Tag Archives: Jeff Jarvis

On AT&T’s new charges for data

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

I think my position is summed up very well by a comment from Nic Wise to a hysterical post by Jeff Jarvis: “While this is going to effect the digerati, 79.75 million of the 80 millions iPhone users in the … Continue reading →

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Google is not leaving China. So why pretend it is?

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Jeff Jarvis is well-known for his love of all-things Google, but his latest Guardian column is probably his most hype-laden yet. I don’t think Jeff is responsible for the headline, but it sums up his position quite well: “Google is … Continue reading →

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Translating Google

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Jeff Jarvis fires off a couple of questions in an apartment in Davos to the Googlers. Here are Eric Schmidt’s answers, with some handy translations from Google-speak. Schmidt: Phones: Will they have a tablet? “You might want to tell me … Continue reading →

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Why “process journalism” is neither journalism, nor process

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Jeremy Toeman, talking about the truly absurd “Twittergate”, sums up why process journalism fails: “But this is par for the course if your job is breaking news as fast as possible, as there is no reward for being late nor is … Continue reading →

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The Jeff Jarvis conundrum

Posted on November 16, 2008 by Ian Betteridge

I have a certain amount of sympathy for Ron Rosenbaum's post about Jeff Jarvis. Like Ron, I used to be an avid reader of Jeff's blog, and liked it a lot. And, like Ron, I've become disillusioned by Jeff and … Continue reading →

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