Maine wastes taxpayer money on inept web campaigns

Mon Mar 6, 2006 11:06 PM EST

A Maine blogger is uncovering a trail of ineptitude and waste in the state's Office of Tourism. Here's a re-cap of his investigation and a call for other bloggers to help shine a light on yet more taxpayer money swirling down the drain.

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google, technology, scandal, government, maine, seo, search-engine

Some follow-up thoughts on Newsvine's community

Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:14 PM EST

Last week I slammed Newsvine but didn't offer suggestions for improving it. This week I hope to make up for that.

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technology, ethics, newsvine, online-community

Something's rotten on the vine

Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:17 PM EST

Is it just me, or have you noticed a disturbing lack of interesting seeds on the vine?

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journalism, news, ethics, newsvine, citizens-media

Hey, NFL: Show me the games, every day

Wed Feb 1, 2006 8:33 PM EST

The NFL is on top of its game. But what if a crazy idea helped it score even more with fans?

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nfl, sports

New ESPN website: a little bit of everything, a whole lot of nothing?

Fri Jan 20, 2006 7:28 AM EST

The other day, Newsvine co-founder and former ABC/Disney/ESPN employee Mike Davidson posted a link to the new homepage design for ESPN.com, opening conversation about the quality of the design.

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technology, sports, tech, web-design

Bring back 'Futurama', but not to TV

Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:20 PM EST

Yet another adult cartoon is on the comeback trail. But is another life on TV the best we can hope for our favorite cancelled shows?

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entertainment, tv, dvd, television, pop-culture

Under Cliton, NY Times defended govt spying

Seeded on Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:09 PM EST (American Thinker)

With President Clinton in office, the New York Times had no trouble supporting a large-scale electronic eavesdropping initiative by the US (and other) governments.

debate, privacy, politics, civil-liberties, media-bias

Soderbergh's 'Bubble' first cross-platform film release

Seeded on Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:50 AM EST (Ars Technica)

Steven Soderbergh's 'Bubble' debuts tonight in theaters, on HDNET, and will be available on DVD just days from now. It's a new experiment in distribution for movies.

entertainment, film, dvd, bubble, movies, hdtv, distribution, steven-soderbergh, film-industry, film-bubble