Chinatown Life is a new website designed to provide visitors to Seattle’s Chinatown/International District with information to make the most of their trip. You can find information on where to eat, local attractions, and even a self-guided walking tour!
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Using Twitter for the past quarter has been very interesting, giving me a much better understanding of the role it can play in journalism as well as in everyday life. Twitter succeeds by simultaneously restricting and empowering. Many critics mention the 140-character limit as something that disqualifies it from “serious” journalism, but it is precisely that enforced brevity that allows readers to be exposed to a wide range of information from which to choose. At the same time, anyone can tweet something that can be found by millions of users through a simple search. Essentially, Twitter forces users to self-edit and then gives them an enormous audience with which to share their message. Continue reading
