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I. Social: You are what you know and remember, and what others know and remember about you. Forming groups of like interest / coordinate connections Being in the know / personal topic guidance Creating self-identity / ascribe values to information choices Forming opinions / critiquing service Sharing information (conversation, e-mail, clippings, recordings, etc.) to create … Read more

When Terree Campbell learned the daughter of one of her employees had cancer, she knew she had to do something. She had to do something to help with the family’s monthly medical bills, which were running in the thousands of dollars. She had to do something about the family’s house payments as her employee, who … Read more

Information experience micro-culture is my somewhat academic attempt to create a term encapsulating the rituals, behaviors, expectations and experiences involving humans and our interactions with information, which includes the concept of story, one way of many (and one of my favorite ways) to organize data. Why this is important: To make long-term, effective decisions about … Read more

To enhance your story’s online ferocity, build it as a standalone, interactive network hub for the topic it broaches, and make it easily embedded in other Web sites. Building a network hub means you provide content filtering services in addition to your own researching and reporting: Provide well-described links to other news, opinion and information … Read more

The implications of this are: Every piece of content should function as an independent business that can be embedded in whatever Web site wishes to host it; Advertising needs to integrate with every piece of content and go wherever it goes; Journalism organizations should think of themselves as wire services providing content for any interested … Read more

Albuquerque resident Ed Benavidez says this winter’s natural gas bills aren’t hammering his pocketbook yet, but he’s ready for things to get worse. With cold weather and snow flurries expected this weekend, they just might. But Public Service Company of New Mexico has a little good news to offset the bad. The company estimates more … Read more

Everybody knows where the castle is going to be. The claim comes from James Martinez as he glances out the front windows of his Fastsigns business, admiring what has been a Downtown curiosity for months. Across the way, jammed into the southeast corner of Second Street and Lead Avenue Southwest like a grown tree into … Read more

Eighteen years ago, June Gonzales moved to Los Ranchos de Albuquerque for its quiet, semi-rural character. Now she worries that the tranquility she cherishes is threatened by longstanding plans for a residential and commercial center at Fourth Street Northwest and Osuna Road. Village leaders have some of the same concerns, and they held a public … Read more

In many ways, the celebrations that Amber K and other pagans undertake this time of year are similar to those associated with Christmas. There are trees with decorations, gift exchanges and time spent with family and friends. It’s the differences that drew Amber K – that’s her full name – to the spiritual practice she … Read more

There’s little that eases the pain Herald Baca feels since losing his granddaughter three years ago, but the tree planted in Santa Barbara Park helps. During his weekly visits to the living memorial, it helps him remember Mia, just days old when she died. It helps him imagine taking walks with her, imagine what she … Read more