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Online journalism: still getting sources wrong in 2018

October 1, 2018Matt McGeeLeave a Comment on Online journalism: still getting sources wrong in 2018
Online journalism: still getting sources wrong in 2018

A radio station tweeted tonight about a story discussing how young kids are avoiding Apple’s “Screen Time” restrictions and spending more time on iPhones/iPads than their parents want them to. I clicked the link in the tweet. It took me to the radio station’s website where I read the article. At the end of the […]

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Fastest airport wi-fi ever

June 14, 2017Matt McGee1 Comment on Fastest airport wi-fi ever

This has to be the fastest (free) airport wi-fi in history, doesn’t it? I was at Sea-Tac earlier today and couldn’t believe how fast the connection was. Turns out it’s almost 2x as fast as our home download speed, and about 30x as fast as our home upload speeds. Incredible.

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GoGo Inflight Internet … Speed?

September 29, 2014September 28, 2014Matt McGeeLeave a Comment on GoGo Inflight Internet … Speed?

This was on a recent Delta flight from SLC to EWR. I don’t know why we put up with this and I don’t know why we … or least I … get all excited to get online whenever I fly. Ugh.

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Please eNom, don’t encourage them…

April 16, 2014April 15, 2014Matt McGeeLeave a Comment on Please eNom, don’t encourage them…
Please eNom, don’t encourage them…
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Hey Disqus, 627 Comments in 1 Day is Probably Spam

July 8, 2013Matt McGee1 Comment on Hey Disqus, 627 Comments in 1 Day is Probably Spam

Here’s one of the commenters that I banned today while moderating the comments on Search Engine Land and Marketing Land: If someone’s writing 627 comments in a single day — their first day! — that’s probably a spammer. It’s not 627 comments on SEL and ML, but across this person’s Disqus account. This has been […]

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The First Book Ever Ordered on Amazon … & the Guy Who Ordered It

October 28, 2012Matt McGeeLeave a Comment on The First Book Ever Ordered on Amazon … & the Guy Who Ordered It

This is just awesome. Ever wonder what was the first book ever bought on Amazon? And who was the first person to place an order on Amazon? Well, turns out that there’s a question on Quora asking those exact questions, and the guy who placed the first order was told about it … then answered! […]

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