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The Whole World is Watching (and Tweeting)

I watch amazed as the events in Iran unfold. Who knows how this will turn out. More often than not, the common people do not fair well when they stand opposed to a tyrannical regime but I have hope. The … Continue reading


Twitter on the auction block

This really isn’t news per se. Facebook made a run at them late last year but fell short in their bid. Now comes Google. Robert Scoble has weighed in. I think Scoble raises some excellent points in this post. I … Continue reading


Copyright Czar is now watching – hang on to your laptop

This week, President Bush signed the Pro-Copyright law. We now have a copyright czar. For me, having a copyright czar reeks of dystopian new-speak that would make Orwell proud. Why does copyright need a czar? How about potentate or terminator? Why czar? … Continue reading


Five Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do

I first heard of Gever Tulley and his Tinkering School a couple of months ago on the NPR news program, All Things Considered. Any body who wants to put power tools, fire, and knives into the hands of children is … Continue reading


World Still Flat and the Last Chapter Is Left To You

One of my co-workers called my attention to the fact that Thomas Friedman has published his new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded. The interesting thing, I think, with this publcation is that he has left chapter 18 for a future release and we … Continue reading


The Power Shift Continues

Yochai Benkler’s 2005 TED talk was recently posted. In his presentation, he points to the story of Web servers for the past ten years. So the story that most people know is the story of free or open source software. … Continue reading


Xbox Live might delete games

According to Chris Kohler with Wired Magazine: Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten told Next Generation this week that Microsoft will soon begin to delete some Xbox Live Arcade games from the service. The rationale is, to put it nicely, … Continue reading


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