It’s been intense.  We launched Oakland Local not quite two weeks ago and the site is humming. Lots of content, lots of page views, lots of uniques.  We’re going to implement Facebook Connect so the more casual user can comment more easily, and move the Get Involved link up to the top of the page.Am… Continue Reading

“@larfo,  did not expect a photo of my hand to be viewed by 15,000+ people tonight… wow. i was just trying to block the sun“–Twitter user Joe Mitchelle, who took a photo of the Bay Bridge roadway as a cable snapped and fell and posted it.

I am excited about being on a panel at the Digital Media Contest West tomorrow from 11:20-12:05 –Breaking Down Social Media: Opportunities & Challenges for Content Owners, Brands & Marketers This panel of industry experts will discuss the future of social media, with a focus on consumer trends, marketing programs and content development. As a… Continue Reading

“Last night a friend was telling me that I was arrogant, in a nice way — which I took as a compliment. I really think I’m audacious. I learned early in life that the hard part of doing something big is deciding to do it. From there it’s often a lot easier than people think… Continue Reading

Sorry about that. Took two weeks off without saying anything (blush). But you, know I kinda was busy having a baby.  Not the flesh and blood kind, the web kind–We launched Oakland Local last  Monday, October 19th and dove into a week of making our project live.If I’ve been quiet about OL here, it’s because… Continue Reading

Tara Hunt has a moving post written in relationship to the essays in the NYTimes on womens’ love of uncomfortable fetishistic high fashion shoes. A bit of Tara’s essay is this: “Which brings me to these shoes. A good step back (so to speak) would reveal to us that wearing 12″ heels or pointy toes… Continue Reading

My friend Lisa Williams did a preso on journalism and startups that got favorited on SlideShare. It’s good, so here it is: Startups For Journalists View more documents from lisawilliams.

This was an amazing ONA conference for me for so many reasons. For one thing, I’d spent the year working with Liz Lufkin & Katherine Fong and others on the ONA conference program; for another, as I’d suspected when I went to ONA09 with Gary Kebbel, Jose Zamora and the Knight News Challenge, team, this… Continue Reading

Over 1,000 people were at the [ONA09 keynote](http://conference.journalists.org/), probably the largest group I’ve presented before. Sitting on stage with Ev Williams of [Twitter](http://twitter.com) was very exciting, but my biggest focus was making sure I stayed calm, connected with him, and asked the questions I’d crowdsourced. I think the interview went really well; I am now… Continue Reading

Just posted the talk I did as the keynote for the ONA 09 career day to Slideshare. I had a great time talking about reinvention, rebranding and finding your way workwise–here’s the talk: 1001 ONA Career Day Preso