You Don't Understand our Audience

Great article from John Hockenberry about how Dateline NBC went from being a "hard news" program to NBC's answer to "Cops" with "To Catch a Predator."

http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=19845

New Years' (kind of) resolution

OK, I know it is the classic cliche, but this past weekend I joined Weight Watchers with the intention of losing weight and developing an overall healthy lifestyle. What I am hoping to do with Weight Watchers is go from being one of these people who resolves at the beginning of the year to lose weight and then stops trying in March or April. I figure Meredith doing it at the same time will help - I think in the past we both wanted to be healthier but we couldn't put any kind of concrete frame around that desire. I am very happy with both the session leader at the place where I joined and the Weight Watchers website with its food tracking and meal planning tools. I have had a couple craving moments over the past couple of days but generally I feel like I'm doing well.