Daily Archives: October 3, 2007

People tagging on Facebook

Posted on October 3, 2007 by

Regular readers of this blog know that I’m a big proponent of geotagging. As I’ve gotten deeper into Facebook, I’ve also become a big fan of people tagging. People tagging allows you to uniquely identify people in pictures. Tagging can … Continue reading →

Posted in facebook, flickr, photography, privacy, social networking, web 2, web 2.0 | 3 Comments

Using photos to show the story

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A common refrain in journalism schools is “show don’t tell.” It means to make your writing sufficiently descriptive that readers can visualize what you’re talking about. Instead of writing that the “laptop looked old,” you should write “The laptop bore … Continue reading →

Posted in flickr, journalism, media, newspapers, photography | 3 Comments