Kahlers.org http://www.kahlers.org/wordpress News past and present about the Kahler Family Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:47:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Moving http://www.kahlers.org/wordpress/?p=473 http://www.kahlers.org/wordpress/?p=473#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:59:01 +0000 skahler http://www.kahlers.org/wordpress/?p=473 movingI’ve decided to move all the things I’d previously been posting on Simpit.com over to Kahlers.org. What I’d been putting there had been a big mixture of personal and technical. At this point I’m thinking we need a more professional site to represent what Kate and I do for contract and consulting work. Simpit was originally bought to be Simple I.T. but over time became my little waste bin of space, at which point I converted the meaning to Simply Internet Trash. Since I put so much personal stuff there I might as well move the personal piece over to Kahlers.org that way it get’s updated a little more often.

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Need to save this one for a few years xkcd.com

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]]> http://www.kahlers.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=455 0 It's been brewing http://www.kahlers.org/wordpress/?p=452 http://www.kahlers.org/wordpress/?p=452#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:13:02 +0000 skahler http://www.simpit.com/wordpress/?p=452 digitalnewspaperBeing in the syndication business as a techie, the state of the newpapers is of constant concern. As the people that feed the newspapers the news it’s not a very good sign when the people that are supposed to be purchasing your product look like they might start lobbying for the next bailout package coming out of Washington.

In my opinion it doesn’t look as bad as many think for the newspapers. Oh there are still going to be a lot of newspapers that go out of business. The ones that remain though are going to have strong business models, tight staff and will be technologically enabled. Essentially those that will live will become News 2.0 organizations and the traditional structure that has been maintained will go away. Syndicates will face (are facing) the same challenges and are going to need to not only find new ways to deliver content to a digitally enhanced world with a leaner crew, but to also change pricing models and do more self marketing of the talent they represent. There will be some awesome synergies (ack used a buzzword) between the content and news delivery that both move forward.

News organizations can’t continue to put their news in places they can’t monetize or where they allow someone else to monetize it over them. Dropping a full story into an RSS feed that Google can grab and parse is a sure way to stop millions of views from coming to a site where you can drop a few ads and possibly make a few dollars to go back to the expenses generated in chain of getting that content there. On the same note the syndicates need to really look in depth at the CPM system. A portal such as Yahoo, MSN or Google has a news story looked at billions of times. How does that fit into the pricing structure compared to other digital subscribers? Even if you are the AP and charging them 10x the fee of other subscribers it’s a sure fire bet that any content they have their hands on is probably being seen 100x more often than the larger newpapers you have on the list.

The deal is that news organizations are just starting to really grasp digital and they’ll either latch on and start building fresh or might save themselves for a few years by pulling back from it all together. In either case those that flurish are going to find the new routes to people, it’s going to involve a  screen and a way to do a “content view = revenue”  calculation. The pieces are there and waiting.

]]> http://www.kahlers.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=452 0 Hate it when http://www.kahlers.org/wordpress/?p=449 http://www.kahlers.org/wordpress/?p=449#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:04:51 +0000 skahler http://www.simpit.com/wordpress/?p=449 grrrI was asked a question that on Friday I dropped the ball on, I just straight up couldn’t line up the things in my mind. I floundered and flailed when it’s normally the sort of thing I would have a good answer for. I REALLY hate when that happens and I’ve been stewing on it most of the weekend. Those things never seem to happen at a convienent time. Someone had asked me what would happen if I was situation A, the problem being situation A was something that would be damn near impossible in the world I’ve constructed for myself. The problem being that I then took what was asked and tried to apply it to my specific world rather than interpet it in a more general sense. Live and learn though and the next time I’ll remember to keep my head out of my own world.

]]> http://www.kahlers.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=449 0 PSA – Crimes of Carelessness http://www.kahlers.org/wordpress/?p=431 http://www.kahlers.org/wordpress/?p=431#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:44:45 +0000 skahler http://www.simpit.com/wordpress/?p=431 ]]> http://www.kahlers.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=431 0 2009 Reuben (Cartoonist) Awards Winners http://www.kahlers.org/wordpress/?p=424 http://www.kahlers.org/wordpress/?p=424#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 14:16:33 +0000 skahler http://www.simpit.com/wordpress/?p=424 The best account I could find comes from the twitter stream of @art4mad

  • Live twittering of the Reuben awards begins soon so stay tooned.
  • Full list of reuben nominees at http:// http://bit.ly/9NL7s
  • Reuben awards getting started with welcome by NCS president Jeff Keane. http://twitpic.com/5tr30
  • Jay Kennedy scholarship winner Chris Houghton just got recognized by the crowd.
  • Pulitzer prize winner Mike Luckovich is emceeing.
  • “Broadside” cartoonist and USO trip organizer Jeff Bacon just got awarded a silver t-square for service to the NCS.
  • Another silver t-square is awarded post-humously to austrailian cartoonist James Kemsley, accepted by son Jed.
  • NCS Hall of Fame “Gold Key” award bestowed on Bil Keane (The Family Circus) and Mell Lazarus (Momma, Miss Peach), presented by Jerry Scott.
  • Intermission….
  • The awards are getting started…
  • Winner of “Greeting Card” division- Jem Sullivan
  • “Comic Book” division winner- Cyril Pedrosa (Three Shadows)
  • “Advertising Ilustration” division winner- Craig McKay
  • Winner of “Gag Cartoon” division- Mort Gerberg
  • “Television Animation division winner- Sandra Equihua & Jorge Guitierrez
  • Winner of “Feature Animation” division- Nicolas Marlet (Kung Fu Panda)
  • Winner of “Magazine Illustration”- Sam Viviano
  • “Newspaper Illustation” Division winner- Mark Marturello
  • “Book Illustration” division winner-Mike Lester
  • “Editorial Cartoon” division winner- Michael Ramirez
  • “Newspaper Panel Cartoon” division winner- Mark Parisi
  • Winner of the “Newspaper Comic Strip” division- Mark Tatuli for “Lio”
  • The nominees for the Reuben for “Cartoonist of the Year” in 2009- Dave Coverly, Stephan Pastis and Dan Piraro.
  • 2009 Cartoonist of the Year- Dave Coverly
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http://punditkitchen.com/2009/05/20/political-pictures-google-bullies/

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