Category Archives: Tech tools

Interactive PJ’s make storytime fun

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Buffy Andrews

Just when I think I’ve heard of everything, something new pops up. Take these interactive pajamas from Smart PJ’s. Scan a code on your child’s PJ’s and then start a storybook on your mobile device. Pretty dang cool! From the … Continue reading →

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How journalists can use Spundge to curate content

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Buffy Andrews

I’ve asked Matt Eyer, assistant features editor at the York Daily Record/Sunday News, to do a guest post on using Spundge. Here’s Matt’s post: _______________ Recently, a few people at the Daily Record have been using an online curation tool … Continue reading →

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Digital journalists innovate and discover alternate uses for social media tools

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Buffy Andrews

As a multiplatform journalist, I’m constantly discovering new tools. I’m always looking for ways I can use a tool to help me do better journalism. A lot of times, the uses I find for a particular tool were never imagined … Continue reading →

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NewHive lets you create page from blank canvas

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Buffy Andrews

I’ve been working on a PowerPoint for some seminars I will be teaching showing journalists how to market their content online. I came across a new tool, NewHive, which is still in beta. It’s a pretty cool tool that allows … Continue reading →

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BlaBlaMeter checks your writing for, um, crap

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Buffy Andrews

Here’s a tool I stumbled across. It’s BlaBlaMeter and it checks how much “bullshit” is in your writing. It’s simple to use. You copy your text into the white field. It recommends a minimum of five sentences. Let me know … Continue reading →

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I used Mailchimp to create Buffy’s Write Zone newsletter

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Buffy Andrews

I used Mailchimp to create my first email newsletter for Buffy’s Write Zone, my writing blog. I hope you sign up to receive the newsletter. I’m super excited about this FREE publishing platform. The newsletter was easy to design and … Continue reading →

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Storify tutorial video shows how you can access material on someone else’s storypad to collaborate on a story

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Buffy Andrews

Buffy Andrews of Buffy’s World explains how to collaborate with others when pulling together a Storify story by accessing the content they save on their storypads.

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Reaction to Supreme Court upholding Obamacare

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Buffy Andrews

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Obama administration health care plan, according to news organizations.

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Pew: E-book and tablet ownership doubles

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Buffy Andrews

According to the Pew Research Center, the number of U.S. adults who own tablet computers jumped from 10 percent to 19 percent between mid-December and early January. The same growth was seen in e-book readers. Read the complete report. Did … Continue reading →

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If 9/11 were to happen today

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Buffy Andrews

I’ve been thinking about the upcoming 10th anniversary of 9/11 and how we would have reported that story given the technology we have today. Imagine what we might have tweeted (Twitter launched in 2006) or what we might have posted … Continue reading →

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