachrome film: http://j.mp/bcOk2v

MarkLoundy: RT @yelvington: So, are the Gannett "Design Centers" hospices for print?

MarkLoundy: RT @charlesapple: A stunning move by SND and one I applaud: Open letter posted today in response to Gannett hub plan. http://bit.ly/bRMoCZ

MarkLoundy: .@markbriggs Register copyrights for practical protection in the US. There's no requirement for "All Rights Reserved."

MarkLoundy: @LoveStats @mikedonatello People who complain about Twitter's content need to edit/prune their follow list.