One of the options we had for class was revising up to two of our previous stories for up to 10 points of extra credit. I chose to update one of my stories about news media (which can be found here) and create a how-to guide for bringing news to you in a quick, convenient way. The guide revolves around two services offered: Twitter and Read It Later.
For those of you unfamiliar with Twitter, it's a social networking site where people can share information (news, what they're up to, etc.) in 140 characters or less. A lot of news companies such as the New York Times have Twitter accounts and "tweet" (post) headlines to their stories with links to the online content, allowing users to access the article without having to find it on the website.
Read It Later is a service that saves links, much like del.icio.us, except that the main purpose is storing articles in a list to read them later. The convenient part comes from having their apps on your smartphone or iPod touch, which allows you to take your stories on the go (a wireless connection required to get the articles, but not to read them).
If you would like to know more, click here. Thanks for reading!
-Z
Good blog post! I have never heard of Read It Later but it seems to be a very fun and uesful tool. Your revised story also sounded good. Nice work!
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