Tarabytes - The (Mis)adventures of a Newsroom Assistant

Now that I'm not commuting 80 minutes a day, I have some extra time on my hands! And, being the absolute geek that I am, I've been spending it reading about journostuff.

Yep. My new word of the day: journostuff. I had to bold, underline and italicize that bad boy for the optimal effect.

News University, a Poynter project, has recently revamped their Web site, and I must say that I'm quite pleased with what they have done.

The old Web site was OK, but at times the navigation felt a bit clunky and awkward. I had problems finding courses, and the pages loaded somewhat slowly.

The new and improved Web site is indeed new and improved. I like it.

I like it a lot.

The pages don't make me feel claustrophobic anymore, and searching for courses is much easier now.

I will really enjoy going through the courses and discovering more about the world of journalism. I'll keep you guys posted!

Check out this page to see what course I'm going through and a link to my comments on the course.

The Comcast cable guy is here busily working on my lines, so hopefully I will soon be updating this blog from a 100,000% faster internet connection.

On the downside, apparently we were getting cable in a not-so-kosher way, and that's going away. We're perfectly OK with that, though! Most of what we want to watch can either be streamed or viewed the next day on adultswim.com or Hulu.

I'm currently using my cell phone, and I'm not too jazzed about the connection speed on it. But it works, so I can't complain too much.

I've progressed through "Journalism Next" by Mark Briggs through Chapter 2 (Advanced Blogging), and I'm really excited to start applying some of the concepts on this blog.

This book has been very informative so far, even to someone as into the web as I am. If you haven't at least looked at it, please check out Briggs' blog, Journalism 2.0.

The whole SEO (search engine optimization) thing needs further exploration though. I'm not too clear on the topic, and I'd really like to make friends with it.

Also, I'm hungry. My stomach is growling.