Wyoming ‘goes Google’
A friend passed this on to me. Wyoming has switched all of its state employees over to using Google Apps for Government, making it the… Read More »Wyoming ‘goes Google’
Michael Becker
Michael Becker is the Web Editor of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. He has been a blogger and professional journalist since 2005, covering subjects ranging from nonprofits and crime to engineering and technology.
Presidential tweets
The New York Times was paying attention to Pres. Barack Obama’s Twitter account over the weekend, it seems, and noticed that the president himself posted… Read More »Presidential tweets
Mugshots: to publish or not to publish
A suggestion has recently come forward at the newspaper to publish the mugshots of people booked into the Gallatin County jail on our website. Herein I discuss the ethical quandary that comes with that idea.
CMS learning curve
I’m not sure where this image came from, but I know the feeling: I have certainly felt that way about Drupal the few times I’ve… Read More »CMS learning curve
Third best in the state!
The Chronicle has the third-best website in the Montana Newspaper Association, if you believe the results of this past weekend’s awards ceremony in Lewistown. I also walked away with an honorable mention in the Best Web Project category for our Where They Stand election feature.
Two new elements you’ll never see or use added to periodic table
Two new elements have been added to the periodic table. Elements 114 and 116 are now officially recognized by an international committee of chemists and physicists.
City creates hashtag for Bozeman flooding on Twitter
The city of Bozeman has joined Twitter. Well, that’s not exactly news. The city’s account, @CityofBozeman, was created on April 26 — ages ago in… Read More »City creates hashtag for Bozeman flooding on Twitter
Tornado spotted near Columbus and Laurel
Update: A tornado was spotted 8 miles away from the two-town area where my parents live tonight at 9:40. My parents were fine at 10:10,… Read More »Tornado spotted near Columbus and Laurel
Apple unveils iOS 5, cloud services
Being something of an Apple fanboy, I am intensely interested in every tiny announcement they put out. Today’s announcement, however, was not a tiny announcement… Read More »Apple unveils iOS 5, cloud services
Where are the tweets?
A year after receiving a donation of the entire Twitter archive, the Library of Congress is still working on a way to make it available to researchers.