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christopherwink
A freelance journalist and blogger based in Philadelphia.
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Eric Smith of Geekadelphia says very nice things about me after I made fun of his work publicly [Video]
My good friend Eric Smith, whose successes in publishing and audience have kept me motivated, wrote some very flattering things in celebration of his own birthday, mostly about how we love to faux battle by way of our respective geek blogs Geekadelphia and Technically Philly. An excerpt: … Without realizing it, Chris had finally given [...]Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Feb 1, 2012 -
Founding Fathers would have loved social media but questioned its future: moderated panel at National Constitution Center
The Founding Fathers would have loved and leveraged social media but been fearful of its future implications on privacy and speech issues, said a host of experts at an event on the impact of new communications patterns. Earlier this month, I moderated a panel on the subject at the National Constitution Center featuring Jennifer Preston, [...]Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Jan 30, 2012 -
Local TV news is more entertainment than journalism and other notes from NBC 10 ONA Philadelphia Showcase [VIDEO]
Local TV news is, perhaps even more than other in the media business, a ratings game. That’s a distinct takeaway I had, leaving NBC Philadelphia headquarters on City Line Avenue after the latest local ONA meetup featured the affiliate’s web strategy and news direction.Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Jan 27, 2012 -
I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: a Social Network Constitution and concerns around privacy
The groundwork of privacy, anonymity and free speech is being set now with evolving jurisprudence and legislation surrounding the concept of social networking. That is the overarching theme, as I read it, in I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy, a new book from [...]Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Jan 11, 2012 -
Balancing legacy and money in professional sports has lessons for the rest of us
The legacy of your work has a value harder to compare with pure money, so we should try our best to incorporate that in our professional decision making. I’m not a professional athlete.Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Jan 9, 2012 -
Boardwalk Empire: five lessons to learn from season one of the hit HBO drama
The celebrated HBO historical drama Boardwalk Empire, set in Prohibition-era Atlantic City, is making its way through its second season, and I’m catching up, having recently finished watching the first season. The well-funded period piece, with backing from Scorsese, Wahlberg and others, tracks the life and times of a character based on a real political [...]Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Oct 19, 2011 -
Beware ‘filter bubbles’ online: TED talk from Eli Pariser
From this very compelling TED video from former MoveOn.org Executive Director Eli Pariser on ‘filter bubbles’ happening online due to personalized algorithms (i.e., in truth there is no one Google search, as nearly 60 filters dictate results) “We may have the story of the internet wrong. This is how the founding mythology goes: in a [...]Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Oct 13, 2011 -
Macbook Pro: why this general consumer went the Apple route
After years of catching heat from colleagues, friends and sources in the technology world for tapping on my Dell laptop, I jumped in and bought a Macbook Pro, after reading, seeking advice and asking a lot of questions. Suddenly, the passing of Steve Jobs had a more timely, personal meaning.Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Oct 11, 2011 -
Steve Jobs: ‘I don’t want to see us descend into a nation of bloggers’ [VIDEO]
In honor of the passing of Steve Jobs, I was trolling through videos of the Apple co-founder. I came across one that was very relevant to the news industry today.Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Oct 6, 2011 -
Five things I learned about Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter watching his NBC 10 ‘Ask the Mayor’ program [VIDEO]
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter gave an hour of his time this week to answer resident questions that came to host NBC 10 by way of email, Twitter and Facebook, as we reported on Technically Philly in sharing video of the event. Nutter has already been praised for use of Twitter – a move we had [...]Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Sep 30, 2011 -
ONA 2011: conferences are good for more than just their sessions [VIDEO]
Sometimes, if not most times, what happens outside of the sessions can be what’s most valuable about a conference. I learned plenty the traditional way at the 2011 Online News Association national conference, held in Boston this weekend Sept.Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Sep 28, 2011 -
Shark Tank: 25 things I learned from watching the startup pitch reality TV show
Whether they are meant to be there or not, real business lessons are buried within the made-for-TV, startup-pitch-event-turned-reality-show Shark Tank, and despite the raised eyebrows, I love the program. A rotating crew of five potential investors, billed as self-made millionaires, hear quick pitches from would-be entrepreneurs of varying skills, interests and levels of experience.Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Sep 26, 2011 -
How 9/11 helped shape New York City for the better
Nearly 3,000 people are said to have died 10 years ago in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, perhaps more if some first responder deaths are to be included.Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Sep 12, 2011 -
You have to be far enough away to be seen: Story Shuffle 8 (Anniversaries)
Another Story Shuffle, this the 8th, the one year anniversary celebration and a theme of Anniversaries, was held in my Fishtown rowhome last week. I told the story of Voyager II, an un-manned spacecraft sent out 34 years earlier in order to go farther than we ever have before.Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Aug 31, 2011 -
Philly Geek Awards: one award, three nominations and a dozen ideas for next year
The first ever Philly Geek Awards show, organized by my friends at Geekadelphia, was held last Friday at the Academy of Natural Sciences. As mentioned here in June, I was proudly involved in three nominations.Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Aug 22, 2011 -
Why Philadelphia should embrace its accent
I have a friend who went to college where he did for, really, one leading reason: the accent. Sure, he found a nice campus at a respected university with a good reputation and a big price tag, but, ultimately, he sought colleges in and around Boston because he loved that accent.Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Aug 17, 2011 -
Temple Review: why big companies still lead innovation and how that’s changing
How large technology companies still lead innovation in the world is the focus of a freelance story I wrote for Temple Review, the alumni magazine of Temple University. Read the story here or download the PDF here, on page 24.Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Aug 5, 2011 -
History Channel: America, The Story of Us
Happy Fourth of July. A couple weekends ago, while filing a lot of copy, I was engrossed in the 12-part History Channel documentary called America: The Story of Us.Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Jul 4, 2011 -
“Understand what business you’re really in. That’s what benefit you provide customers. Not what product.”
The innovator’s dilemma: “Understand what business you’re really in. That’s what benefit you provide customers.Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Jul 1, 2011 -
“Being a reporter is only lately a respectable occupation:” Calvin Trillin
Former Time and New Yorker journalist Calvin Trillin on why there is less drinking in journalism. He references this New York Times story on the changing face of big name journalists.Collected in Christopher Wink's videos Jun 1, 2011
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christopherwink My good friend Eric Smith, whose successes in publishing and audience have kept me motivated, wrote some very flattering things in celebration of his own birthday, mostly about how we love to faux battle by way of our respective geek blogs Geekadelphia and Technically Philly. An excerpt: … Without realizing it, Chris had finally given [...] Read More
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