About Brook Ellingwood
I'm a digital polyglot, occasional writer and 2011 graduate of MCDM. I'm the Director of Interactive at KCTS Television, but my opinions are my own.
With Obama now officially President, the White House site has been redone to reflect the new administration’s priorities. Of special interest to those of us in MCDM is the Technology Agenda page. While it’s filled with important information, two things … Continue reading
A recent issue of The New Yorker had an interesting article on cell phone novels in Japan. Popularized about five years ago, these novels are posted to the Web by authors who write them on their phones, constrained by the … Continue reading
http://mcdmwiki.mootkat.com/ One of the nice things about Wikis and other social media platforms is that lots of times they can be launched within minutes of someone saying “We need a wiki.” I seeded it with some suggested topics to try … Continue reading
Once again, I’m learning of some cool work being done by here at UW. Today’s Seattle Times (which my family still subscribes to in print form, just for the sheer Ludditeness of it) contains an article entitled “Inflexible Security? Lighten … Continue reading
While recently catching up on my traditional media, I came across this book review of David Crystal’s “Txtng: The Gr8 Db8” in the October 20 issue of The New Yorker. Among other things that interested me was the idea that … Continue reading
This is a story that I’ve been following for some time, and it keeps getting weirder and weirder. For several years, the CEO of Overstock.com, Patrick Byrne, has been arguing that naked short selling of stocks has been used in … Continue reading