William M. Hartnett

Ah, 2007, what a memorable year it’s been. In the past 12 months, I started rambling away on this site, had my eyes opened by the many thoughtful members of the journalism blogosphere, and set my career on an entirely new course as a result. (More on that last bit soon. Or soon-ish. Maybe. We’ll [...]

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Feature story is about the Boca Raton home of Jeanne Bice of QVC’s Quacker Factory. Neighborhood of the week is Palm Club in West Palm Beach, where your host lived for more than a year before moving to Jupiter. The view of the parking lot and Dumpster was excellent.
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Putting Very Little Weight in Calorie Counting Methods - New York Times
“Exercise physiologists say there is little in the world of exercise as wildly exaggerated as people’s estimates of the number of calories they burn.”
(tags: health exercise)

Driving Tips From 68 Degrees North - Wheels
Cold weather driving tips. These will no doubt come in handy down [...]

Google: There’s Nobody in Our Black Box. Yet. - Bits
There isn’t anyone rating those sites after all.
(tags: google nyt)

Online and Print Ad Sales: Time to Cut the Cord - Publishing 2.0
“Local print media have sales channels that should be the envy of every pure play online publishers - instead, they have one arm tied behind [...]

Don’t let your website get lapped - editor on the verge
“At too many newspaper websites, there is an all or nothing approach to innovation and change. … But is that really the best approach?”
(tags: newspaper.com innovation)

German battery could jump-start electric car production - AFP via Google
“German cars are known for strength, speed and high fuel [...]

Primer on Immunity - and Liability - for Third-Party Content Under Section 230 of Communications Decency Act - Citizen Media Law Project
“… a general overview of the liability that publishers might face if they allow users to comment on or submit content to their sites.”
(tags: media-law commenting ugc)

England are a great team and can reach [...]

For UF athletic programs, Blue + Orange = Green - Palm Beach Post
“The Gators are defending national champs in football and basketball. … But the playing field isn’t the only place where the Gators can claim dominance. The University of Florida also is running up the score in the financial arena/”
(tags: sports gators higher-ed)

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As promised last week, it’s the second half of our Bee two-pack: The Fresno Bee, as seen in Virtual Earth/Live Maps. Click the picture below to map-fiddle, etc.

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Feature story is about over-the-top Christmas light displays. Neighborhood of the week is Country Manors, an over-55 condo community in Delray Beach. (No, we haven’t started printing odd-numbered sections. The PDF this week was just a little screwy, so I dropped a page.)
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