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[...] What does a mobile journalist need? from October 2009, but still some good points worth [...]

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MoJo – Mobile Journalism — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:54:58 +0000

[...] 4 lists of things I think a mobile journalist needs: hardware, software, systems, and mindset. http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/10/21/what-does-a-mobile-journalist-need/ Paul [...]

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By: What does a mobile journalist REALLY need? « Mobile Journalism

What does a mobile journalist REALLY need? « Mobile Journalism — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:34:14 +0000

[...] “citizen journalists”. Paul Bradshaw’s Online Journalism Blog provides a rather comprehensive list but no one can be expected to carry (or need) all of that stuff.So what does the serious MoJo [...]

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[...] searching the web for good tools for mojo work I discovered this excellent post by Paul Bradshaw in his blog of October 2009. It should be essential reading for all [...]

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Mobile journalism |eJournUK — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:54:51 +0000

[...] ahead of the curve, Paul Bradshaw (now of City University London) came up with a handy toolkit for MoJos a year ago on his definitive onlinejournalismblog.com. It’s a still a good place to start, [...]

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By: Jim Marggraff

Jim Marggraff — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:11:33 +0000

I recommend considering the Livescribe Pulse “smartpen” that records audio as you write your notes, and allows you to tap your written ink on paper to replay audio from the instant you wrote your notes.

The smartpen has a built in microphone and speaker to record and play the audio. It also transfers your ink and audio, via USB, to your Mac or PC. You can then type a word into your PC or Mac, find the word in your handwriting within your uploaded digitized notes, and click on the word with your mouse to playback the audio from your PC/Mac.

You may also have your handwritten transcribed, if your writing is legible, with accessory software.

Finally, you may “Pencast” your notes and audio privately or publicly, that is, share the audio and ink (animated as a flash movie) with anyone.

Check out comments from Chris Nuttal, Financial Times, who says Pulse “has changed my life as a journalist”.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d503ecf6-2152-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1srAYQ11ksc

Or visit the City of Sacramento, CA’s Town Hall Meeting Notes, now publicly pencast using Pulse.

http://www.cityofsacramento.org/charter/Town-Hall-Meeting-Notes-Audio.html

–As the CEO and Founder of Livescribe, the inventor of Pulse, and previously the inventor of the LeapFrog LeapPad, I have a fascination with what I have called “paper-based computing” .

I’ve noted a common recommendation in comments by journalists above, of pen and paper as a basic, mandatory, travel tool. Now your smartpen doubles as a digital recorder, while making your basic ink-on-paper intelligent and transferable to the “digital world” (PC/web) for saving, searching and sharing.

Please feel free to check out Pulse at http://www.livescribe.com .

Some other notes: the paper in the Moleskine-like notebooks is plain paper printed with virtually invisible dots. A5, 3×5″ and 8.5×11″ notebooks are also available at standard notebook prices. Further, you can print your own interactive paper for free, with files from Livescribe, using ordinary copy paper on a color, postscript-compatible laser printer.

We are continuously being told that Pulse is changing peoples’ lives. I recommend investigating.

Best regards,

Jim Marggraff