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Comment on The great lockout by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:43:08 +0000

Thanks for the link. I published a new post and am update the old post with new information revealed by the blog that was only sent to j-school faculty. You perfectly articulated my thoughts about how dumb the discrepancy is between the emails sent to j-school faculty and students. I hope BSB hears us!

Comment on The great lockout by Rob Weir

Rob Weir — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:49:59 +0000

Good points. I agree that this needs to be a dialouge. Also, for the folks in RJI: the Missourian invested in some cables and MasterLocks for the newsroom. It’s not a perfect solution to keep things from walking off (don’t get me started on Avid dongles) but it keeps the iMacs in place.

Comment on The great lockout by Tweets that mention How can we start a dialogue about the access we need as student journalists? #mulockout #nerd wars -- Topsy.com

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:34:21 +0000

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Comment on Redesign time by Jashin

Jashin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:19:28 +0000

I haven’t either. That N drive is just chock full of at least three semesters’ worth of my stories. I’m sure it’ll stick around.

Comment on Mayor of this couch by Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:16:52 +0000

My Droid doesn’t let me check in at places that aren’t nearby. I guess the app for Android is linked to my GPS- if I am at my house in South County, I can’t check in at my office downtown. Great to keep me from cheating… Sad for when I forget to checkin and thus lose precious travel points!

And on the checking it at work point- I think it is totally acceptable. It is actually the reason I got into Foursquare to begin with (since I am essentially doing PR for my agency, it doesn’t hurt that the name pops up on my Twitter feed everyday, gets people seeing the name of the company). I would assume that any retailer or restaurant or whatever that was doing some kind of discount to users would ban its employees from taking advantage of the system…

What I don’t like is people abusing the system- not just making their Home a location and checking in there- but checking in in their parking garage or neighborhood (yes, in St.Louis, you can check in to Soulard, South County, Downtown, etc. and then check in at the actual location too.. annoying!). I hope Foursquare deletes these locations soon!

Comment on When to take an unpaid internship by Elle Moxley

Elle Moxley — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:38:25 +0000

Danielle,

I’m really glad someone who didn’t have an internship in college weighed in on this. I think so much focus is given on internships anymore that it gives the message that your education – all four years of it and thousands of dollars spent – isn’t worth much if you can’t land that all-important internship.

There are other ways to make yourself to stand out from the pile, and while a job’s a job in this economy, I’m also not sure how I’d feel about working for someone who placed one internship (where I may well have been fetching coffee) over all the other great experience I have.

So glad you’re loving things at Atomic Dust! (We all LOVE your website, btw.)

Elle

Comment on When to take an unpaid internship by Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:26:55 +0000

Elle,
I don’t think you gave her bad advice at all. (A) That job sounds shady; and (B) As much as I love TV (which is a lot), for an aspiring journalist that job sounds pretty useless. It would be taking an internship just to take it.

I never had an internship in college. Do I think it hurt me in my later job search? Sure, maybe. But I got a job. My dream job, actually. I job I really, really like. So I’m not complaining.

And, I know I’m coming from a different industry here (marketing/PR as opposed to journalism), but I’m starting to wonder if the fancy internships and college degrees matter at all. The guys that own my agency have just a few college credits to their name, didn’t spend much timegetting experience working at other agency’s but it doesn’t matter- because they are GREAT at what they do. And that is what really matters to them.

You probably WON’T get that amazing internship that also pays you really well, but you don’t have to settle. Take that job as a waitress to keep earning money (aka surviving) but still take the initiative and teach yourself (it is something I touched on in my advice post ‘College kids: Listen Up http://daniellesotherblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/college-kids-listen-up.html) . Start a blog roll full of blogs/websites from your industry. Take some time to take additional classes/training. Make a website/blog and publish your own stuff. There is no excuse not to have this kind of experience.

I’m guessing that to a lot of people- that drive, that determination to succeed and not settle- is more impressive than some prestigious internship. It will certainly humble you.

Comment on Jack of all trades, master of none (at least, not this week) by jayiin

jayiin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:12:25 +0000

Good luck, have fun, kick ass and take names.

Comment on Missed connections by jayiin mistaya

jayiin mistaya — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:18:08 +0000

One of these days, I’ll find a use for a phone that does more than make phone calls and occasionally texts.

When I do, I’ll probably end up the mayor of Dragon’s Lair. I’m here way, way too much.

Even when I’m not working.

Comment on iPad no threat to iPhone, mobile web by jayiin mistaya

jayiin mistaya — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:46:58 +0000

Jesus Tablet. I like that!

My problem with the iPad is that I’ve read nothing that says it will sync with my PC; so I’m sticking with my little netbook. It does everything I need it to. I guess I don’t know what I’m missing, considering my phone can’t really even connect to the internet.

But then again, for what I do, I don’t need that.

I think, in the end, the iPad won’t replace as much as people think it will; I just think it will fill a niche not many people know was there. I remember the old apple Newtons, and how cool everyone thought they were.

Now they have what they thought the Newton would be.