It’s easy today to focus on the millions of millions of blogs and the unending Twitter streams and email newsletters and industry insiders and…and…
I don’t want people to stop reading those things, because they offer a lot of entertainment, insight and news.  But I REALLY don’t want people to stop reading classical literature and expanding their [...]

I read this article about why people should drop off Facebook two days ago and I’ve been thinking about it a lot since.  Truthfully, those reasons aren’t really what drives me to consider dropping it.  There are many reasons to though, and I think they’re legitimate.
For starters, it’s a blanket application at first if you [...]

It’s not too far away.  Technically it’s already here, but soon the integration of televisions with computers will be a built in feature.
I’ve been toying with getting a Mac Mini for my 42″ LCD TV at home for a while now.  Today, I simply plug in my parallel port on my laptop to the television [...]

I’ve only had League Pass Broadband for a week or so and it’s obvious I won’t buy it again.  The reasons are many:
1.  Blackouts.  Even if you pay for 7 teams (my option) or all teams, they have to meet sellout requirements in order to be watched.  That means my Timberwolves are going to be [...]

A sound bite is a small clip from a more thorough story.
Sound bites are loved by the common man and by reporters.  They stick with you.  This is what I remember from the state of the union:

Sound bites offer a double edged sword to us as a populace.  For one thing, they are memorable, lowest [...]

I’ve been very busy with school as the semester starts.  I have three night classes (that’s a lot) and they are all centered on the medical industry, which has been interesting as of yet, but will assuredly be a lot of work.  My day classes are ethics and anthropology; the latter is already proving a [...]

This is much ballyhooed, but I watched this video of Rupert Murdoch (”the last great media congolomerate”) last night speaking to his aversion to Google.  It looks like he’s set to opt out of Google/Bing/Ask searches.  His reasoning is that they are slowly but surely usurping content and “stealing” the hard work that these reporters [...]

It’s a fascinating time to be alive.  Although chances are that most people feel that way during their lives, I really do feel as though the technological revolution we are in right now is mesmerizing.
Eric Schmidt goes over some real time issues here for Google, such as how to rank and the change in users [...]

Some interesting information from Technorati on bloggers:
Demographics of Bloggers:  18-44, affluent and 66% male with 3+ blogs!  Prolific too, I guess.
Topics and Success Metrics:  Many different types of blogs, but self expression and expertise (ahem) dominate.  Success is measured mostly through posts, personal satisfaction, links and UV’s.
Origination and Use:  Most build blogs on 3rd party [...]

In other news, the New York Times is cutting 5% of their newsroom.  It has to be depressing as all get out to report on your own demise.
Some of the most prestigious news organizations in existence are in a big bind of slowing ad revenues today.  It’s an interesting story, because there’s more at stake [...]