Todd Mundt

Andy Carvin has seeded a list of public media people, programs and stations using Twitter. It’s already an impressive list and it will grow: it’s a wiki, so if you or your station or program belong on the list, go ahead and add yourself.

Picking up on today’s earlier post:
Andy Carvin has composed an excellent essay that’s well worth your time, arguing for engagement and authenticity on twitter: more live (or semi-live) conversation, less automated publishing.
WFPL News went live this morning with its twitter feed. The core of our service will include some automation: newsroom stories are getting pumped [...]

This is a placeholder for something I hope to get to tonight or in the next couple of days - the uses of twitter in public radio.
We saw the power of KPBS News during the California wildfires, in the effective ways they used a variety of new tools, including Twitter… but what do you do [...]

Bruce Warren led an excellent webinar a few minutes ago, on a subject that many stations are struggling with… and frankly, ALL stations should be struggling with.
Disclosure: I’m on the PRPD Board of Directors, but if I thought this webinar was crappy I wouldn’t be writing about it, would I? PRPD has introduced a new [...]

Several sites are now featuring these new popups next to the OpenID option. I think it’s great. Let’s face it - OpenID is one of these easy ideas that gets a little complicated when you decide you want to get into it.
This box can’t clear it all up, but there’s now a link for help, [...]

Etsy has produced this video welcoming NPR Digital Media SVP Maria Thomas to their online community. Maria, of course, is to become Etsy’s new COO.

Fred Wilson, of Union Square Ventures, writes in his blog that he worked hard to recruit Maria for the Etsy job.
Looking good, Maria… best of luck!

Twine has significantly expanded its beta in the past few days… and as is often the case, I signed up for this beta so long ago, that when I got the invite, I couldn’t remember what exactly it was for. I think I’ve figured it out, and I think I have a use for it.
What [...]

Via Lava Row… a chat with Chris Pirillo about the impact of Twitter on the value of RSS and aggregator. Very interesting, and it rings true. And as a *former* Iowan, the look on Pirillo’s face when he’s asked about Iowa is priceless.

Shouts to Nathan Wright, who is fighting the good fight in Des Moines.

Since I was on the subject of the BBC the other day: My friend David, otherwise known as DJDeedle, has taken some creative liberties with David Lowe’s memorable BBC News themes. The result is this mix. Check it out… and if you love mashups, you should subscribe to his weekly podcast.

I thought about this video last night while reading in the latest New Yorker about Li Yang’s Crazy English course. Evan Osnos writes that anywhere from 150 million to nearly 300 million Chinese are learning English.

BBC News launched its new presentation this morning, and the new graphic look is probably it’s most “forward.”
You can see the main graphic element here.
Lambie Nairn, which has been responsible for much of the BBC’s branding, developed the new identity, and the “BBC News” brand now covers all of the Corporation’s news output, including the [...]

The anonymous blogger behind “The Teamakers” has gone on hiatus after nearly three remarkable years writing about the world inside public broadcasting.
I started reading Teamakers during the 2005 lockout because 1) it was written by a CBC manager who was working inside while everyone else was out on the street, and 2) it was pretty [...]