http://www.matthewbigelow.com Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:00:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have agreed to write a monthly article called “Nashville Pulse” for Digital Nashville, the free-to-join networking group dedicated to all things digital in the Music City. The idea is to survey what’s going on in Nashville every month in the digital world, and this month’s installment takes a look ... http://www.matthewbigelow.com/2009/12/14/december-nashville-pulse-article-published/ I have agreed to write a monthly article called "Nashville Pulse" for Digital Nashville, the free-to-join networking group dedicated to all things digital in the Music City. The idea is to survey what's going on in Nashville every month in the digital world, and this month's installment takes a look ... http://www.matthewbigelow.com/2009/11/06/november-nashville-pulse-article-published/ (This is an excerpt from a blog post I wrote over at ParthenonPub.com, my employer's blog.) Amid the financial turmoil plaguing the newspaper industry as a whole, accusations and general finger-pointing has abounded as industry players scramble to figure who’s to blame. You’ve heard the culprits: * Greedy ... http://www.matthewbigelow.com/2009/10/27/what-newspaper-journalists-can-teach-you-about-interactive-marketing/ This past weekend I attended Nashville's Startup Weekend. If you're unfamiliar with the Startup Weekend concept, here's a primer. I attended the event last year as well, and my two experiences couldn't have been more dissimilar. Here are my lessons learned: 1. Leadership Matters Last year, I voted for teams based entirely ... http://www.matthewbigelow.com/2009/10/12/business-matters-four-lessons-learned-from-nashville-startup-weekend/ UPDATE: Read the write up on "Tales From the Road" to hear how they plan to celebrate. The Society of American Travel Writers announced its Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism awards over the weekend at its annual convention down in Guadalajara, Mexico. Southern Living magazine's "Tales From the Road" blog garnered the ... http://www.matthewbigelow.com/2009/10/12/tales-from-the-road-wins-society-of-american-travel-writers-award/ I have agreed to write a monthly article called "Nashville Pulse" for Digital Nashville, the free-to-join networking group dedicated to all things digital in the Music City. The idea is to survey what's going on in Nashville every month in the digital world, and this month's installment takes a look ... http://www.matthewbigelow.com/2009/10/08/first-nashville-pulse-article-published/ Just stumbled across the following video report on social media in the workplace, via Nathan Moore over at Anthology Creative, a local Web Dev firm here in Nashville. I wrote on this before here, and I couldn't agree more with Nathan's assessment. Whatever you do in your free time is a ... http://www.matthewbigelow.com/2009/09/03/social-media-business-versus-personal-use/ So I met yesterday with Elin Mulron and Clay Willingham, both members of the leadership team over at Digital Nashville, to discuss story ideas for an upcoming feature/column I am writing for Digital Nashville's e-newsletter. I wanted to make the ideas public in case you fellow Nashville digital folks have ... http://www.matthewbigelow.com/2009/09/02/octobers-digital-nashville-column/ I just wrote and published an article on studying Spanish in Guatemala over on MatadorAbroad.com, part of Matador Travel, an online community for travelers. An excerpt: Studying Spanish in Guatemala: Quetzaltenango Vs. Antigua Most foreign travelers looking to learn Spanish in Guatemala make Antigua their first and longest stop, charmed by its ... http://www.matthewbigelow.com/2009/08/28/guatemala-article-published-matador-travel/ Toddlers on the backs of motorcycles. Hunching over a river of lava for a photo op. A waterfall hike over a rickety bridge (not to mention the police escort lest robbers attacked us on the way). After four weeks in Guatemala, I've concluded that "safe" is a relative term at best. It's ... http://www.matthewbigelow.com/2009/08/19/the-word-safe-is-a-relative-term-lessons-from-guatemala-pt-2/