The Internet

How the Huffington Post Helped Save a Life

Matthew and Peter Slutsky | Posted 02.28.2009 | Media

Read More: The Internet, Journalists, Newspapers, Turkey, Sabri Bogday, Citizen Journalism, Bloggers, Prisoners, Computers, Web, Websites, United States, Journalism, Internet, Istanbul Turkey, Istanbul, Religion, Saudi Arabia, New Media, Los Angeles Times, Turkish Coalition of America, Huffington Post, Blogging, Citizen Journalists, Media News
Matthew and Peter Slutsky

In March 2008, I asked readers of HuffPost to reach out to reporters and bloggers to help tell the story of Turk Sabri Bogday, who at the time faced unjust execution in Saudi Arabia.

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Join the National Teach-in on Global Warming, Feb 4-5!

Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Global Warming, The Internet, Al Gore Global Warming, Environmental Crisis, Congress, Carbon Emissions, Youtube, Al Gore, Teaching, Barack Obama, Green News
Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte

Get a group of people together, find a room, and let the National Teach-in know that you want to talk to your congressional representatives about their plans for dealing with carbon emissions.

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Life is Short. Have an Affair.

Carine Fabius | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Infidelity, Monogamy, Dr. Phil, Relationships, Dating, Cheating, Affairs, The Internet, Women, Baby Boomers, Tang, Computers, Web, Websites, Gay, Internet, Romance, Los Angeles Times, Gays, Technology, Love, Living News
Carine Fabius

What do you think about a site that makes it easy to find people interested in having affairs? I'm thinking this is not geared to the younger set, but rather to aging boomers.

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Chief Technology Officer to be Transformational?

David Kralik | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Chief Technology Officer, Center for Responsive Politics, Center for Responsive Politics Obama, Washington DC, The Center for Responsive Politics, Technology, Barack Obama, Silicon Valley, The Internet, Google, Obama Cabinet, Computers, Web, Websites, Internet, Obama's Cabinet, Media News
David Kralik

Technology and the Internet were crucial to helping elect Barack Obama president and it will be crucial to the success of his administration.

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The Pope's New YouTube Channel

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Jews, Holocaust, The Vatican, Excommunicated Priests, Holocaust Deniers, Jewish, Vatican YouTube, Youtube, Pope Benedict, Excommunication, Vatican, Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop Richard Williamson, The Internet, Websites, Video, Online Video, Technology, Politics News
Matthew Filipowicz

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Why Old Media Can't Deny New Media

Ari Herzog | Posted 02.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Janis Krums, Television, Newspapers, Twitter, Online Media, US Airways Crash, New Media, Aviation, Media News, Journalism, The Internet, Us Airways Hudson River, US Airways Plane Crashes, US Airways Crash Photos, Plane Crash Hudson River, Hudson River, Plane Crash in Hudson River, Old Media, Iphone, Internet, New Jersey, Old Media Death Watch, Hudson River Plane Crash, Technology, Hudson River Crash, Citizen Journalists, Old Media vs. New Media, US Airways, Citizen Journalism, Tweets, Plane in Hudson River, Portland Oregon, Media News
Ari Herzog

Twitter is a subset of new media. Your evening news and morning papers aren't quite there, lacking internet technologies, commenting, and synchronous interactivity.

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Too Big to Succeed

John Standerfer | Posted 02.23.2009 | Business

Read More: The Internet, The Great Depression, Fdic, Bankruptcy, Money, Economy, Bank of America, Websites, Venture Capital, Capitalism, Facebook, Taxpayers, Dotcom Crash, Superbowl Ads, Dot-Com Bust, Super Bowl Ads, Taxpayer Money, Youtube, Banks, Dotcom Boom, Dot-Com, Technology, Silicon Valley, Great Depression, Business News
John Standerfer

What we don't appear to understand yet is that no amount of money, time or regulation can possibly resolve this problem while a few banks continue to hold the entire nation hostage.

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The Obama Effect: Co-Creating History One Tweet at a Time

Juliette Powell | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Twitter, 33millionpeople, Obama Inauguration, Juliette Powell, President Obama, Community Organizing, Facebook, Barack Obama, Caroline McCarthy, Justin 'Rocket' Silverman, The Internet, Obama's Inauguration, Tweets, Media News
Juliette Powell

After the inauguration -- impervious to cold, color and creed -- the crowd remained joyous with street vendors hocking Obamawear at every slow moving step.

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A Million Views (and Then Some) on Obama's Inauguration

Raafi Rivero | Posted 02.23.2009 | Business

Read More: The Internet, Twitter, Beer, Computers, Websites, Obama, Media, Business, Facebook, Barack Obama, Internet, Television, Itunes, Video, Viral Video, Online, Youtube, Marketing, Branding, Online Video, Technology, African-Americans, Minorities, Business News
Raafi Rivero

YouTube has become the default TV of the Internet. This is remarkable considering that a) It did not exist during the last presidential campaign and b) so much of the content is by non-professionals.

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Maintaining Presidential Popularity During a Recession

Darrell West | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Internet, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Computers, President Obama, Public Speaking, Franklin Roosevelt, Facebook, Barack Obama, Recession, Presidential Popularity, u.s. Economy Problems, Recession Fears, Youtube, Technology, Myspace, Politics News
Darrell West

Obama is a gifted public speaker whose ability to inspire hope, confidence, and optimism is legendary. He relates well to ordinary folks and understands how to communicate in terms people understand.

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The Icelandic "Facebook Revolution"

Sigtryggur Magnason | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

Read More: The Internet, Youth, World, Rioting, Web, Iceland Economic Crisis, Websites, Iceland Global Economic Crisis, Facebook, Iceland Economy Collapse, Youth Activism, Iceland, Iceland Banks, Internet, Riots, Iceland Economy, Iceland National Bankruptcy, Online, Political Activism, Iceland Financial Crisis, Iceland Bank Crisis, Icelandic Government, World News
Sigtryggur Magnason

Icelanders don't have the culture of crowds. There are no subways, no train stations, so Facebook has made a great social impact and has played a vital role in the days since the economic crash.

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Twitter Journalism

Rory O'Connor | Posted 02.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Social Media, Microblogging, Twitter, Journalism, Miracle on the Hudson, The Internet, Internet, Computers, Technology, Twitpic, Media News
Rory O'Connor

When it comes to breaking news -- from heroism on the Hudson to terror in Mumbai to calamity in California -- Twitter leads the pack these days.

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Obamerica's Digital Congregation

Aimee Liu | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Political Organization, Usaservice, Service, President Obama, Barack, Secular Religion, Religion and Politics, Religious Right, Community Organizing, Obama, Inauguration, Religious Left, Obama Technology, The Internet, Community Service, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Computers, Web, Websites, Facebook, Internet, Social Networking Sites Community Organizing, Volunteering, Technology, Myspace, Politics News
Aimee Liu

Thanks to digital organizing, Obama now has a secular congregation as big as America. That congregation elected him. Now that same congregation is going to practice the values that he has preached.

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The Final Jack Myers Media Business Report. It's Time to Get Into the Game.

Jack Myers | Posted 02.19.2009 | Business

Read More: The Internet, Old Media vs. New Media, Web, Websites, Media, Business, TV Advertising, Old Media, Internet, Advertising, Online Advertising, Old Media Death Watch, Online, New Media, Facebook Advertising, Technology, Business News
Jack Myers

Our industry is faced with an advertising depression, a rapid acceleration of media fragmentation, and audience shifts to non ad-supported media.

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The Problem With Online Job Boards

Sophie Brickman | Posted 02.18.2009 | Style

Read More: Job Boards, Writing Jobs, Jobs, Mediabistro, Editing, Facebook, Writing, Linkedin, The Internet, Internet, Computers, Technology, Style News
Sophie Brickman

Job headline: "An Int'l Moving Company searching for a professional writer." A moving company of... ideas? I click on this link in Craigslist's "Writing/Editing" job section.

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The Audacity of the Presidential Inauguration Committee: or This Land is Whose Land?

Susan Brison | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, Obama Inaugural, The Internet, Msnbc, Star-Spangled Banner, Hbo, Inaugural Concert, Folk Music, Music, Barack Obama, Television, Peter Seeger, Cnn, Inauguration Concert, Youtube, Politics News
Susan Brison

I was hoping that hearing Gene Robinson speak at the Inaugural Concert would return to me the joy I felt on election night, but the Presidential Inauguration Committee decided to sell the property rights to HBO.

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Milestone

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 02.16.2009 | Style

Read More: Living, Media, Entertainment, The Internet, Jews, Web, Websites, Jewish Culture, Anniversary, Blogs, Internet, Huffington Post, Jackie Mason, Blogging, Technology, Style News
Earl Pomerantz

Ideas are like twinkling slivers of understanding. They flash in your mind, and you go, "Yeah!" It's not usually the whole thing that comes to you. Just a fragment.

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The 10 new Golden Rules for Living in a Web2.0 World

Rick Smith | Posted 02.16.2009 | Business

Read More: The Internet, Texting and Driving, Internet, Twittering, Twitter, Social Networking, Home Movies, Computers, Web, Social Network, Media, Technology, Webcams, Texting, Business News
Rick Smith

The 21st Century has ushered in new social media applications. But with access to these tools granted across the entire Bell curve of intelligences, it seems as if we have handed out guns to chimpanzees!

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Why the Youth Vote Is the Big Story -- For 2008 and for Decades to Come

Eric Greenberg and Karl Weber | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Internet, Jews, John McCain, Youth, Youth Vote, Barack Obama Youth Vote, Web, Hispanics, Facebook, Obama Young People, Barack Obama, Internet, Obama Youth Voters, Millenials, Obama Youth Vote, Voters, Obama Youth, Technology, African-Americans, Myspace, Politics News
Eric Greenberg and Karl Weber

We'd like to state the case for the youth vote as being crucial in understanding the Obama victory and what it means for the future. The youth vote deserves a lot of respect in its shaping of the electoral map.

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Smart Growth: Three Simple Steps to Help the Economy and the Planet

Bill Shireman | Posted 02.14.2009 | Business

Read More: The Internet, Cell Phones, Wind Power, Economy, Green, Renewable Energy, Cars, Jobs, Obama Administration, Pollution, Green Energy, Facebook, Income, Internet Servers, Solar Energy, Green Technology, Electric Cars, Waste, Green Growth, LEED Certification, Low-Carbon Energy, Technology, Energy, Twitter, Leed, Carbon Emissions, Computers, Web, Petroleum, Tax Reform, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Financial Growth, Software, Economic Stimulus, Savings, Business News
Bill Shireman

Taxes aren't just too high, they're too dumb. Whenever we put a tax on something, we get less of it. Yet, incomprehensibly, we continue to tax the things we want more of.

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Facebook Journalism

Rory O'Connor | Posted 02.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Social Media, Trust, Social Media Networks, Facebook, Credibility, Journalism, The Internet, Internet, Social Networks, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Computers, Web, Websites, Technology, Media News
Rory O'Connor

Randi Zuckerberg: "When journalists can really engage with this audience and enlist Facebook users to market and share their content, that is such a powerful way to share credible news and information."

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OMG & POS Computer Predation Overstated

James Mulvaney | Posted 02.14.2009 | Living

Read More: The Internet, Children, Computers, Raising Children, Web, Parenting, Porn, Sexuality, Pornography, Internet, Kids, Sex, Sexual Harassment, Cybersex, Technology, Children and the Internet, Parents, Living News
James Mulvaney

Most of my professional experience involving sexual predation involves undercover stings where some pervert starts up a conversation with a willing "teenager" who turns out to be an undercover cop or agent.

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Why I'm Not On Facebook

Meredith Broussard | Posted 02.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Facebook, Facebook Privacy, Turkey, Family Relationships, Family, The Internet, Social Networks, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Online, Holiday Season Commentary, Style News
Meredith Broussard

My college students would find me on Facebook in about five seconds flat. Can I really get up in front of a classroom and command authority if my students know I helped make a fruit turkey?

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The Israel/Gaza Facebook War

Jessica Olien | Posted 02.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza, Facebook, Israel, The Internet, Web, Websites, Facebook Status, Media News
Jessica Olien

Status Updates on Facebook have a whole new tone to them these days. In the past week these innocuous little descriptors have been replaced by some heavy war-petting, Israel style.

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Free Fall: December 2008.

Giles Slade | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Madoff, Recession 2008, The Internet, Economic Bloggers, Hanukkah, Holiday Shopping, Blagojevich, Selling Senate Seat, Economic Crisis, Holiday Season Commentary, Production, Merry Christmas, Christmas Commentary, Recession, Layoffs, Chanukah, Job Cuts, Economic Free Fall, Political Bloggers, Recession Fears, Political Corruption, Financial Crisis, Political Bribes, Financial Corruption, Holiday Sales, Business News
Giles Slade

Here, at the end of the Bush years, the bottom has suddenly dropped out of the world and Americans are in mid-fall, struggling to stay upright and wondering when it will end.

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