D's Responses

Still expecting 1 more.

From: Jordan Barnes

1. I love the idea. Magazines haven't really started looking at the online world as a platform for taking it to the next level. Style.com is probably the most visually appealing place. However, like
style.com, this idea seems like it might be hard to get around in. Remember, information overload is called information overload for a reason.

2. I think this is really the next step facebook needs to take. However, I feel like most of my friends are not just annoyed with applications, but don't really read online news, so I'm not sure how much it would help people. I guess it all depends on how you define news. I feel like I would get a lot more hits to Perez Hilton than New York Times. Is there a line drawn?

3. Maybe I'm not understanding it correctly, but can't you often just type stuff into google to see if anyone stole it? Would this instead, automatically do the checking to see if things are coming up on more than one web site? and if so, what about sites like AP that whore their stories out to nearly every major online publications.

4. I don't know how often this would get used but it's a good idea. The technology is there, like many weather sites, track your IP address to give you the weather wherever you are. Or even the top headlines in your area. I feel like it already exists.

5. Very novel idea. However, not extremely innovative. I don't know how much the mood of site would make a difference compared to the content.

From: Jon Taylor

1. This is a great idea in general, I just think that it needs to be more fully realized. The ideas that you're approaching with this are all ideas that make for a great project, but I'm not sure if all of the ideas (mixing YouTube, slide shows, and news content) will necessarily gel with each other.

2.I love this idea. Using inspiration like AdSense is the perfect medium between news content and sales. It also helps determine what people want to see in news aggregation on the internet. The only downside is that it sounds a lot like RSS feed programs - try and add a few more elements to really spice it up.
3. An online fact checker would be difficult to start up, but overall it's a good idea. Unfortunately, it's already out there on the web - at the moment, I can't remember any specifically, but there are a few very in-depth plagiarism and fact-checking bots out there.

4. This idea is not exactly new. Many news sites (that support their own content as well as RSS) localize the news to individual users based on zip codes. One example of this is Yahoo News. Your presentation of this news could be entirely different from these existing sites, but it would need to be very innovative.

5. This is an interesting idea, it just needs to be fleshed out more. I'm not exactly sure what your group is going for so I can't really add my own opinion.

-Jon

NewWest site and article

Through some random website "webbing" I ran into this site and specifically this article that I'm going to give you the link to. Some of the information gives you a business look at start up hyper-local news sites and citizen journalism, and some of it I thought was right up our alley. On the left hand side is a drop down bar to "Find your town page here," which gives this regional news site an even more local look. Check it out...

Newswest Article

Jenna

*Reformatted by Rob

Feed back from Chris Raine in Team C from KU...

Here's some feedback for UNLV's ideas: 1. I'm not so sure about this one. It seems to me that it wouldn't be that terribly different than a normal website, except you can only access certain pages by going through the sequence rather than going directly to where you want to go. Slides, as I understand this idea, would really just be kind of like webpages, and it seems a lot like a Flash program. Perhaps with more explanation I would better understand what makes this unique. 2. I like the idea of providing the news using an adsense-like program, but my big fear would be that it would be a very complex, and possibly very annoying application. This idea has a lot of potential, but it would have to work very well to justify the adsense-esque collection of news rather than simply allowing users to specify what topics or geographies they want. That said, this is a very intriguing idea, and it's definitely worth exploring. 3. This is a good idea. So good, in fact, that I think it might already exist, at least in a limited form. The key, as you stated, would be to create the very complex algorithm/program that could effectively aggregate and compare stories to determine if plagiarism took place. 4. I like the idea of hyperlocal news, and it sounds like that would definitely be this idea's angle. This sounds at least somewhat similar to one of Ithaca's ideas, as well as our hyperlocal wiki idea. The cell phone/GPS/physical location angle is interesting, and is worth exploring, although I'll be honest, it kind of makes me think of Big Brother. 5. This idea sounds very interesting. An immediate concern is that it may throw any supposed objectivity over the side. A story that is presented as "sad" will automatically influence readers to interpret the information a certain way. Kind of like journalistic bias in a graphic form. Still, very intriguing, and could be useful for certain types of stories, particularly soft news and stuff like that.

Cooler than the iPhone: Eventstreaming

Really interesting and provocative post today over at one of my favorite blogs, TechCrunch. If you couldn't (or didn't want to) stand in line for the iPhone, you could be almost right there thanks to the live videostream folks were putting up.
In this post, TechCrunch calls eventstreaming "the missing link in Web 2.0’s challenge to network television."
Pretty compelling.
Another interesting place to stop and ponder is this post on Seth Goldstein's blog about Facebook, and how and why it is becoming the "social network of choice for us chic geeks." One reason, Goldstein says, is because Facebook is allowing peole to create new applications for use on the network .You've no doubt seen some new apps lately on Facebook, and I think some of you have proposed creating new apps as part of this project. Well, guess what? Facebook would *love* that!
And then, because I am a cockeyed optimist and like to hang with the "half-full" crowd, I urge you to slide over to the MediaShift blog where Mark Glaser lists 10 Reasons there's a bright future for journalism.
And talk back. What helps you and what inspires you?

What we are trying to accomplish here

Every so often it's important to ponder our mission and refocus. I promised you I would post this, so here it is, straight from the grant document.

First, here is the big picture from Knight :

The Knight Brothers 21st Century News Challenge Initiative seeks…

• New ways for people to communicate interactively to help people better understand one another in geographic communities, share know-how and generate passion in solving local problems;
• New ways for people to use information, news and journalism in geographic communities to imagine their collective possibilities as communities, and to set and reach common community goals;

• New ways to dig for news and act on it in geographic communities, including new ways to collect, prepare and distribute information, news and journalism that reveals hard-to-know facts, identifies common problems, clarifies community issues or points out practical courses of action.

Now, here is what Dr. Dianne promised we would deliver:

"... an effective, efficient and replicable system with the capacity to generate and execute entirely new approaches to and examples of participatory community news."

"... original and relevant models of news production, format and distribution, and it will make those models available to individual, independent and industry news producers

"... an entirely new form of participatory community journalism, one that is scalable, replicable, affordable and effective. Deliverables may adopt any digital format or approach – from a Web site, to a news application, to an immersive media simulation or platform. But they must be adaptable and relevant, useful to real people and real communities."

"... Most important, the project will generate new approaches to community news production and delivery, which will be made available to all news producers across the country."

Think about it. Ponder it. Print it out and put it inside your AP Stylebook under your pillow and grok it.

And first one to send me a link with the real origin of the word "grok" wins. ;-) (hint: it ain't Steve Jobs!)

Adam Moss on Charlie Rose

Thought I would post this, Moss is the editor of New York magazine and has done a lot of other magazine stuff. Towards the end of the interview he talks about how the website is different from the magazine and how they plan to proceed online in the future. Their website isn't actually that innovative but it gives you a feel for what magazine editors are thinking right now.

CharlieRose.com

New York Magazine

Team blog links

Here are the links to the other teams' blogs. Check em out:

Team Awesome: http://teamawesomeinnovationincubator.blogspot.com/
Group 2: http://innovationteam2.blogspot.com/
Group 3: http://incubator3.wordpress.com/
Team Voltron: http://group1voltron.wordpress.com/
Kansas State: http://chanticle.blogspot.com/
KU: http://ehub.journalism.ku.edu/innovation

Feedback from Team C member...

Hey Jenna,
I should start off by saying that my comments may sound harsh, but I onlymean to help your group pick out all the little bugs that may be lurkingin your ideas.

Good luck,
Christina

#5) I'm really not into this idea. I think that putting a stylistic spinon a story is irresponsible journalism - it cuts out objectivity. Thissounds like a tool for making propogranda.
#4) This sounds cool, but how different is it from a local news paper?I don't see the value proposition. I think that if you were a person whoconstantly travels that it would be great, but I don't know how manypeople fall into that category. I think maybe I misunderstood this alittle bit.
#3)Very, very cool... If you can do it, go for it. I don't know how youcan make the technology work for you, bit if it's there, that's awesome.
#2)I think that social networking-sites need work when it comes to news,but I wonder how much interest there is. Why would a person choose to gettheir news here and not someplace else, just something to think about.
#1) This sounds neat, but how is the information organized? What is thethread that ties it all together. The whole 'rolling over images and theychange' thing has already been happening for a long time.

More Rambling

Hey guys,

OK, new idea. Not sure how many of you guys are familiar with websites like DeviantArt or Newgrounds, but they all are based on a model where art or photos or cartoons are created and rated or judged by other artists within the community. The best rated or newest creations are posted to the front page which is where most people will arrive and get their fix. Once you are looking at something you can also easily see other stuff by that artist or look at their favorites section, which usually links to similar stuff which is very useful.

At their core these places are communities. Artists often team up on projects or emulate each other and really strive to create better art as a community. Most of them do it for fun, in their free time, but there are a few professionals who make a living off of either flash cartoons or artwork or photography. Thanks to creative commons licensing they can post their professional work to these sites and sell them or license them to companies or whatever. Kind of like the whole creation nets concept.

So I was thinking, how can we do this for journalism? How can we do it effectively? And I'm not just talking about citizen journalism. It should be a place where any journalist can post their stories, or photos or whatever and have them looked at and commented on or reviewed by a large community of fellow journalists (amateur or professional). The best content would be promoted though some system to the portal area where anyone can look at it. The problem is of course that news is fleeting. It might not be any good after a couple of days so the content would have to be "evergreen". Not just todays headlines but really analytical, in depth pieces. I'm also not sure if there is a community out there willing to put all that time into reporting without any prospect of a paycheck. I think if people used it, it would help to elevate our field and provide a community for freelance journalists but there are a lot of problems.

For instance, OhMyNews has citJ by individual reporters but they aren't very thoroughly checked or reviewed by the community. Most of the stories are also about very recent events and focus on the who, what and where instead of the why.

WikiNews is a good place to put together all the articles on a news item that are already out there together and strain out the facts and important info, but don't expect to get much credit and don't expect a lot of original reporting. Its also heavily focused on the latest happenings rather than the slow ongoing stories you might find in the New York Times or watching Frontline or something.

So yeah I don't know if this kind of thing is possible or realistic but it would be cool. Probably asking way too much at this point.

Ok so if we are doing the DATA stuff then wouldn't that be a tool, because I think that is a good tool to use I think Rob's idea is great, is this only marketing to Magazines, or can we make it news related? My computer has been going crazy so I am a little behind, I am catching up though.

Data Visualization

As you all know, I love data. I've been noticing that more and more newspapers and magazines are taking lessons learned online and implementing cool new ways of data visualization for print in more advanced or cool looking ways. Kind of reverse engineering. I'm not sure if these are helpful to our project but maybe somebody will get a bolt of innovation from looking at them.

Some Jonathan Harris stuff

Good Magazine is All about Visual Data

So I was thinking, man this stuff would be a lot cooler online. I could click on stuff and it would take me to more info. It would be cleaner since you wouldn't have to squeeze all that text in there.But how can I make THIS post more visual, how can I implement some cool visuals into ordinary stories? Can it be done automatically? Anyways just trying to get the juices flowing.

Another Idea we can pick apart;) Oh yea...and it's me, Jenna

Ok...So I don't have a name for this idea yet, but I've been thinking that it's sort of a geographic picture database. It's pretty primitive, and I came up with it while trying to think of some of the problems I run into reading news stories. It's an idea that definitely works for internet news story-telling... When reading a story, even a local news story, I run into descriptions of locations that I've never been to or am not very familiar with. For me (and I'm assuming others?) this presents a bit of a problem. Once I can't visualize what the writer is actually talking about, I lose interest in the story and I find it hard to keep reading. Now, I've never seen this done (aside from proper nouns in a news story that link you to a specific website), but that doesn't mean much. I was thinking that somehow we could create a database that would link locations in stories (cross streets, landmarks, buildings, etc.) to pictures. And not just a snapshot, but those photos that let you turn 180 or 360 degrees so you can get a good feel for what and where the location being described looks like. I was trying to search for this on the internet, but it's kind of difficult because I'm not pitching the idea as a website. It would be a tool- there's that magic word;)- that journalists can place in their internet stories for readers to use as they choose. The NewYork Times links certain proper nouns and other nouns mentioned in articles to other stories (relative or not) in their archives. So while they use a link, their link promotes a different idea than what I'm proposing. The database I was thinking would solely be for pictures/images, and they would be semi-virtual;) Ok...that's my contribution for the day...j/k...but really let me know what you all think...even if this doesn't work, we could use it for a springboard for other things or add it to one of our existing ideas. This just happens to be the biggest lightbulb moment I've experienced during this whole project, so I thought I would share it. I still like our number 3 (Online Fact Checker/Plagiarism Exposer) and number 5 (Mood simulator) ideas...good stuff;) Jenna

Top 5

1) We all came up with ideas that combined all channels of news, so I think we should try and figure out a way to implement this idea creatively (maybe we could do this in second life)

2) Sorry to toot my own horn, but I really like my first idea. The only thing is I think it maybe more of a cellphone/pda type application because of the GPS/tracking capabilities of these devices. However there could also be a database, that's accessible online, that people in their homes could use to check out the news in areas they are going (or just out of curiosity).

3) We all had ideas that used Myspace and Facebook or some other form of community/social networking websits. I really like these ideas because I believe that social networking websites are going to be popular for a long time. The ideas can all easily be combined and I think this is something we should talk about during our next meeting.

4) I really liked Rob's information overload idea, however the technology and potential bandwidth of the site is a little bit out of my league. Of course I'd be willing to investigate how to make it into a reality.

5) I like the idea of interactive/filckr news sites also, my own problem is that stories with a lot of action (sporting events, wars, etc.) will be easy to report, whereas stories with little action (politics for example) might be difficult to generate interest in, based on images alone.

Lauren J's Top 5

1. Cell phone ticker this could really appeal to everyone of all walks life.
2. A Myspace or Facebook app that Hepi came up with with I think it could just be so much more easier to get more people involved.
3.Information overload this could be really intersting.
4.IPOD news ALMOST everyone has an IPOD!!!
5.Online community that references comments and captions in blogs I like this one.

Narrowing it down

Jenna was nice enough to let us use her digital recorder during the lecture and will be posting it for you all as soon as I get it back to her today. It raised an interesting question for me about our purpose....are we supposed to design one cool story/site or something that can be applied universally? Anyway, here is my list of smooshy ideas:

1. I like the idea of combining flicker news and second life news. At first it is just a map with news pictures and headlines flashing up but give the people the opportunity to zoom into their location and have a look around. Everything would be linked, like Rob suggested, to more information and archives.

2. Combining Facebook and Who cares news? might be NEAT! If we could add another page for people to fill out for their profile including interests and then create a news page for them based on those interests. This is cool because they wouldln't have to create another/new profile (that can be annoying).

3. I am intrigued by Hepi's idea of physical location news....I picture it being like a tour of a city with information each place you stop....could be great for tourists. If not, then it would be a great featue to add with the Flicker/Second Life (map with proximity news).

4. I like the idea of readers getting to know their journalists. However, I want to implement some type of technology with it...Any suggestions? Perhaps we could use a dictation software and have journalists talk into their cell phones that would post to blogs. It would be more immediate this way.

5. I still like the idea of creating a data base that includes all formats of news, news on youtube, news discussion in blogs and news chats. It would also include acual news room news coverage too to make it LEGIT. If nothing else it would get people to talk about news so that they could get posted and receive their 15 min.

Rob's Picks

So, the presentation was very interesting. I think I've sort of changed my perspective on this project as a result. Hopefully someone can put up that mp3 pretty quick. I recommend giving it a listen. Warning- long post ahead.

So this is just coming out of my ass but here's what I'm thinking. Maybe we shouldn't be focusing on individual gadgets so much (not that we necessarily are since a lot of our ideas don't) but really look at how to present the major tools of journalism(photos, data, writing, video, interviews, etc) in a more cohesive, web-only manner. I think that if we can figure out a new way of combining all the elements into a truly cohesive mash thats quick and useful that it will work out very well. Right now a typical story is text, pics, and maybe a video, or a podcast of the same info. All of which are presented almost as separate entities. We should be combining each piece as a critical section of the whole story. Rob Curley showed some really cool projects by the Washington Post and um the Naples Paper where he did that kind thing with flash. They were very large projects though. I'm thinking maybe we could devise something like those but on a smaller scale, like for each story, and make every story really interrelated to the others. Anyways I'll try and find those so ya'll can see. I was thinking something like browsing through news the same way you would browse google earth(click on locations for pictures, video, wikepedia articles and such) but maybe not based on actual location, not sure how they would be "mapped" though. I need to give it some thought. Not just a simple list of course. I don't know, just thinking.

Anyways top 5

1. Jenna's #7 and my #1.
I think they can easily be combined. I was really thinking like maybe a news website where theres only a few Journalists but the audience really gets to know them and is able to participate and see everything thats going on. They would have to be likable though, no Norm!'s. Of course some people might say that getting to know a journalist makes them less objective to the audience but I don't think so. They would have to be willing to lead a "Real Worldish" life though. Although a bit classier I would hope.

2. Hepi's #1 is interesting.
Not sure if it's possible anymore with all the privacy software out there, unless you type in your zipcode or something. I guess IP address can do it for you. Seems like it would be more of a feature though like at the side of the news page- heres what happened on your block- who got arrested, who sold a house, which restaurant is good, etc. could be a nice element in the whole interrelated content thing though.

3. Hepi's #6 + Lauren's #8 + Rob's #9, 4 & 5.
Okay this is big one but all of our ideas are basically about having people report and be able to easily post the stories and integrate or meld their stuff into other people's stuff. This is already being done of course. I think we can work on a new protocol maybe that standardizes and sort of combines your material into the existing mesh, once there is one. Defining aspect I think would have to be a heavy lean toward multimedia resources. I dont think for instance, that there is a place where soldiers or reporters or locals can post pictures up of Iraq (as a group) and really discuss the problems depicted in the pictures. but I did find some gems like- here- but its not really grouped with other Iraq stuff- most Iraq tagged photos are of protests. I'd like to post pictures of all the crashes I see on the streets (or into walls) up to a place where other people do the same and we can talk about why people drive so terrible in this city and what intersections are the worst or what drivers you should watch out for (anyone in a Hummer).

4. Rob's #6 + Hepi's #2 + Lauren's #1, 2 & 5 + Dero's #6.
I think all of us, except Jenna, did something with Facebook or Myspace. Not sure I understand Lauren's ideas but maybe we should talk about this one next meeting. I think there is a niche there but Its tough to fill. I just signed up for facebook so I'm still feeling that out. I mean Networks? I cant just look people up? wtf? And Myspace seems hostile to the idea of news but who knows.

5. Jenna's #8 + Hepi's #4 & 7 + Rob's #3 + Dero's #2
All these are sort of based on the 'Why should I care?' aspect of journalism. Or narrowing down of the story parameters to appeal to a certain type of reader. Smart targeting type stuff. I think this might be interesting to do. Like when you're writing a story you might be thinking about who would really want to read this article. And how can you get it to them? I always think about how I can make it interesting to people beside myself. I think this might also be a good way to approach the interrelation thing I was talking about.

OK, have a snack.

Jenna's Top 5 Favorite Ideas

Okay groupies...here's the deal...I'm posting my top 5 favorite ideas late-Sunday night cause tomorrow is looking to be a real doozie of a day for me (and thank God 'cause I've been pretty stagnant in the mental stimulation department since Ithaca). But I may or may not put in an extra idea on my top 5 cause I really like 6 (at least). I know it sounds pretty blasphemous of me to decide I'm gonna post 6 ideas on my top 5, but it just feels right...that or I'm super indecisive...whichever the case may be...I think we definitely have some ideas to work with...I thought I would also add in that we should be thinking of some problems that digital/online news is having and work on how to fix those small problems - this goes back to those two guys who judged our online travel ideas and the group that won came up with an innovative idea to fix a niche travel problem. I'm just throwing that out there...but yea...I will see who ever is going to the GVR tomorrow at 9 a.m. sharp;) Here goes...

Jenna's Top 5 Favorite Ideas...in no particular order;)

1.) I like Rob's #8 idea...N0-News-News...it's hot...no but really...I like...

2.) I like Kristin's #2 idea...very user oriented...

3.) I dig Hepi's #6 idea...Second Life-esque news story recreations...it's very virtual vacation...we could have taken the gold with that one guys;) I'm only kidding...but I really do dig Hepi's #6

4.) I like Lauren's idea for flicker news...but we could call it, like, flashing news;) Not serious about the name...but serious about liking the idea...

5.) And I have to add one of mine in my top five cause if I don't believe in myself...then who will? Right...that and Rob (or was it Hepi?) had expressed liking this one during Sunday's semi-functional chat;) Hows about Jenna's #7...Follow-a-journalist...sort of hoakey at first thought...but I promise there's some depth behind it;)

***And as for my sixth idea (kinda like the sixth sense) I was really diggin Rob's #9 idea...Information Overload...just puttin it out there...

Interesting new futuristic video

one version of the future


This is called Prometeus -- The Media Revolution

1.) Cell phone news ticker

2.) Audio-Visual-Virtual newspaper

3.) Interactive news- sort of like a second life but centered around breaking news and news stories

4.) User news sites; example...when we were stuck in the airport for six hours...users can write their own news story and even post up video...for users to view...

5.) Project news list...like project playlist but news based instead of music based

6.) News sharing networks...like file sharing, but legal and with news not music...gives users ability to share news stories accross the nation and compare with each other...this enables users to see what kind of a job their local news authorities are doing and make valid assessments of the news

7.) Follow a journalist online...let the user virtually follow the journalist int the journalists world...breakdown of a story...also cuts down on gatekeeping and opens up forum for transparency...

8.) News that applies to you...type in your interests and concerns...and news is brought to you...kinda like tivo...

Hepi's 10 ideas

1)News stories generated to you via your physical location (on your laptop, cell phone or pda). Kinda like Chicago crimes, but with news stories good and bad. It'd be useful for finding events, and knowing when certain things have happened and it coulkd indicate the potential interest or impact stories in your proximity would have.

2) A Myspace or Facebook app that uses the information you have already put into your profile to generate news content that you may be interested in. It could also tell you what news stories your friends have recently read or are interested in and could incite discussion about those issues.

3) The ultimate news aggregate that combines stories from the internet, from local, national and international news television stations, as well as podcasts and streaming news radio. You would chose the stories you want to watch.

4) A television service in which you chose what news stories you want to watch. (kinda like on the internet you only pick the stories seem interesting to you).

5) An online community journalism watch dog group that uses user input to rate news stories and the people who write them. It would focus on issues such as accuracy of reporting, possible slanting of stories by the author, etc.

6) Accurate Second Life recreations of major news stories (such as 9/11, the launch of space shuttle atlantis etc.)

7) Programmable news radio that lets you listen to the stories you want to hear rather than the stories the station gives you.

8) A television news aggregate.

9) It will come to me...

10) It will come to me...

Rob's Ideas

Hey guys,

I think I got most of my list. I did have to throw out my News wiki idea since its already been done. Some of these may have already been done as well but I didn't find anything.

1. Serious Journalism Website but staff is able to tell a sub story about themselves and open all background communication and story discussion to public. Audience comes to know and is able to communicate easily with staff through forums or other method. Website becomes sort of public commodity, completely open to examination.

2. Big Picture Journalism Site. Instead of reporting on individual events and connecting up to larger issue, start with big issue, then narrow down to reported events. For example a crime page would have thorough statistics and overall analysis of where and why crime is being committed then filter down to show individual incidents and details.

3. Different Lens Journalism. Have the same stories told by different people. For example and economist might tell a story that emphasizes the economic impact while a political reporter will report it through a policy or public approval viewpoint. Maybe have discussions about differences in reporting.

4. Video. Let viewer use your footage or interviews and their own to make their own segments. Have them reviewed by community and aired or posted as content.

5. Same as above but with all content, pictures, data, text, sources etc. Hopefully readers will be able to make connections with unrelated content that staff may have missed.

6. In conjunction with some social network site. Have a news or issue segment where you can discuss recent news or popular issues but just with people you are friends with. People seem to be more reasonable when they’re talking to people they know. Well some people.

7. Forums- the whole geographic/political block/ small democracy replicated town hall thing. People in you shared political jurisdiction talk about issues or news items. Something like this appears to have already been done but is just focused on particular stories.

8. No news News- site covers major stories from 1 year ago and updates their status and gives updates on the current conditions or what has happened since. Can also cover current stories but with a lean toward their historical context and links to similar events that happened in the past.

9. Information Overload- Front page is just a wall of images from different stories. Mouse over one and it will start a slideshow with audio. Stop by mousing over to another image and it too will start telling story. Mousing back will resume other stories where they stopped. Clicking will take you into full page for each slideshow and let you comment or see background info and such.

10. Still working on it!

Lauren's ideas

News box on FacebookNews
box on Myspace that will exsist on every pagenews
PDA'SPortables GPS news
IPOD news
CategoriesFacebook news messages in the InboxNews
Text messages on cell phone
helloworld news networking
flicker news instead of photos of people photos of news happening all over the world
e-mail beeps of informing news

Dero's ideas

1. Scrolling ticker on flash/ajax pages maybe even pop ups
2. Who cares? data base/search engine that categorizes stories based on who it effects
3. Photo caption contests (lol news) that reference inside news jokes ex. http://www.zerosummind.com/2007/05/l337-katz0rz.htmlhttp://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/06/06/this-not-a-truk/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes
4. Link news blog sites with other news sites and personal blog that touches similar topic
5. Control the stockmarket game (fantasy stock market) ex. http://www.youngmoney.com/stock_market_game
6. Online community that references comments and captions in blogs/on youtube to links about the news story that informs.

What time does the list need to be submitted? I get off of work at 5:30.

Lauren J.

Yay, Rob! now post ideas

Thanks for tweaking us into a team blog. We're flying!
Now that you all can get in here, this is where you need to post your 10 ideas.
Innovate aqui, por favor!
cherio,

I'm hip...I'm cool!

Sorry all,
I am just really excited about this being my first blog post (yeah me)! Okay, now that I got that out of my system, what time are we meeting? P.S. Rob, thank you for setting this up for us! peace

Hello World!

Welcome to the UNLV All-Knighters web log. Hope everybody is busy working on them lists. Post them here when they are ready. And let me know if you cant get in here to post or anything.

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