January 2011
103 posts
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Say Goodbye to All Those Passwords - BusinessWeek →
Can Demand Media go mainstream? →
What happens if they buy BoingBoing or Mashable?
#LCA2011 – How does one create a sustainable open... →
“In Turkle’s latest book, “Alone Together,” this optimism is long gone. If the...”
– Book Review - Alone Together - By Sherry Turkle - NYTimes.com
A Bumpy Post-IPO Road Ahead for Demand Media -... →
i like numbers and pictures: Marshall McLuhan and... →
canuckflack:
” … As [Douglas] Coupland writes: “One must remember that Marshall [McLuhan] arrived at these conclusions not by hanging around, say, NASA or I.B.M., but rather by studying arcane 16th-century Reformation pamphleteers, the writings of James Joyce, and Renaissance perspective drawings. He was a…
Study: 27% of Americans Use Facebook Mobile in... →
History of Facebook Controversies →
Sony To Launch a New PSP Next Week, PlayStation... →
via @Sioflynn. Can Sony use video games to save themselves from mobile market defeat?
OMG.. $30 Million!!1! That’s a lot of... →
Amateur pictures of cats with grammatically incorrect captions are now a $30-million “media empire.” Remember this fact next time you doubt the potential of popular internet culture.
The pros and cons of in-store WiFi | misener.org →
Five Emotions Invented By The Internet « Thought... →
“The days when you only had someone put together a television or a magazine ad...”
– Brands Create Media Outlets Online, Bypassing Magazines - NYTimes.com
#BlockedUpNorth : Everything that is Geoblocked in... →
Jesse Brown, host of TVO’s Search Engine podcast, recently compiled a list of all the web-based services that are blocked here in Canada. It’s pretty extensive…
4chan Is Not Very Scary In Real Life →
The much-maligned (by 4chan, anyway) folks at Gawker attend the first official 4chan meetup in Brooklyn.
CNNMoney Tech Tumblr: 3D printers just keep... →
cnnmoneytech:
I love tech that gives you that “I live in the FUTURE!!1!” thrill. 3D printers fit they bill — and they’re escaping the big research labs and getting out into the everyday world.
Ali Velshi’s Big I segment today showed off Makerbot’s 3D home printer. Check it out below — the bunny is wicked…
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PublicAffairs Books: THE NET DELUSION →
The internet will set us free—or will it? In this spirited critique of “internet freedom,” blogger and commentator Evgeny Morozov shows how social media and web 2.0 do not always foster civic engagement and democratic reform. In fact, the net can make authoritarian governments even more powerful and repressive.
“The revolution will be Twittered!” declared ...
“I gave a talk last year at a conference that turned out to be less about social...”
– Douglas Rushkoff » Me, Losing It
Why You Should Start Using Flattr - hypebot →
Robbert van Ooijen makes the case for micropayments…
Steve Case's answer to What factors led to the... →
The costly anti-piracy lesson Sony failed to learn... →
great post from @csoghoian including this quote lifted from slashdot:
there is absolutely no doubt in our mind that the sole reason why the PS3 lasted this far is because OtherOS kept all the competent people happy enough not to try to break into the system
Demand Media slouches towards an IPO ready to... →
“When a reader is given a choice about how to consume their content, a major...”
– Is the iPad a Time Machine for Reading? - NYTimes.com