Kiyoshi Martinez - nerdlusus blog the geek wants out

Posts from August 2008

Attempting an Internet ‘vacation’

For quite a while I’ve noticed that my attention has been continually focused on things that, while fun, aren’t very fulfilling on the Internet.
Keeping up with Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, etc. is very fun, but I can’t honestly say I’ve had an inspiring feeling about most of it. I think the quick and dirty nature [...]


Rockford Register Star layoffs: a failure to understand the hyperlocal benefit of a statehouse bureau

Today the Rockford Register Star announced layoffs of 13 full- and part-time employees. This follows a previous round of 17 buyouts. Among those laid off today was a really great mentor and friend of mine: Aaron Chambers, the Springfield bureau chief.
I worked under Chambers as reporting intern while I was in the Public Affairs [...]