TigerText, CheaterRegistry, and other digital means to aid or shame cheaters.
Friday, March 19, 2010
The Web can\'t quite turn a normal human being into some kind of sexual deviant. But it certainly seems to open new doors to two-timing: iPhone applications promise to keep safe from prying eyes your love notes—or sweet promises to \"treat you rough. Throw you around, spank and slap you,\" as Tiger Wo.. .. read more..
Is Google Wave a “failure” ?
Thursday, March 18, 2010
I cannot help but blog about all those who are predicting the stillbirth of Google Wave . Since this topic frequently hits the popular list at del.icio.us more than I care to see, its worth reminding everyone that beta or “limited preview” as Google refers to Wave is just that – a.. .. read more..
An interactive map of how every story in the news is related, updated daily.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Who is James Sikes? [ more ... ] .. read more..
What\'s Television\'s Next Business Model?
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Despite all these new media opportunities, sometimes it feels like we are back inside the Internet bubble. Like shuffling cards in a deck. Hearts, we go for audience and brand awareness. Spades, we focus on ROI. Add mobile into the mix, and the ability to build an audience across multiple devices ne.. .. read more..
What\'s wrong with the FCC\'s plan to bring high-speed Internet access to rural Am..
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Most of the buildings in Dupree, S.D., population 434, do not have street addresses. The volunteer fire department is listed at P.O. Box 461, and you have to dial seven digits to reach it since there\'s no 911 emergency line. Unsurprisingly, the Greater Dupree Metropolitan Area also lacks broadband.. .. read more..
My latest read – Remix
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Regrettably the Vancouver Olympics interrupted my reading pattern and its been a slow recovery. I blogged about this book as soon as I learned it was in production back in August. Yikes! I have been following Larry Lessig \'s work on copyright and our digital culture for some time, reading his pos.. .. read more..
Before the tabloids, there were ballads like \"The Cruel Mother.\"
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The supermarket tabloids seem to have fallen on hard times. Much of their distinctive subject matter—unnatural violence, forbidden sexual activity, awful secrets, misbehavior by the eminent, supernatural horrors—has been taken over, increasingly, by digital media. [ more ... ] Tabloid - Human sexua.. .. read more..
Slate\'s sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen, for the week of March 15, 2010.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Listen to \"Hang Up and Listen\" with Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca by clicking the arrow on the audio player below: [ more ... ] Podcast - Slate - Mike Pesca - Josh Levin - Stefan Fatsis .. read more..
Internet Video Subscriptions
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Since Shawn Fanning launched the original Napster about a decade ago, CD music sales dropped by 50%. Unfortunately, legitimate digital downloads recaptured less than half the total. Given steadily compounding improvements in computer, storage, and network bandwidth, videocentric media companies have.. .. read more..
State of the Internet
Monday, March 1, 2010
A fun, visual-rich view of the overwhelming numbers being produced on the internet today: Click here to view the embedded video. Related Blog Posts: Social media by the numbers Hubble data in 3D We need more ideas like this Tom Friedman on Letterman Microsoft & Seinfeld: Lame .. read more..
Google: Think BIG with a gig
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Google is planning to launch an experimental network that will make internet access better and faster for consumers. Link to website Click here to view the embedded video. Tags: experimental network , Google , Network , internet access , Research , Internet2 , Broadbandt , gigabit , high speed , tr.. .. read more..
My latest read – Our Choice
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Al Gore\'s latest book Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis should be considered by anyone interested in learning how the world can conserve resources with next generation technologies to reduce the globe\'s carbon footprint. Its easy to think this book is a political sequel to An Inconveni.. .. read more..
Large Hadron Collider’s big network
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
15 petabytes of data a year will be generated by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) a particle physics project running at CERN and that requires a very robust network. Data generated by LHC is being distributed to over 7,000 scientists worldwide and travels across the US Midwest via BoreasNet . In th.. .. read more..
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Movable Type\'s just released version 5 looks like an exact theft copy of WordPress: Tags: Movable Type , WordPress , imitation , Design , trends Related Blog Posts: The new iMac makes a leap Advertising with Google Maps Designers: Core Animation Moving digital saves trees Visual plagiarism .. read more..
Fortune: Apple’s next Newton
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Fortune\'s TechMate segment about Apple\'s upcoming tablet (referred to as the next Newton ) proves to me that Michael Copeland has absolutely no idea what he is talking about. The TechMate video automatically starts when the page loads — and their embed tag does not permit a video to begin whe.. .. read more..
Google Web Toolkit 2.0
Sunday, December 20, 2009
An overview of Google\'s Web Toolkit (GWT) 2.0, a tool with new updates that empower developers to write highly optimized, browser-specific JavaScript for their apps. Pretty cool stuff. Click here to view the embedded video. Tags: Web Toolkit , Google , Developers , datasets , innovation , technolo.. .. read more..
Post-Mortem Conference Mashup: The Internet as Playground and Factory
Saturday, December 19, 2009
by Trebor Scholz &.. .. read more..
GeekSouth July – Thunderdome\'s and amateur HDR
Thursday, July 23, 2009
UPDATE: Some additions from the presentation Explore: Flickr Group: flickr.com/groups/hdr/ Dave Hill photography: davehillphoto.com Local photo group: phototricities.com Learn: Youtube tutorial (CS3): youtube.com/watch?v=CVuDbcAfN_I Photoshop Cafe tutorial: photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/HDR_ps/hdr-ps.. .. read more..
On MTurk, Some Examples of Exploitation
Thursday, June 11, 2009
I wrote the following text some time ago. It is part of a much longer piece. I\'m posting it now as it relates to an ongoing discussion on the iDC list . = Today, the means of communication are in the hands of Internet users but the environments in which those tools reside are privately owned. Is th.. .. read more..
A short spring note
Saturday, January 31, 2009
It has been a while since I wrote here last. In the meantime we had a baby and spent three months in Northampton where I very much enjoyed research time in the library at pictoresque Smith College . I was tenured in Media Study at SUNY Buffalo and almost simulatenously hired by Eugene Lang College .. .. read more..