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The day just keeps getting worse… April 22, 2008

Posted by Kristin Lynch in : technology , 1 comment so far

This morning I got up late and couldn’t get myself going. I didn’t have to work this morning since I’m doing elections coverage tonight, but I had a lot to do that didn’t get done today.

Then I ate junk for dinner and my stomach’s been rebelling ever since.

hillaryHillary Clinton appears to have won in PA over Barack Obama, although it was a close race. Anyone who knows me knows I LOATHE Hillary Clinton. I am completely baffled how anyone can listen to her speak and believe a word that comes out of her mouth. From day one back in 1991 when I first learned of her existence, I’ve been amazed that anyone could support her. This was a great editorial by syndicated columnist Eugene Robinson that appeared in the Erie Times-News and GoErie.com (among others): http://snurl.com/25dlq. I also loved this editorial cartoon that appeared in the Erie Times-News (click on it for a larger view if necessary).

Any of you who use Twitter as a microblogging tool might be interested in the desktop tool called ‘Twhirl‘. I’ve been using it for about 2 weeks now and love it. Love it enough to even donate to the developers. It runs on Windows XP and Vista. I don’t think there’s a Mac version, but Mac users have a similar application called Twitterrific. Incidentally, I linked this from Wakoopa which is also a nice site for logging your own usage for particular applications, and see what other people are using. I’ve found some good software through Wakoopa.

I’m really behind in my work right now and I have a hard deadline for tomorrow @ 5pm I really must meet. I’ve been dealing with what I believe to be tension headaches over the past few weeks so it’s become even more difficult to get things done and concentrate. I haven’t even been going out lately so that’s a pretty good indication that I don’t feel well.

On top of everything else, I think I decided today that I really should break things off with my boyfriend. We’ve been growing apart anyway so at this point, it should be much easier to rip off the Band-Aid.

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Interesting note about innovation April 17, 2008

Posted by Kristin Lynch in : technology , add a comment
I thought this was a great little blurb about innovation. It’s about how we should focus on how to use our existing tools in better and more creative ways rather than worry about coming up with the next ‘killer app’.
clipped from www.howardowens.com
A common complaint in the journalism world is that newspapers aren’t innovative enough.� The complaint usually goes something like, “Why didn’t a newspaper invent Google or Yahoo! or MySpace?” And then there is some finger pointing at executives for not funding R&D or being bold enough in their visions.
This “why didn’t we come up with the big idea” is one of the myths of innovation.
The problem with innovation in incumbent industries isn’t the lack of big ideas. It’s the failure to see the importance of little ideas, because they don’t point the way to immediate profits commiserate with current company values.
All innovation starts with taking a look at what tools and materials are available now and how they can be used differently. It involves finding a job to done and figuring out how to modify what’s already on the table.� Or it involves, “oh, I can use that thing differently and I bet this will help other people, too.”
That was true of the light bulb, the telegraph and YouTube.
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