Posts Tagged ‘Notes’

Wordle: Cool tag clouds for text

Check the above tag bubble for this site. Looks very cool. At Wordle.net, you can create beautiful tag clouds for any site or block of text. Give it a try. Hat tip to 10,000 Words, through whom I found Wordle – very cool application. Number of Views:130

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Blavatar, banner for ChristopherWink.com

Mark this off the list of simple things I wanted to get done for this site. I made the above banner, though I don’t have plans for using it as a header. Rather, it’ll serve its purpose as a focus when I need one, in places like on my blogging experience page. Something that no [...]

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A German nod to ChristopherWink dot com for young journalists

I’m always surprised and really proud to see my unique visitors and subscriptions increasing and love nothing more than a fresh comment to help create a dialogue I try to highlight on this site. Now, that has happily been a fairly regular occurrence for a good portion of this site’s one-year plus existence. Still, sometimes [...]

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Disclosures

This is where I will post any potential biases or conflicts of interest. I do not feel the below work or relationships cloud my ethics as a journalist, but transparency is of the utmost importance. If you have any questions or comments, contact me here. To see a more complete list of my work and [...]

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So late in claiming this site, others on Technorati

I am at least one year behind in claiming this site on Technorati. I’ll bet you’re in one of two camps: either you think it’s ridiculous I’m only now understanding this process or you have no idea what I am talking about. And, believe me, either way there’s a good chance you’re not going to [...]

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OpenID: WTF is it, why TF it helps

I can admit that ignored what an OpenID is mostly until last week. Yeah, I suppose that’s embarrassing for a man of my enormous stature. …Right. Well, if you don’t have one or just might like to know what gives about the vague-sounding device, let me give you a quick tour. Number of Views:45

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WDSTL travel essays posted

On the Creative page of this site, I have posted a handful of travel essays I wrote for WeDontSpeaktheLanguage.com, while podcasting and blogging in Europe. They are not professional clips, but if you didn’t get a chance to read them this fall on WDSTL, see them here. Direct links below. Number of Views:29

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New home, no Internet: My world in turmoil, give me a moment

I am sitting in the Frankford Library, stealing wireless Internet by using a fake library card ID number I schmoozed out of a kind librarian. Philadelphia, you have just earned yourself one more unemployed resident. Number of Views:52

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Young journalist for hire in Philly region

Hire Christopher Wink, a journalist and writer in Philadelphia. See my resume here, and my portfolio here. Number of Views:44

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Your life as a press release

Last month I posted about my fulfilling internship with the Philadelphia Business Journal from the spring. Then I offered advice about attracting attention to your press releases. I got some great clips there and learned more about newsroom dynamics, but I also got a taste of nine to five life. Business reporting didn’t get me [...]

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