You know you’re part of the digital revolution when . . .

by Andrea James | Oct 4, 2011 | Communication, Curiosity

. . . Apple speaks, and it suddenly becomes OK to stop working and pay attention. Engadget live blog New York Times live...

An illustration: Smart phone goes here

by Andrea James | Sep 8, 2011 | Communication, Curiosity, Photos, Seattle

Over at GeekWire today, Mónica Guzmán talks about how she bravely left behind her smart phone on her summer vacation. It’s well worth a read. One of her sentences, referring to her interactions with her husband, made me laugh out loud: It’s not reasonable to...

Improve your writing in three steps: Cut, cut cut

by Andrea James | Dec 13, 2010 | Communication, Inspiration, Journalism

Journalism professor Robert Marshall Wells opened class once by writing this on the board: Fresh Fish Sold Here He turned to the class. “You run a fish market. You want to get your sign as short as possible. You want to catch the readers’ attention and convey your...

When the mediums go down, we lose our social

by Andrea James | Oct 6, 2009 | Communication, Journalism

Do you ever think about how much of our lives are in “the cloud?” Students at my college were big users of AOL Instant Messenger (oh so 2000!), and we religiously updated our away messages. “I’m sleeping.” “I’m writing a...

Pay attention: Journalists got blindsided, so could you

by Andrea James | Aug 15, 2009 | Communication, Journalism, Seattle

Last month, a professional in the information business asked me, “What’s Twitter?” This question came from a smart and capable guy, and so I was stunned. The best definition I could come up with at first was something stupid like, “Twitter? Uh,...