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Monday afternoon rants (May '09 edition)

Published May 4, 2009 at 3:09 p.m.

Maybe it was a sleepless Sunday night with an infant, but I'm in a bad today. And three things are getting my goat this Monday afternoon.

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Milwaukee's Twitter community tied into OnMilwaukee.com

Published April 27, 2009 at 7:55 a.m.

For the past 11 years, OnMilwaukee.com has innovated with its use of relationship and social media tools. Today, the company announced that it's the first in the Milwaukee region to incorporate local Twitter feeds into the interface of its online magazine.

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Sprinting ahead of the Recovery

Published March 15, 2009 at 11:47 a.m.

Working for an independent media company in a down economy has its advantages. We don't have layers of bureaucracy weighing us down. We aren't the profitable arm of a company with its lifeblood being sucked out by the elderly, non-profitable wing of the company. When we see something coming down the pike we react to it, even if we couldn't plan for it. We are nimble and make our own decisions quickly.

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Milwaukee Talks: CBS 58 news anchor Shari Dunn

Published March 4, 2009 at 12:32 p.m.

Shari Dunn, the new morning anchor of the CBS 58 morning news, didn't follow a regular career path to wind up working in her hometown. Before the Nicolet and Marquette grad landed a job in TV in Milwaukee, she worked as an attorney here in town, in Washington and in New York. We caught up with her in this Milwaukee Talks.

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The newspaper death march is on

Published Feb. 26, 2009 at 10:29 a.m.

I'm not alone proclaiming that newspapers are dead, so I realize that I'm not breaking any news here. I do think they will eventually die off -- maybe in 20-30 years from now. Marketing guru Seth Godin wholeheartedly agrees.

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Wait, these people aren't on Milwaukee TV anymore?

Published Feb. 18, 2009 at 7:07 p.m.

The other day I was surfing around Wikipedia and I stumbled upon the pages of our local stations. Each one listed current and former talent, and I found myself surprised to find that some of these reporters have been off the air in Milwaukee for some time.

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Did you SMS on V-Day?

Published Feb. 16, 2009 at 3:59 p.m.

The text message tally for this St. Valentine's Day is in. Verizon Wireless says that its customers sent 1.4 billion text messages on Saturday.

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Just when Grandma was getting into Facebook...

Published Feb. 5, 2009 at 9:28 a.m.

As middle-aged and senior citizens swell the ranks of Facebook, you wonder if a shocking story like the one in New Berlin will be a deterrent.

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Final, NSFW Super Bowl musings

Published Feb. 4, 2009 at 11:14 a.m.

Not since Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction has one Super Bowl yielded so many silly controversies. Three days after the big game ended in stunning fashion, tidbits continue to trickle out, some significant and others less so.

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Hey Journal Sentinel, the Yankees don't need your help

Published Nov. 19, 2008 at 12:59 p.m.

As if trying to sign CC Sabathia wasn't hard enough, it looks like the local paper may have helped make the Brewers' task a little harder this week.

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