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Friday, March 4, 2011
Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon fight (over ice cream)
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Pike Plan blast from the bast
Construction begins in mid-March (whether you like it or not). Here's a refresher of what that looked like in 1976 and how the canopies in uptown Kingston have evolved (devolved?) since.
Enjoy.
Bonus! Tweet me a photo of these locations! Let's compare and contrast. I'll do a 360-degree view with Photosynth later, for a Before-During-After comparison.
Enjoy.
Bonus! Tweet me a photo of these locations! Let's compare and contrast. I'll do a 360-degree view with Photosynth later, for a Before-During-After comparison.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
JRC Chat at noon discusses new developments in media
As it is now becoming tradition, members of the Journal Register Company Idealab (yours included) and anyone interested are going to be holding the weekly Twitter chat at noon.
Today will be talking about new developments in media: How much can things like gamification add or take away from journalistic mission; do some new tools help improve stories or distract from them?; and more.
The feed is posted below.
As always, you are welcome to participate and chime in anytime you want.We'll have links! You don't want to miss it.
Today will be talking about new developments in media: How much can things like gamification add or take away from journalistic mission; do some new tools help improve stories or distract from them?; and more.
The feed is posted below.
As always, you are welcome to participate and chime in anytime you want.We'll have links! You don't want to miss it.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Melissa Leo's Oscar acceptance speech
Oh my, oh my God. Oh wow really, really, really, really, really, truly wow. I know there's a lot of people that said a lotta real real nice things to me for several months now, but I'm just shaking in my boots here. Ok, alright. Thank you David O. Russell. I want to thank the actors, Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, he might run out for a second, Amy, my sweet sister Adams, Jack, our lovely daughters. OK. Yeah, I am kind of speechless. Golly sakes, there's people up there too. When I watched Kate two years ago, it looked so [EXPLETIVE DELETED] easy. Alice Ward, your beautiful family that opened your hearts. I saw Mick here earlier. Dick, a shout out for Nana? Alright Dick's not in the room. Thank you so much, opening your hearts to all of us to make this film. I thanked David, I'll thank him again. My family, my beautiful son who is traveling right now in South America and can't join me. It's ok, I'm ok Jack. My Mom and my Dad and my brother and my friends and my family. I want to thank the very most of all, the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences, the Board of Governors, and all their members, whom many of you are here today. This has been a extraordinary journey in getting to know what the Academy is about and first and foremost, thank you Academy, because it's about selling motion pictures and respecting the work! Thank you so much.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Oscar tweethathon at 8 p.m. Sunday
Join us on Sunday at 8 p.m. for a smorgasbord of Oscar-related tweets featuring live insights from interviewer of the stars and author Martha Frankel (who also is participating at "A Night at the Awards" at the Emerson Resort); New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly; Timmian Massie, Chief Public Affairs Officer and Adjunct Professor of Communication and Religious Studies at Marist College; social media expert Allison Gray Teetsel; our friends at the Watershed Post; Rhinebeck writer Kitty Sheehan; TechCity's Paul Rakov; and yours truly.If you want your insights to appear, just post a comment below or tweet using the hashtag #dfoscars.
UPDATE! I've added Monique Paturel, and New Haven Register entertainment editor Jordan Fenster and television editor and columnist Joe Amarante.
I'm also adding #nhoscars. We're going to make this a multi-state event!
UPDATE 2: Playwright David J. Loehr will join from Kentucky and our entertainment friends at the New Haven Register in Connecticut. I'm also adding a Tweetizen feed for ease of access.
City of Kingston mulls social media
The Kingston News' Clark Richters has posted video of the proposal by Mike Darcy (of the Kingston Neighborhood Watch) to use social media for municipal communications.
The proposal took place during Thursday's General Government Committee meeting. Here's the proposal:
Social Media proposal to City of Kingston
Neat. But a word of caution: If the city spends but a dime to hire a self-proclaimed "Social Media Guru," I'm going to start seriously consider punching people in the face.
Like this:
The proposal took place during Thursday's General Government Committee meeting. Here's the proposal:
Social Media proposal to City of Kingston
Neat. But a word of caution: If the city spends but a dime to hire a self-proclaimed "Social Media Guru," I'm going to start seriously consider punching people in the face.
Like this:
Thursday, February 24, 2011
How to turn multiple instances of double dipping into 'two instances'
It's easy!
During a press conference that the Freeman broadcast live on Wednesday with School Superintendent Gerald Gretzinger and Board of Education President James Shaughnessy about the Timothy Mattews scandal, the board president said, "there appears to be two instances where double dipping was detected" at the school.
And Gretizinger said, "If there were two instances as (former top business official) Mr. Pritchard claims ... Two instances where possibly there was a discrepancy over three years that Mr. Pritchard was in that office."
During the live chat online, however, someone posted this while the conference was taking place:
That, exactly, was my recollection:
This is no discovery. The Freeman reported, in January, that ,"the school district’s former top business official recalled denying a time sheet submission by the detective lieutenant, causing a disagreement with Superintendent Gerard Gretzinger." (This is the said disagreement that Gretzinger says he doesn't remember)
This is that account, as reported in that story:
This was noted and not paid, all the parties involved do point out. It was also pointed out multiple times by Gretzinger that he doesn't remember said incident with Pritchard and that he first saw the 'double dip' time sheet one or two (?) weeks ago, and that it wasn't paid (did I mentioned they mentioned it wasn't paid?).
Now I'm trying to concoct a reality where both Pritchard and Gretzinger's stories match. You're welcome to help me out.
Also, State Comptroller Thomas Dinapoli said during a press conference that was not attended by Gretzinger (he wasn't invited, he said on Wednesday), that the comptroller's office found 16 instances, totaling 57 hours, in which Matthews submitted a claim for time worked as a security guard at Kingston High School that coincided with hours he claimed for police overtime during the 2009-10 school year.
kingston audit
This report doesn't mean that there were 16 instances that school official noted as two. If anything, that would have been tripple dipping (school at two places at once, plus police work). But the dates do differ. And both Gretzinger and Shaughnessy said they didn't have access to city numbers or the comptroller's information.
Yet, I think I can count, and two instances is neither 16 nor five.
So, for clarification purposes: There were more than two instances of double dipping that the school knows and/or knew about. And those were caught and not paid.
Finally, a word of advice: If the state comptroller has a report with "Kingston City School District" on it and you happen to be the leader of the Kingston City School District, it would be wise to attend such a heavily-advertised-for-days conference, even if you are "not invited." I wasn't invited either, and I was there (and I was actually really busy that week working on Preview, running the Life section, tweeting, blogging, working on the Spanish paper, writing a column and finishing our most awesome Pet Contest).
Just sayin'
UPDATE: Here's the other time sheet, with three more instances of an attempt to 'double dip.' This bring the total instances the school denied pay due to double-dipping to eight, or - as school officials called it, "two."
During a press conference that the Freeman broadcast live on Wednesday with School Superintendent Gerald Gretzinger and Board of Education President James Shaughnessy about the Timothy Mattews scandal, the board president said, "there appears to be two instances where double dipping was detected" at the school.
And Gretizinger said, "If there were two instances as (former top business official) Mr. Pritchard claims ... Two instances where possibly there was a discrepancy over three years that Mr. Pritchard was in that office."
During the live chat online, however, someone posted this while the conference was taking place:
That, exactly, was my recollection:
This is no discovery. The Freeman reported, in January, that ,"the school district’s former top business official recalled denying a time sheet submission by the detective lieutenant, causing a disagreement with Superintendent Gerard Gretzinger." (This is the said disagreement that Gretzinger says he doesn't remember)
This is that account, as reported in that story:
Robert Pritchard, who was assistant superintendent for business operations from 2007 to 2010, recounted an occasion on which Detective Lt. Timothy Matthews made a pay claim that raised a red flag and which Pritchard denied.
Pritchard said he subsequently was summoned to Gretzinger’s office to explain why the claim had not been approved.
...
Pritchard said he, ... at that time, asked: “What if we get audited?”
This was noted and not paid, all the parties involved do point out. It was also pointed out multiple times by Gretzinger that he doesn't remember said incident with Pritchard and that he first saw the 'double dip' time sheet one or two (?) weeks ago, and that it wasn't paid (did I mentioned they mentioned it wasn't paid?).
Now I'm trying to concoct a reality where both Pritchard and Gretzinger's stories match. You're welcome to help me out.
Also, State Comptroller Thomas Dinapoli said during a press conference that was not attended by Gretzinger (he wasn't invited, he said on Wednesday), that the comptroller's office found 16 instances, totaling 57 hours, in which Matthews submitted a claim for time worked as a security guard at Kingston High School that coincided with hours he claimed for police overtime during the 2009-10 school year.
kingston audit
This report doesn't mean that there were 16 instances that school official noted as two. If anything, that would have been tripple dipping (school at two places at once, plus police work). But the dates do differ. And both Gretzinger and Shaughnessy said they didn't have access to city numbers or the comptroller's information.
Yet, I think I can count, and two instances is neither 16 nor five.
So, for clarification purposes: There were more than two instances of double dipping that the school knows and/or knew about. And those were caught and not paid.
Finally, a word of advice: If the state comptroller has a report with "Kingston City School District" on it and you happen to be the leader of the Kingston City School District, it would be wise to attend such a heavily-advertised-for-days conference, even if you are "not invited." I wasn't invited either, and I was there (and I was actually really busy that week working on Preview, running the Life section, tweeting, blogging, working on the Spanish paper, writing a column and finishing our most awesome Pet Contest).
Just sayin'
UPDATE: Here's the other time sheet, with three more instances of an attempt to 'double dip.' This bring the total instances the school denied pay due to double-dipping to eight, or - as school officials called it, "two."
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Did Melissa Leo change her story on the Oscar ads?
The Huffington Post is reporting in a story titled "Melissa Leo Changes Her Story On Oscar Ads" that the Stone Ridge actress and Academy-nominee "went along with Paramount's agenda."This stems from the now controversial ads that she took and paid to have in the Hollywood trade press, promoting herself.
The Huffington Post bases its conclusion on a story reported by The Daily Beast, "Melissa Leo Breaks Oscar Silence," by Jacob Bernstein, in which Leo says:
“I’ve been busting my ass, trying to get the movie sold and seen, and now I show up where they ask, get put into hair and makeup that they pay for, so I can promote this thing [and campaign]. So I’m a little confused. I thought this is what we’re doing. This is what all the girls are doing.”
The Huffington Post uses the aforementioned quote, but fails to notice THE VERY NEXT SENTENCE:
Leo adds that she conceived the ads before she was nominated—and if she had known she would wind up in contention for Best Supporting Actress, she might have done things differently. “It didn’t seem so nomination oriented,” she said. “It was fun.”
Emphasis mine. FAIL by Huffington Post.
However, note that the both the Huffington Post and the Daily Beast write that Leo was a frontrunner, and that things are not so clear anymore. Bottom line is, we'll find out on Sunday.
Yet, one comment on the Huffington Post sums up all this pretty neatly:
“I thought the Academy Awards were supposed to be about talent, not good or ill-conceived ad campaigns? Why is the focus on her ads and not on the quality of her acting in her role?”Why, indeed.
JRC Chat at noon discusses metrics in journalism
As it is now becoming tradition, members of the Journal Register Company Idealab (yours included) and anyone interested are going to be holding the weekly Twitter chat at noon.
Today will be talking about metrics in journalism: Why should journalists care? Why are they important (and/or how much should journalists pay attention to them?) along with best practices and whatever else we can fit in one hour.
The feed is posted below.
As always, you are welcome to participate and chime in anytime you want.
Today will be talking about metrics in journalism: Why should journalists care? Why are they important (and/or how much should journalists pay attention to them?) along with best practices and whatever else we can fit in one hour.
The feed is posted below.
As always, you are welcome to participate and chime in anytime you want.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
How to cover events live and have users participate while news happens
If you are a regular Freeman user, you might have noticed that we've been venturing in new, um, ventures this year.
We're finally getting the hang of livestreaming important events, such as the Mayor's Message; a city council meeting, the state comptroller's press conference and the state of the County address, and assorted highlights after the fact.
We've encountered some successes as we learn and we're expanding upon this, with live tweets and user comments. We're also working out some kinks, like figuring out how to get my awful face out of the thumbnail in the livestreams.
Ugh!
We've found that the most successful way to do this it to livestream an event, while a reporter files live tweets from the field while, at the same time, users can comment and ask questions, such as "why is the camera on the floor?" (That was a real question from the state of the County address).
Those who miss the live events have a chance to revisit the videos later and post their comments and questions then.
We're also starting what we hope will be a regular feature in ourpages site: Livestreaming with the Mayor.
On Wednesday at 11 a.m., we'll sit down with city of Kingston Mayor James Sottile in a live interview that will be broadcast to the public. What's neat, aside from the live part of it, is that you'll get to ask the questions.
Seriously, try it. Send us your questions, in a comment in this post, or in a tweet or in a Facebook message and we'll ask the mayor, who said is eager to answer your queries. Better yet, come by DailyFreeman.com on Wednesday at 11 a.m. and ask your question live. We're giving more weight to people who use their real names, but if you feel uncomfortable asking your question identifying yourself, that's fine too.
Also, we've been regularly posting your photos and insights into happenings in the Hudson Valley, be it snow storms, gas episodes, award shows and whatever you want and need to know. As users have become producers of content, our 'competitors' are not the traditional media. IT'S YOU!
That's why we're trying to provide you with a better and much, much more engaging Freeman. And that's why we've partnered with SeeClickFix and have a growing roster of area bloggers to provide you with what you want and need.
Yes, we have ways to go. And we know this tenfold. But we can't do this alone, so I'm asking you to share your thoughts with us and tell us what can we do to improve upon this. And believe me, we know that we're not giving you all you want and need. That's our challenge. We're trying to do our best with what we have, and we will focus resources into what's needed.
I can only give you this: The best part is yet to come.
We're finally getting the hang of livestreaming important events, such as the Mayor's Message; a city council meeting, the state comptroller's press conference and the state of the County address, and assorted highlights after the fact.
We've encountered some successes as we learn and we're expanding upon this, with live tweets and user comments. We're also working out some kinks, like figuring out how to get my awful face out of the thumbnail in the livestreams.
We've found that the most successful way to do this it to livestream an event, while a reporter files live tweets from the field while, at the same time, users can comment and ask questions, such as "why is the camera on the floor?" (That was a real question from the state of the County address).
Those who miss the live events have a chance to revisit the videos later and post their comments and questions then.
We're also starting what we hope will be a regular feature in our
On Wednesday at 11 a.m., we'll sit down with city of Kingston Mayor James Sottile in a live interview that will be broadcast to the public. What's neat, aside from the live part of it, is that you'll get to ask the questions.
Seriously, try it. Send us your questions, in a comment in this post, or in a tweet or in a Facebook message and we'll ask the mayor, who said is eager to answer your queries. Better yet, come by DailyFreeman.com on Wednesday at 11 a.m. and ask your question live. We're giving more weight to people who use their real names, but if you feel uncomfortable asking your question identifying yourself, that's fine too.
Also, we've been regularly posting your photos and insights into happenings in the Hudson Valley, be it snow storms, gas episodes, award shows and whatever you want and need to know. As users have become producers of content, our 'competitors' are not the traditional media. IT'S YOU!
That's why we're trying to provide you with a better and much, much more engaging Freeman. And that's why we've partnered with SeeClickFix and have a growing roster of area bloggers to provide you with what you want and need.
Yes, we have ways to go. And we know this tenfold. But we can't do this alone, so I'm asking you to share your thoughts with us and tell us what can we do to improve upon this. And believe me, we know that we're not giving you all you want and need. That's our challenge. We're trying to do our best with what we have, and we will focus resources into what's needed.
I can only give you this: The best part is yet to come.
Visualizing overlapping 'double dipping' hours from state comptroller's report
I'm playing around with some visualization tools during my spare time as of late, using ManyEyes.
The concept is simple, upload a document and choose the visualization method. It's a bit tricky, and I'll get better as I get comfortable with it.
But the potential is there. Here's a simple chart from the state Comptroller's preliminary report on overlapping hours in the double-dipping scandal.
If I get the hang of it, you'll see this more often.
UPDATE: I was asked in the comments if we could upload the time sheet with 'double dip' on it. Here is one:
UPDATE 2: Microsoft Excel does charts, of course, so let's add Wages, Overtime with URGENT, School money and benefits and make some CHARTICLES!
Detective Lt. Timothy Matthews wages 2007-2010
The concept is simple, upload a document and choose the visualization method. It's a bit tricky, and I'll get better as I get comfortable with it.
But the potential is there. Here's a simple chart from the state Comptroller's preliminary report on overlapping hours in the double-dipping scandal.
If I get the hang of it, you'll see this more often.
UPDATE: I was asked in the comments if we could upload the time sheet with 'double dip' on it. Here is one:
UPDATE 2: Microsoft Excel does charts, of course, so let's add Wages, Overtime with URGENT, School money and benefits and make some CHARTICLES!
Detective Lt. Timothy Matthews wages 2007-2010
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
JRC Chat a noon to discuss multi-media reporting
As it is now becoming tradition, members of the Journal Register Company Idealab (yours included) and anyone interested are going to be holding the weekly Twitter/CoverItLive chat at noon.
Today will be talking about best practices for multi-media repoting - meaning how to accomplish covering an event using a variety of tools for a variety of platforms. We're talking how (and how much can/should one person do), what tools does such reporter need and logistics for implementing such reporting.
The feed is posted below.
As always, don't forget to bring your links.
THERE'S MORE!!!
Today will be talking about best practices for multi-media repoting - meaning how to accomplish covering an event using a variety of tools for a variety of platforms. We're talking how (and how much can/should one person do), what tools does such reporter need and logistics for implementing such reporting.
The feed is posted below.
As always, don't forget to bring your links.
THERE'S MORE!!!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Seeger wins Grammy
Folk legend and Beacon resident Pete Seeger is contending for a Grammy Award tonight. UPDATE: HE WON!!!The album "Tomorrow's Children" by Seeger With The Rivertown Kids And Friends and produced by Appleseed Records, received the nomination in the Best Musical Album For Children category.
According to the record label, "When Beacon fourth-grade teacher Tery Udell invited Clearwater educator and singer Dan Einbender to teach her students about the Hudson, class sessions became songfests, and where there are songs, there’s Pete. He became a regular visitor to the kids’ classroom in 2007.
"The classroom gatherings and performances inevitably led to a series of recordings by Pete, Dan, musician and CD co-producer (with Dan) David Bernz, the children (known as “The Rivertown Kids”), as well as adult musicians, high schoolers and even 14 grammar school percussion students." Collaborators of the album also included Dar Williams and Seeger's wife Toshi.
Another area resident up for a Grammy is Woodstock's Steve Earle, who received a nomination in the Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media category. Earle's song, "This City," was featured on the HBO show "Treme," which has as a cast member Melissa Leo of Stone Ridge. UPDATE: HE LOST
Rosanne Cash, daughter of the late Johnny Cash, and who has a home in Columbia County, is nominated in the Best Americana category for "The List."
Also nominated is "Healthy Food for Thought" in the Best Spoken Word Album for Children category, and Phoenicia's Robert Burke 'Uncle Rock' Warren contributed in that effort. UPDATE: THE ALBUM LOST.
And finally, Cory Boris, a Kingston High School senior and trombonist, is set to perform with a Grammy Jazz Band during the Grammy ceremony tonight
The Grammy Awards will take place tonight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS.
Do you manscape? Inquiring minds want to know - for an app
That's the question that area author Martha Frankel wants you to answer. Why? Because she is working on an app for that.
An app?
* Yes. Don't ask me.
Why?
* Why not?
What's manscaping?
* Google it.
Anyway, Frankel writes:
An app?
* Yes. Don't ask me.
Why?
* Why not?
What's manscaping?
* Google it.
Anyway, Frankel writes:
I've been approached to do an app about manscaping. I want to know what men want (in the app!). Do they want to be able to take pics and then see what that area would look like w/out hair? would they like it to be instructional or more light hearted? Do they want to know what women think? Do they want photos of other guys, or does that make them uncomfortable? Would they like to see how it's done-- ie waxing, shaving, trimming, etc?What say you?
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