November 21, 2010
Airline execs will hate to see these results translated into dollars
Reuters has a poll up with current numbers that will send a chill down the spine of airline executives:
Yes, yes . . . self-selected poll . . . non-scientific . . . etc, etc. Even so, it might be a good time to review your stock portfolio in case you’re over-exposed to airline share prices.
He comes not to bury Twitter, but to praise it
Linked from one of Walter Olson’s Twitter updates, an interesting summary by Alan Rusbridger on the things that Twitter does for media folks:
I’ve lost count of the times people — including a surprising number of colleagues in media companies — roll their eyes at the mention of Twitter. “No time for it,” they say. “Inane stuff about what twits are having for breakfast. Nothing to do with the news business.”
Well, yes and no. Inanity — yes, sure, plenty of it. But saying that Twitter has got nothing to do with the news business is about as misguided as you could be.
Here, off the top of my head, are 15 things, which Twitter does rather effectively and which should be of the deepest interest to anyone involved in the media at any level.
There are lots of people who send Twitter updates on what they made for dinner, or what they’re watching on TV, but you don’t have to follow them. I’ve been amazed at how useful Twitter has been to me for keeping on top of what I think of as “blogfodder” items: things that I think my own readers would be interested in.
Vikings (finally) activate Sidney Rice
It’s been a long time coming, but the Vikings filled that last roster spot they’d been holding since releasing Randy Moss.
Wide receiver Sidney Rice is expected to make his 2010 debut on Sunday against the Packers after being placed on the Vikings’ 53-man roster Saturday.
The move came by Saturday’s 3 p.m. deadline and nearly three months after Rice underwent hip surgery that landed him on the physically unable to perform list. Rice also did not take part in training camp because of the hip problem, which was never fully explained.
Rice, who had a career-high 83 receptions for 1,312 yards and eight touchdowns last season, started practicing on Nov. 3 and needed to be activated by this coming Wednesday or his season would have been finished.
He’s still not back to full speed, but I hope he’ll be able to contribute a bit, as the Vikings have been a funhouse mirror of their former selves without him.
