Take It Outside

More I think about it, and after reading Jim Long of Verge New Media's post about the power of social media, I really would like to see a pro like Jim take on the likes of that lipflapper Andrew Keen as he, Keen, gets limo-ed around the country to debate, big surprise here, other armchair media lipflappers about his tree-killer, The Cult of The Amateur. Hon, that boy Keen needs to get out on the social media street. Word.

Leave comments on Keen's yawner of a blog/book-pimping preening tool here if you think he needs a bit of calling-out.

Culture Swoon

I can't even see straight I'm so deep into this pop culture apex: Tina Brown on Princess Diana. Brown's book, The Diana Chronicles, is out soon. I'm positively stupid with anticipation. Get me to a B&N quick! NPR's interview with The Right Reverend Culture Mistress (Brown) on the most dazzling pop culture icon ever (Diana) is here. More yummy online goodies such as a book excerpt are there too.

As if that wasn't enough, Jim Long's "new media style" MSNBC package about how to cover Pentagon global photo ops in seven days is here. I gotta ask... the package is tons of fun, but it really points to the elephant in the room: where's the beef? All that network money for a bunch of glamor video shots of Sect. Gates? Where were the live bloggers with the real news? HINT: on Twitter, maybe?!

NOTE TO SELF: Get better highlights. Pay out the ass for 'em if you have to. Buy hair gloss too.

Oh There He Is!

That's our Twitter boy, Newmediajim! His full blog post about the press trip to Afghanistan here.

Bloggers Are Everywhere

Here's a fave Twitter King, Jim Long of NBC News and Verge New Media, blogging at 35K feet with the Pentagon press corps. What a dude!

Life During Wartime

Jim Long, network camera-slinger, often mentioned here on the SGR as a mentor, new best friend, and all around wild and wacky dude, has been on the VT massacre scene since the get-go. He's been Twittering comments throughout the crisis, but now surfaces from the chaos long enough to post this blog entry about covering the aftermath at the point of media contact -- a total new/old media convergence, in the midst of the expected clusterfuck.

BONUS FEATURE: Jim tempts Rosenblum into yet another of their now-infamous, new media pissing matches! Who will survive the Sat. Truck Wars??? Tune-in to the SGR to keep up with all the Web 2.0 drama and excitement of everyday life in the new wild, wild west!

Photo credit: Jim Long