Welcome our new Lost Remote bloggers
Cory Bergman June 10th, 2007
I’m happy to announce that we’ve added two talented bloggers here on Lost Remote. Don Day heads up KTVB.com and zIdaho.com, two innovative sites based out of Belo’s KTVB in Boise. And Michael Gay works at Hearst-Argyle as the executive producer of the group’s TV station sites, based out of Internet Broadcasting’s building in Minneapolis. Both are long-time readers of Lost Remote — as in waaaaay back to the early days — and we’re very excited to add them to the blogging ranks.
8 Comments Add your own
1. Safran | June 10th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
Welcome to hell.
2. Cory | June 10th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Now now, Safran. Welcome, guys.
3. Michael Gay | June 10th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
I’m just doing it for the paycheck. There is a paycheck, right? There isn’t? Oh, man.
4. Don Day | June 10th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
I still remember the “black and green” LR… circa 1998. Take a trip to the Internet Archive to see what I mean. Remember that tag-line? “The TV Revolution is Coming.” And how…
5. Charles | June 10th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Oh my… oh my! Don, my eyes are still hurting after viewing that website. 9 years from now, I hope white-space-heavy sites don’t look as terrible…
Oh, and welcome to the site, guys. ^_^ (But seriously, that earlier design sucked. THIS is much, MUCH nicer.)
6. David Johnson | June 11th, 2007 at 6:37 am
pleasure to have you aboard, gents.
7. Rob | June 11th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
OK so I took Don’s bait - Congrats, BTW Dude - and what’s really interesting is going back to see all the interesting headlines from way back when …
Oct. 19, 2000 - Blair Witch webcast draws 100,000
It looks like the Blair Witch folks have another online marketing hit on their hands.
Sept. 23, 2001 - NOTE: Due to the terrorist attacks, we will not update Lost Remote over the next few days. We’re in New York covering the story. Thank you for your understanding.
March 30, 2002 - Following in TV’s footsteps, Nielsen/NetRatings will rank the most popular sites on the web, leading to new Webby Awards.
May 1, 2003 - Blogging controversy hits fever pitch
Should journalists be allowed to run their own personal blogs? Not at CNN, Time Magazine or the Hartford Courant where “blogophobia” runs rampant. Journalists have always had writing gigs on the side, so why is big media suddenly drawing a line in the sand? And why the urge to edit weblogs? “One of the values that we place on our own weblogs is that we edit our webloggers,” said MSNBC.com’s Joan Connell in an interview with PBS. “I would submit that the editing function really is the factor that makes it journalism.” Huh? So are my unedited posts not journalism?
April 5, 2004 - Google email story a joke?
Just about everyone is reporting on Google’s plans to launch Gmail, a free email service with the storage capacity of 500,000 pages of email per user. But now tech boards are suggesting it may be an elaborate April Fools joke. After all, the press release is, well, strange. But Google has already set up a site, and the concept sounds very innovative. UPDATE: Here’s the real Google April Fools joke, pointed out by Hanley in the comments. ANOTHER UPDATE: GMail is indeed a real service.
Feb. 5, 2005 - Martha Stewart to star in new ‘Apprentice’
NBC chief Jeff Zucker announced Martha Stewart will host a spin-off of The Apprentice with Donald Trump and Mark Burnett as executive producers.
June 4, 2006 - Yahoo upgrades video search to compete with YouTube, others. Yahoo is upgrading its video search bandwagon with its new Yahoo! Video release. The Washington Post (running a Reuters article) likens it to “saving favorite TV channels with a remote control.” My immediate reaction? You have to log in to share video with a friend. A big no-no. What makes YouTube so wonderful is the immediate ability to go viral with a video. No login necessary. Rethink that, Yahoo. Also: It’s WindowsMedia-only. Strike Two.
8. Steven (right by a narrow super-majority) | June 14th, 2007 at 5:19 am
1. Lasted slightly longer than a can of Chunky Sirloin
3. If they rated adult sites would anything else show up?
4. NO, and Usenet is DSL Suicide…
5. Hotmail dethroned as number ONE scam/spam venue, Bill Gates and AOL can finally breathe easier? The actual joke has been Google Groups’ platform upgrades.
6. Yahoo! decises to unify all their crossing platforms, things get slight better, leaving a montrosity called Answers and really bad black pages with white, light blue, anything to dend folks to the eye doc.
Conclusion: Misery loves company, come to Norcal and program.
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