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A personal notebook of observations on cyberculture, mass media, and society, seeking truth amidst hypocrisy, and humor amidst despair.
Recent Posts
The New Literacy
Wired - "I think we're in the midst of a literacy revolution the likes of which we haven't seen since Greek civilization," she says. For Lunsford, technology isn't killing our ability to write. It's reviving it'and pushing our literacy in bold new di...
Access vs. Ownernship
- Or rent vs. buy. It's the big debate I've been having with myself lately. And I think the access side of the argument is winning. Will return to this later....
Thoughts on Van Jones' resignation
Grist - The White House will find someone else to tend green job-training programs; Jones will go back to his much more effective role as an activist. He will do much good in the world in his life, far, far more than a pissant charlatan like Glenn Be...
Bill Maher: New Rule: Not Everything in America Has to Make a Profit
Huffington Post - "The United States always defined capitalism, but it didn't used to define us. But now it's becoming all that we are." You make some good points here, Mr. Maher, as usual. But since you've proposed this new rule: why not start doing...
The Internet Is Dead (As An Investment)
Wall Street Journal/WSJ.com - "I can live all day inside the Internet. I can talk to my friends, listen to music, watch TV, trade stocks, play games, do work - all on the Internet. From 6 a.m. until 10 p.m. every day I can spend on the Internet and i...
Digital: Get-Rich-Quick Ads Steal Google's Brand Equity
Advertising Age - In a world of double-digit unemployment and old-line industries in mid-collapse, here's a sales pitch tailor-made for the times: Get Paid by Google. When you create systems that are almost totally automated, lots of well-meaning cus...

