New York Times Article Skimmer

Here’s a handy way to cut down your newspaper reading time without missing something vital: The New York Times Skimmer, which rather handily sorts the news into sections and displays the headlines in an easy to scan grid. You can skim your news according to newspaper section, topic or browse the blogs.

JournalistExpress – Research Resource

JournalistExpress is a useful site aimed at helping journos find and stay on top of breaking news. It doesn’t look fancy, but you’ll find links the broadcast media, online press and newwires as well as a range of research sources from databases, stats, maps and encyclopedias.

Foreign Newspapers

If you need to research stories in another country, Indekx is a quick way to find foreign newspapers that you can access online. Click on the flag of the country (helpfully placed on a world map, in case your knowledge of world flags is a little rusty), and you’ll be given a number of newspaper [...]

Experts and Interviewees – USA

Radio-TV Interview Report is a free magazine that is published every two weeks and lists  100-150 US-based experts and interviewees on a variety of subjects from business to parenting, pets, relationships and war. The experts credentials are listed such as published works or previous TV appearances, along with their email and phone numbers.  You can [...]

David Lynch on the Value of Keeping Random Ideas

David Lynch has just launched David Lynch TV which has short video tips on film-making and also explores transcendental meditation as a tool to help young people deal with stress and aggression. There is a really short clip in which he talks about developing ideas. Watch it here (and substitute ‘idea’ for ‘film’). The lesson [...]

Online mind mapping

Bubbl.us is an interactive online mind-mapping tool that you can use to create mind maps, collaborate with other people in your team, save as an image and email and print.
It’s really easy to get started, but you need to create an account if you want to save or share your work.

How to Use Google Reader

Having trouble keeping track of all the websites you’re supposed to read in order to stay abreast of what’s happening in the world and generate new ideas? What you need is a feedreader that collects and aggregates all the new material that is published on your favourite sites, so you can find it all in [...]

I Feel….in Toronto, NYC and London

Planning a trip to NYC, London or Toronto? Been a few times and bored of the same old haunts? Live there but too hungover/broke to venture out? Or are you planning a romantic/naughty Valentine’s trip and need some pointers? Visit I Feel to get suggestions based on your mood – you can also choose from [...]

World Super Hero Registry – Coming Out of the Phone Booth

The World Superhero Registry is a register of ordinary people who do good deeds or fight crime whilst wearing costume. Active superheroes include: Foxfire, patrols the streets of Michigan; Entomo, a crime-fighting environmentalist in Naples; and Ghost who fights crime in Salt Lake City, Utah. Inclusion in the register is generally by invitation only; if [...]

How to Become a Millionaire in a Recession.

Back in the early 20th century, during an economic downturn in the US, a penniless and jobless writer managed to get a poorly-paid writing job, when he was asked to interview famous men about their success stories. The writer was Napoleon Hill , and his first interviewee was Andrew Carnegie.

Carnegie told Hill that anyone could be successful, but that, “it’s a shame that each new generation must find the way to success by trial and error, when the principles are really clear-cut.” Carnegie challenged Hill to interview great men and compile the secrets of their success into one book. Hill accepted the challenge and worked tirelessly on it for twenty-five years.

The result was Think and Grow Rich, first published in 1937, and is still in print, 60 million copies later. It is claimed that Hill’s book has made more millionaires and inspired more success than any other book in history. It could also inspire TV programmes in a number of genres – history, biography, business and reality. (Photo by Unhindered by Talent.)