Archive for September 2006

Will Post for Money

In Blogging, Internet, JPG Magazine, Technology on 22 September 2006 with Comments Off

Or: Consumer-Made Media and the Almighty Buck
Jason Calacanis is the P.T. Barnum of the weblog world. Barnum took a hirsute woman and turned her into The Bearded Lady. Calacanis took something as banal as paying writers to write and turned it into An Issue That Must Be Discussed. And I’m glad, because it is.
If [...]

Come with me to Denmark

In Life on 19 September 2006 with Comments Off

I’m going to be in Denmark for the next few days. I’m speaking at the ubercool Knock Knock conference all about community-powered media and what we’re up to at 8020 Publishing and JPG Magazine.
Wanna follow along? I’m going to try to post updates to Twitter and photos to Flickr in a kind of realtime travelogue [...]

JPG 2.0

In JPG Magazine on 18 September 2006 with Comments Off

Exactly two years ago today, JPG Magazine began with a simple mission to honor the amazing work coming out of the online photographic community. Today, after six issues, on JPG’s 2nd birthday, JPG has been reborn.
Everything is new. You can now create a membership and upload your photos. Members can directly create the magazine by [...]

The Kid Always Gets the Last Word

In Life, Stories on 3 September 2006 with Comments Off

My nephew Hugh is two years old. And, as the husband of the sister of his mother, it is my duty to impress him. I am determined to be the Cool Uncle.
Heather and I are in Chicago for a family visit. We’re all gathered at a nice restaurant for dinner - Heather’s sister Claire, [...]