Daily Freeman Life Editor Ivan Lajara talks about journalism, living in the Hudson Valley, language, the Web, cats and even politics. But he shouldn't.
Google Maps now acknowledges the existence of Kingston-Rhinecliff bridge
Remember the Before Time, when Google didn't map anything using the Kingston-Rhinecliff bridge?
After contacting them, the services has update their mapping. Now it's like this:
Hello! Members of the Journal Register Company's Idealab - and everyone else who wants to - are currently taking part on the weekly Twitter chat, which started at noon.
Today we're talking about open journalism: Opening the newsroom (physically), story budgets, contacts, even API!
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Hello! Members of the Journal Register Company's Idealab - and everyone else who wants to - are currently taking part on the weekly Twitter chat, which started at noon.
Today we're talking about live blogging news events: what to cover, how to do it and what are the best practices.
The live feed is posted below. But you can also follow the chat here or here or also here. And you can also check out past chats over here.
If you want to chime in, just post a tweet with the hashtag "#jrcchat" so it can automatically appear below, or post a comment in the field at the bottom of the chat box.
Digital journalism chat at SUNY New Paltz with Ivan Lajara ... Wait! WHAAAAAAAAA????
I'm going to be a guest journalist/speaker/panelist/something at the SUNY New Paltz Journalism 2 class with Adam Bosch (of the Times-Herald-Record-Gazette-Advertiser-Chronicle-Journal-Thing-Stuff) and Professor Nancy Meyer Heiz (who leads the Little Rebellion) to talk about digital journalism awesomesauce.
The guys over at the Little Rebellion are covering the event live, so they can chronicle a potentially epic failure.
It should be fun. The event takes place at 8:30 a.m. sharp.
So don't miss it!
If there's going to be more than 150 gathered anywhere in Kingston, there's going to be some buzz on social media. Here's some of the reaction from today's Occupy Wall Street rally in Kingston:
FAIL!
So what happens if you want to go from the actual Kingston-Rhinecliff bridge to, say, Kingston? An Epic FAIL, that's what:
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I've put a ticket with Google and will let you know about the resolution.
UPDATE! Google Maps Teams responds:
"Your Google Maps problem report has been reviewed, and you were right! We'll update the map soon and email you when you can see the change."
Good morning! Members of the Journal Register Company's Idealab - and everyone else who wants to - are going to be taking part on the weekly Twitter chat at noon.
Today we're talking about live blogging news events: what to cover, how to do it and what are the best practices.
The live feed is posted below. But you can also follow the chat here or here or also here. And you can also check out past chats over here.
If you want to chime in, just post a tweet with the hashtag "#jrcchat" so it can automatically appear below, or post a comment in the field at the bottom of the chat box.