It was the ultimate oops, going down in real time. Onward State, a student-run blog about Penn State University, had reported via Twitter on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 that legendary (and recently fired) Penn State football coach Joe Paterno had died. CBS sports and other news outlets soon picked up the story. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘death’
October 16, 2011 by David Perry · Leave a Comment
Filed under: writing
Social Tagging: death • jobs • lessons • personality • steve
Filed under: writing
Social Tagging: death • jobs • lessons • personality • steve
Much has been written about Steve Jobs in the days since his death, and nearly all of the praise heaped upon him has been true. Jobs was indeed a visionary, and he helped transform the ways in which the world consumes media. What hasn’t been written about as much is Jobs’ human side—his driven personality [...]
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