I mean party line like the 'old days' on a telephone--no political pun intended. A colleague sent around this Presidential Watch 08 Map of the Political Blogosphere. I like it because it shows the interrelatedness and dynamic linking of professional and nonprofessional discourse on the Internet. It is a wonderful--and... read more →
Jun
26
Jun
15
A friend in the news industry sent me this blog posting by Robert Niles (USC Journalism School) that I just got around to reading, "When journalists hate journalism" Niles’ reports that unlike other industries, such as music, where professionals in the industry are the biggest fans of the industry, that:... read more →
Jun
11
Nicholas Carr has an interesting article on The Atlantic.com site called “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Carr laments that he is no longer able to read a lengthy book without getting a serious case of the fidgets. Aside from other mediating factors, like age, how busy life is, and if... read more →
May
30
This week was the Gilder-Forbes Telecosm Conference, full of tech-types, entrepreneurs, physicists, inventors, investors, and the generally curious. It is an interesting and intellectual challenging group with inventors and innovators like physicist Carver Mead whose pioneering work led to microchips and a dozen other things we take for granted on... read more →
May
26
Two things came across my RSS feeds today that show how technology is impacting our information environment. First, YouTube has added a News Manager to promote Citizen News content. Meet Olivia: Second was a blog entry by CNET's Dan Farber on Twitter as a viable means of spreading information. I... read more →
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