Clay Shirky
Paywalls and the problem of competition Paid Members Public
Clay Shirky has brought forth another long piece on the economics of the paywall business [http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2010/11/the-times-paywall-and-newsletter-economics/] that’s worth a read. I’d just like to highlight a single sentence, though, as I think it’s a point that’s missed far too
On Anecdote as Argument Paid Members Public
An interesting (and critical) analysis of the shortcomings of the anecdote-based argument style used by Clay Shirky [http://whimsley.typepad.com/whimsley/2010/04/wikibollocks-the-shirky-rules.html] and others: > But stories and analogies should be a starting point for thought, and not its terminus. They should be the spark that
Morning Coffee Reading: Post-Easter Link Dump Paid Members Public
Some heavyweight stuff that’s been sitting in my tabs over the holiday weekend: - [A last act of insanity by delusional content companies](http://charman-anderson.com/2010/04/02/ipad-app-pricing-a-last-act-of-insanity-by-delusional-content-companies/) – Kevin Anderson, who seems to have been liberated to write by taking voluntary redundancy from [The Guardian](http://www.
Privacy and Social Networking at SXSW Paid Members Public
There’s a really nice series of posts from Liz Gannes [http://gigaom.com/author/lizg/] on social networking and privacy from South by Southwest [http://sxsw.com/], which echo my thoughts [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2010/02/the_forgotten_world_of_the_web_introvert.html] from a week
Clay Shirky: The Journalism Crisis Will Get Weirder Paid Members Public
Well worth watching, for an insight into what the “end state” of journalism might look like as we get through this transformational process: [via [DigiDave’s Quickies](http://digidave.posterous.com/clay-shirky-on-journalisms-future-revolutions)]
The Obligatory Clay Shirky Link Paid Members Public
Whenever Clay Shirky posts about journalism, journalism blogs must link it. It is the law. * *In this case, it’s worth it, too. He does a very straightforward piece of [analysis of a newspaper in the US](http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/10/rescuing-the-reporters/), figuring out what it’s
Iran, Twitter & Media Supply/Demand Paid Members Public
A couple of people have asked me what I think of the #cnnfail situation, with live Twittering from Iran exposing the conflict there, but the major news networks not starting to cover it until hours later. I haven’t really felt inclined to write anything because, well, I’m not
Death of News Media Announced (Please Send Flowers) Paid Members Public
To add to the gathering clouds, Brian [http://www.brianmicklethwait.com/index.php/weblog/comments/clay_shirky_on_newspaper_doom/] linked to this neatly-argued augury of DOOM [http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/03/newspapers-and-thinking-the-unthinkable/] (as did everybody else, as half an hour in my feed reader proved): > The
