“Air” Rollercoaster, originally uploaded by nic0. I bought a new battery for my iBook last night. Which means that after months of eyeing a room’s outlets anytime I wanted to use my computer, I’m finally back to the land of laptop users enjoying the convenience they paid for. But part of me wonders if my [...]
More specifically, that title should really be “New Media beats Old Media to news about how New Media brings Old Media to people.” I mean, seriously, it was this time in January when we told you about Public Radio Exchange’s Public Radio Tuner application for the iPhone. And even then, the hat tip goes to [...]
Today, Barack Obama was sworn in as president, and NPR was all over it (as were we all – who else got one of those “STOP STREAMING THE INAUGURATION!” emails at work today?). NPR has collected all of their Inauguration ’09 coverage onto one helpful page. There are photos, stories, 105 year-olds, and all kinds [...]
This weekend, Kerry and I became proud owners of iPhones. We’re a little late to the game, but I don’t really mind. It’s been worth the wait. And half of that reason is how geeky I can make the device. If I open up the calculator, for example, and turn the phone sideways, it becomes [...]
To recap: in the last post, I was frustrated because I thought that the live chat with Andrew Bird had already passed. Andy Carvin came to the rescue and corrected me, and I was able to watch / listen to the chat today. NPR has posted the interview and a replay of the chat over [...]
** Edited to correct the date of the chat which, as Andy Carvin pointed out, has not actually happened yet. Sorry, Andy! We sweethearts make mistakes sometimes. And now…your post: Ah, the beginning of a year. Time for reflection, resolution, and a clean top five records of the year list. I had a hard time [...]
I wish I could come up with a better way to introduce this, but here’s the best way ever – from the Twitter feed of NPR’s Andy Carvin: Â Seriously, just about anything works. I’ve created a podcast, which I call “Night of the Living Deford,” in order to play any story featuring Frank Deford [...]
I’ve been hearing about NPR’s new social networking feature for a while now, thanks to its progenitor, the talented and affable Andy Carvin. Today, I realized I couldn’t wait any longer. Given that we know that a large portion of our readership is employed by or married to someone employed by NPR, I feel like [...]
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If you see those kids, grab Andy’s phone
I was skimming through my Twitter stream this evening when I saw this disturbing piece of news from NPR’s social media guy Andy Carvin: “Robbed on the DC Metro. Rat bastard took my iPhone. Filed police report; need to put ice on my leg and change all my passwords.” He tells the story of the [...]