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22 Feb 09
Goodbye to the Age of Newspapers (Hello to a New Era of Corruption)
We take newspapers for granted. They have been so integral a part of daily life in America, so central to politics and culture and business, and so powerful and profitable in their own right, that it is easy to forget what a remarkable historical invention they are. Public goods are notoriously under-produced in the marketplace, and news is a public good--and yet, since the mid-nineteenth century, newspapers have produced news in abundance at a cheap price to readers and without need of direct subsidy. More than any other medium, newspapers have been our eyes on the state, our check on private abuses, our civic alarm systems.
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We take newspapers for granted. They have been so integral a part of daily life in America, so central to politics and culture and business, and so powerful and profitable in their own right, that it is easy to forget what a remarkable historical invention they are. Public goods are notoriously under-produced in the marketplace, and news is a public good--and yet, since the mid-nineteenth century, newspapers have produced news in abundance at a cheap price to readers and without need of direct subsidy. More than any other medium, newspapers have been our eyes on the state, our check on private abuses, our civic alarm systems.
19 Feb 09
10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know
A cheatsheet for managing Facebook's privacy settings.
18 Feb 09
Creating Passionate Users: Listening to users considered harmful?
It turned out that most of the major changes they made to their program came not from user requests and suggestions, but from the Parelli team's own innovations. He went on to explain that their members/students/users had no idea what was needed to make better, faster, deeper breakthroughs. In fact, many of the changes went against what their user feedback seemed to suggest. In other words, in many ways the Parelli team deliberately did not listen to users.
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It turned out that most of the major changes they made to their program came not from user requests and suggestions, but from the Parelli team's own innovations. He went on to explain that their members/students/users had no idea what was needed to make better, faster, deeper breakthroughs. In fact, many of the changes went against what their user feedback seemed to suggest. In other words, in many ways the Parelli team deliberately did not listen to users.
16 Feb 09
TinyChat.com - Create a free chatroom
With TinyChat you can create your own chatroom and
invite people through one simple link
Consumer Rights: Apple Wants To Make Jailbreaking Worthy Of Jail Time, $2500 Fine
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has petitioned the Library of Congress to officially protect phone owners who bypass software restrictions on their phones—aka "jailbreaking." Apple has just filed an objection, arguing that doing so would infringe on their copyright.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has petitioned the Library of Congress to officially protect phone owners who bypass software restrictions on their phones—aka "jailbreaking." Apple has just filed an objection, arguing that doing so would infringe on their copyright.
Social networking is next step for online ads
WTF is a social advertisement?
What Facebook's revised terms of use mean for your content | Jacobson Attorneys: the new media law firm
A layman interpretation of Facebook's revised terms of use. Once again we are reminded how much we surrender to Facebook.
15 Feb 09
Multilogue | Fast Company
This chain reaction convinced me that the most powerful marketing is not delivered directly from a seller to a potential customer (monologue), or even transferred through an interactive, two-way relationship with a customer (dialogue). In order to benefit from truly powerful marketing, a company must entice its customers to talk about the brand to others "after the party" (multilogue).
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This chain reaction convinced me that the most powerful marketing is not delivered directly from a seller to a potential customer (monologue), or even transferred through an interactive, two-way relationship with a customer (dialogue). In order to benefit from truly powerful marketing, a company must entice its customers to talk about the brand to others "after the party" (multilogue).
Their Cheatin' Hearts - WSJ.com
Are your students cheating? You call it copying; today's college students call it collaborating.
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You call it copying; today's college students call it collaborating.
14 Feb 09
Summary of amazing TED quotes (Day 2) - Tara Hunt
A fun assortment of great quotes / ideas from TED 2009, thanks to Tara.
15 Minutes of Fame: Anthropologist digs into WoW - WoW Insider
Meet Alex Golub, Ph.D., an anthropology professor at the University of Hawaii. Golub plays a Resto Shaman in a Wrath-era raiding guild who's researching what he calls the culture of raiding -- "why people do something as crazy as run 25-mans four days a week."
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Meet Alex Golub, Ph.D., an anthropology professor at the University of Hawaii. Golub plays a Resto Shaman in a Wrath-era raiding guild who's researching what he calls the culture of raiding -- "why people do something as crazy as run 25-mans four days a week."
Thoughts on Ice and Aviation… « Miles O’Brien
Comprehensive thoughts of how ice could be the reason for the Buffalo plane crash.
Get Started with CalDAV - Google Calendar Help
Wow, simply syncs Google Calendar and iCal!
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Your Google Calendar will now appear in iCal's list of calendars, and changes you make to your Google Calendar calendars in iCal will show
up in Google Calendar.
New software would play any videogame ever created - New Scientist
The European Union has funded a €4.02 million (£3.6m, $5.2m) project dubbed KEEP, for Keeping Emulation Environments Portable, which will develop new ways to archive digital objects endangered by the relentless march of technology. As well as games, it will work to ensure that other kinds of files and software remain accessible long after the demise of the hardware and software for which they were originally intended.
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The European Union has funded a €4.02 million (£3.6m, $5.2m) project dubbed KEEP, for Keeping Emulation Environments Portable, which will develop new ways to archive digital objects endangered by the relentless march of technology. As well as games, it will work to ensure that other kinds of files and software remain accessible long after the demise of the hardware and software for which they were originally intended.
13 Feb 09
New York Times: Article Skimmer (prototype)
A TweetGrid-like interface for NYT (article skimmer)
The Muppet Whatnot Workshop @ FAO Schwarz
Build your own muppet!
The Editorialiste: Tina Brown and the fight to save journalism
If you're a writer, get out of your comfort zone.
If you're an editor, surround yourself with writers.
And if you're starting an online publication, do so with conviction. It will work.
Eventually.
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If you're a writer, get out of your comfort zone.If you're an editor, surround yourself with writers.And if you're starting an online publication, do so with conviction. It will work.Eventually.
Nicholas Carr's Blog: The writing is on the paywall
Nicholas looks at the future of journalism and the news industry, and tries to figure out of micropayments is the answer. Cites anti-paper arguments from various thinkers, like Clay Shirky and Jeff Jarvis.
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In this environment, you're about as like to be able to charge for an online news story as you are to charge for air. And the overabundance of supply means, as well, an overabundance of advertising inventory. So not only can't you charge for your product, but you can't make decent ad revenues either. Bad times.
How to Build a Wiremap
The Wiremap is a project that builds digital 3d objects in real 3d space. To create digital 3d objects in real 3d space, a projector is placed in front of a custom designed projection surface made up of an array of vertical wires.
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The Wiremap is a project that builds digital 3d objects in real 3d space. To create digital 3d objects in real 3d space, a projector is placed in front of a custom designed projection surface made up of an array of vertical wires.
02 Feb 09
Dreamfish » Coworking in San Francisco
One of the most elaborate co-working locations I've come across.
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