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Improve your personal SEO for better job prospects | Stand Out In The Cloud
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Stand Out In The Cloud. I'm trying to stand out in the digital age – see how I get on. Improve your personal SEO for better job prospects. This is what it looked like:. Google Search: Patrick Scott. Unfortunately Patrick Scott is not an especially unique name and I was trumped by an Irish artist. The orange lines show an indirect reference to me on LinkedIn but it isn’t until the 6th entry that something directly relating to me, my student newspaper writer’s page. When changing your internet name it is i...
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How to scrape data without coding - a tutorial on Import.io
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How to scrape data without coding? A step by step tutorial on. How to scrape data without coding? A step by step tutorial on import.io. Mar 6, 2014. Pronounced import-eye-oh) lets you scrape data from any website into a searchable database. It is perfect for gathering, aggregating and analysing data. From websites without the need for coding skills. As Sally Hadadi, from Import.io, told Journalism.co.uk. A beginner’s guide. After downloading and opening import.io. In the menu Rows per page select the for...
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Be careful when choosing plugins for your site | Stand Out In The Cloud
https://standoutinthecloud.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/be-careful-when-choosing-plugins-for-your-site
Stand Out In The Cloud. I'm trying to stand out in the digital age – see how I get on. Be careful when choosing plugins for your site. As part of my course I have a hand in running a website about online journalism called Interhacktives. A week or so ago I managed to break the site because I installed a dubious plugin. I thought I’d write this post to show where I went wrong and help prevent you from making a similar error. The day I broke Interhacktives. I plumped for a plugin called Easy. However, it c...
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Curating Curation | Stand Out In The Cloud
https://standoutinthecloud.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/curating-curation
Stand Out In The Cloud. I'm trying to stand out in the digital age – see how I get on. I recently started a journalism course at City University and my first official lecture was given by digital journalism guru Paul Bradshaw. In it he repeatedly used the term ‘curation’ in a way which I had never encountered before. Don’t curators work in museums? Somewhat perplexed, at the end of the lecture I asked if he could define it. To which he said that curation “is what journalists do anyway”. Well, as our good...
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A day in the life of an Interhacktive | Stand Out In The Cloud
https://standoutinthecloud.wordpress.com/2013/11/03/a-day-in-the-life-of-an-interhacktive
Stand Out In The Cloud. I'm trying to stand out in the digital age – see how I get on. A day in the life of an Interhacktive. Those of you who do not or have not attended an MA Journalism course at City University, London will no doubt be nonplussed by the term ‘Interhacktive’. Your average Interhacktive will arise at the entirely reasonable hour of 7.30am. Rather than nipping out to the local newsagent to pick up a copy of the day’s papers, they will instead whip out a smart phone or table...Currently o...
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Inside the BBC Sport Live Text – How to do a great live blog | Stand Out In The Cloud
https://standoutinthecloud.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/inside-the-bbc-sport-live-text-how-to-do-a-great-live-blog
Stand Out In The Cloud. I'm trying to stand out in the digital age – see how I get on. Inside the BBC Sport Live Text – How to do a great live blog. Are becoming a great way for you to get noticed online these days. I spent a long weekend doing some work experience for BBC Sport. Last month and helped out on The FA Cup live text. How the BBC Football Live Text is done. These are the roles and functions:. Live Text Input –. This job was done by a couple of people on the weekend of the FA Cup third round b...
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The Mission Statement | Stand Out In The Cloud
https://standoutinthecloud.wordpress.com/2013/10/08/test-post
Stand Out In The Cloud. I'm trying to stand out in the digital age – see how I get on. Hello My name is Patrick and I’m trying to stand out in the cloud. I’ve just started an MA in Interactive Journalism at City University, London and as such I am desperately trying to up my digital game so I can stand out as an effective journalistic presence. The upsetting part is that, currently, my digital presence is not the best. As of last week I have around 90 followers on Twitter – @PatrickScott17. You are comme...
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About | Stand Out In The Cloud
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Stand Out In The Cloud. I'm trying to stand out in the digital age – see how I get on. Image: http:/ www.gizmodo.co.uk. Hello My name is Patrick and I’m trying to stand out in the cloud. I’ve jut started an MA in Interactive Journalism at City University, London and as such I am desperately trying to up my digital game so I can stand out as an effective journalistic presence. The upsetting part is that, currently, my digital presence is not the best. Hopefully I can take some readers with me. Twitter is ...
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5 Reasons For Making a Twitter List | Stand Out In The Cloud
https://standoutinthecloud.wordpress.com/2013/10/17/5-reasons-for-making-a-twitter-list
Stand Out In The Cloud. I'm trying to stand out in the digital age – see how I get on. 5 Reasons For Making a Twitter List. Making a Twitter list may initially seem like a pretty drab affair, however, there are a number of ways that it can help you expand your digital footprint. I’m going to use an example of one I made for my course. Which is a list of all the people who might be a source of news for the ward of Hackney Downs in London (don’t ask). 1) It widens your horizons. People like it when you can...
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Twitter is a terrible place to advertise your content | Stand Out In The Cloud
https://standoutinthecloud.wordpress.com/2013/11/07/twitter-is-a-terrible-place-to-advertise-your-content
Stand Out In The Cloud. I'm trying to stand out in the digital age – see how I get on. Twitter is a terrible place to advertise your content. When people want to make a quick assessment of somebody’s digital presence they seem to be inevitably drawn to looking at the number of Twitter followers they have. The more a person has the more influence they must command, right? I had a look at how many people click on the links tweeted by some big name Twitter users. Number of followers Influence. Actually, the...
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