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burtherman

  1. @sednonsatiata Should be fixed now!
  2. @sednonsatiata Ok, checking into it
  3. @sednonsatiata Is that still happening?
  4. @jweb I talked about the live brain surgery Storify story
  5. Here’s the visual sketchnote of my #tedxpoynter talk by @michellesroyal twitter.com/burtherman/sta…
  6. "The age of journalism by anecdote must end," says @lisawilliams #tedxpoynter
  7. @TampaBayTraffic Definitely you get credit for the heels, way more difficult to pull off than my look :)
  8. Watching TED talk on 404 pages at #tedxpoynter -- this is ours @Storify: (our office is suite 404): storify.com/404
  9. @bistrobroad Thanks :)
  10. The dirty secret of social media from @sree: Almost everyone will miss almost everything you do #tedxpoynter
  11. Social media is the "escape pod" when losing a journalism job, keep ownership of your online identity, says @carr2n #tedxpoynter
  12. When every discussion becomes text through speech recognition as @carr2n ponders, media overload will go exponential #tedxpoynter
  13. "Don't be so busy producing media that you don't take any in," says @carr2n #tedxpoynter (is this wrong to then Tweet it?)
  14. I'm speaking at #tedxpoynter later today on lessons learned from @Storify, livestream all day here: new.livestream.com/tedx/events/91…
  15. “I hate Facebook,” @carr2n says at #sreetips, drawing applause from the audience
  16. @gregory Follow me back so I can DM!
  17. @MacDiva You’re getting a nice shoutout as a person to follow by @Sree here at @Poynter #sreetips
  18. Journalists should always put email in social media bio, @BuzzFeedBen says his best tips come from strangers’ emails #sreetips
  19. Always update your Twitter bio, prune who you follow to keep current with who’s interesting, says @Sree #sreetips