I’ve never used the synonym search feature. Amazing how much this one feature helps so much.
Eleanor Gardiner says:
I love your tips for using google but I know I won’t remember them all, can you suggest a book I might purchase for this information. Thank you
E. gardiner
Jess says:
Hi Tod, Let there be light! Thanks for this. And a tip sheet would be awesome.
Love the idiots search in gc.ca.
Ron Laidlaw says:
Great series Tod..
The google screens you bring up, are however quite unreadable on my screen.
Totally “out of focus” …is this intended or my problem.
A pdf file also sounds like a terrific idea…
The CBC’s Digital Content Strategy “I consume gobs of CBC content via social media. It’s the program like Age of Persuasion that’s not available as a podcast that worries me. Get all that great content available via all channels. Give me my taxpayer’s money’s worth….” [read]
Five Tools to Super Charge Your Story Pitches “What happens if a topic is unpopular, relative to whatever’s being searched or bandied about in social media, but is worthy enough to pass mention?
For breaking news and monitoring popular trends, yeah, Twitter and Google are helpful tools. They’re…” [read]
Facebook and Yahoo Attract TV Viewers for Big Events “I’m assuming that they are not counting people connected to social sites via mobile applications. For example, there seemed to be a lot of people using twitter during the Oscars, and we all know twitter is best used via third…” [read]
The CBC Gets its One Time Funding. Again. “Gigi, Jennifer Ditchburn has it wrong. Page 305 of the budget mentions several arts organizations and says the “programs delivered by these organizations are aligned with the priorities of Canadians” As for the idea to borrow money from the feds, they’ve…” [read]
The CBC Gets its One Time Funding. Again. “The sigh of relief may be premature that the bullet never found its target.
Jennifer Ditchburn (CP, March 4, 2010) cautions that “[t]here is not a single mention of the arts in either the throne speech or the budget. Television networks…” [read]
The CBC Dodges a Budget Bullet “Sorry for the double posting, Paul, but after 20 minutes or so, and it didn’t appear on the blog, I decided to re-post my comments. I must admit thoughts of censorship *did* cross my mind, but that was foolish, wasn’t…” [read]
Five Tools to Super Charge Your Story Pitches “PS:
By far the best story on CBC radio last weekend was Mary Jane
Lamond singing Bryan Adams’ “Summer of 69″ in Gaelic on Go.
Now that was a pitch that was super charged….” [read]
Five Tools to Super Charge Your Story Pitches “Fair enough Paul.
You do say, “But these tools are not only useful for testing story ideas. They can also be used to come up with pitches.”
Based on your follow I realize you mean Twitter…” [read]
Nancy Wood Goes Silent “Hate the way Nancy Wood was treated – no one deserves to be treated that way. But in truth, not that sorry to see her go. CBC Daybreak lost me as a listener when she was put…” [read]
Nancy Wood Goes Silent “Actually, I’m now a former former Gazette staffer. The joys of contract work.
Also see an updated post here: http://blog.fagstein.com/2010/03/10/nancy-wood-debate/…” [read]
Five Tools to Super Charge Your Story Pitches “robert, I never suggested you should use Twitter trending topics for pitches. That’s simply missing the point. I said “there are several tools on the internet that you can use to back up your story pitches.” If you want to…” [read]
CBC Twitter Feed
Just plain excellent. For a nerd.
Great, what would be really fabulous is to have tips on a one page pdf that could be printed out and pasted to our workstations!
Great idea. I’ll try to get one done for next week.
Sweet,
I’ve never used the synonym search feature. Amazing how much this one feature helps so much.
I love your tips for using google but I know I won’t remember them all, can you suggest a book I might purchase for this information. Thank you
E. gardiner
Hi Tod, Let there be light! Thanks for this. And a tip sheet would be awesome.
Love the idiots search in gc.ca.
Great series Tod..
The google screens you bring up, are however quite unreadable on my screen.
Totally “out of focus” …is this intended or my problem.
A pdf file also sounds like a terrific idea…
I’ll see if I can start using a zoom function on those small areas for future episodes.
It does my librarian’s heart good to see you sharing these tips! There are so many better ways to search than just throwing in some words.