Renaissance II
Are we in the early days of a new Renaissance? One keen observer agrees, and trends point in that direction.
Blogs Move Mainstream
A new Technorati report on the state of the blogosphere jibes with observations that blogs have become mainstream.
Google’s “In Quotes”
One of the great joys of the computer age is that we can slice and dice digital information and try to make new sense of it. It doesn’t decay, and the results come quickly. The recently unveiled Many Eyes is […]
Kindle’s Snacks and Speed-dates
The Kindle’s use-case isn’t what I’d assumed. In fact, I’m thinking very differently about it.
Social Network Veteran Flees!
What happens when you’ve had one virtual life too many?
Linking and Copyright
If linking becomes the main form of citation, does copyright become a moot point?
Wikileaks vs. the Status Quo
Image via Wikipedia A site recently came to the attention of many people observing the US political scene — Wikileaks.org, a site that promises to help you “safely get the truth out:” Wikileaks accepts classified, censored or otherwise restricted material […]
Your Twitter Search
Is anyone Twittering about you or your brand? Now you can find out.
The $1 Billion Apomediation
UAL loses $1 billion in value, thanks to the power of apomediation combined with a mess in the metadata.
The Myths of Texting
Text messaging and its social and linguistic effects are examined in a new book.
The COUNTER House
Project COUNTER releases its third Code of Practice for the counting and reporting of usage data. Is COUNTER also promoting overconfidence in its products?
Joining: The Binary Game-Changer
Six degrees of separation is now down to three. Will you join? We’ll be talking about such things at the SSP TMR in Philadelphia this week, as well.
Google Chrome Arrives
Google’s Chrome debuts, and reaffirms that Google knows exactly what it is doing.
iPhone, Enthusiastically!
A few weeks after giving up my Treo, I’ve found the iPhone to be quite an impressive little machine.
Sarah Palin and Wikipedia
VP choice Sarah Palin’s Wikipedia entry was modified prior to her being announced as the choice. Could the news have broken earlier if the media were more tech-savvy? And why are all the Wikipedia editors anonymous?