“Cognitive Surplus” — Look What Can Happen When We Turn Off the Television
Clay Shirky’s new book is smart, snappy, and insightful. You should read it if you want to understand why people are adding social media to their lives.
Clay Shirky’s new book is smart, snappy, and insightful. You should read it if you want to understand why people are adding social media to their lives.
College journalists are more motivated about getting into print, editors are missing huge opportunities, and Harry Potter’s owners are in no hurry to go digital. What gives?
The creator of the detective of the scientific age seems to have abandoned science as he aged.
Amazon’s Kindle and e-book sales take off, and the overall trend is for a huge shake-up in the retail book space.
The cognitive surplus of our age is being unleashed. This video discusses some of the side-effects and trends that will shape our futures.
A Nielsen usability study confuses speed with usability, raising many questions in so doing.
When most papers submitted ultimately get published, and in an age driven by pooled philosophies and practices, are we already participating in a “filter failure” of immense proportions?
We’re taking 2 weeks off. See you in July!
Distractions spur thoughts, so why do we want deep, contemplative thinking?
By realizing content links news outlets and creating a barter system, Scott Karp’s Publish2 offers an interesting approach to the “content graph” networked information has created.