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December 12, 2008

Is online alive?

Newspapers are the place reader’s turn to for real news, well written in depth articles that for those of us who still appreciate journalism can turn too to be informed.
Now I am not trying to say that you cannot find the same quality work online, often times the online version of a newspaper will be [...]

December 5, 2008

Quick hide your drink! I see a cell phone

Americans are infatuated with celebrities; whole shows such as TMZ are dedicated to keeping the public informed on what their favorite celebrities are doing on any given day.
With technology so far advanced and practically everyone having a camera on their phone it is hard for celebrities to stay out of the limelight. A wild night [...]

November 7, 2008

Would you like to HTML? Um No

It’s like in the movies when the young boy is at the dance and is too afraid to ask the girl to dance for fear of rejection.
That’s me to afraid to ask HTML to dance.
Actually terrified with anything to do with the Web or computers, I’m the guy who has trouble with itunes and just [...]

October 31, 2008

Change is Now. Technology is Change!

Bob Dylan sang, “the times they are a changing.” Technology is an ever-changing specimen and to be successful in any field one must learn to adapt to those changes. Journalists of the present and future will face many challenges will confronting the technological advances of journalism. “There will be no transition to the web-the web [...]

October 10, 2008

I’m In It To Win It

With the first pick of this years draft I chose Michael Turner of the Atlanta Falcons.
“What are you serious, no way your ridiculous” whispers surround the pick and people already begin questioning my decision.
This is an example of a fantasy football draft; fantasy football is an ever-growing industry with over 11 million users visiting sites [...]

October 3, 2008

They Call Me Jesse James

O you didn’t know, your ass better call somebody!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of all Ages.
 Degeneration X proudly brings to you!
 The Tag Team Champions of the World.
 The Road Dogg Jesse James.
The Bad Ass Billy Gun.
 The New Age Outlaws!!!!
That’s how I used to start every post I ever made during the time [...]

September 25, 2008

Excuse Me Sir are You Done With the Sports Section

Every morning my sophomore year of high school I was at Ned’s Doughnut shop by 6:00 am sharp, newspaper in hand. The sports section of the Orange County Register was the first thing I would get to and read it cover to cover.
Now I hear newspapers are a dying? (Statistics on newspaper decline since 2006)
Well [...]