It’s The Tools, Stupid

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Image via Wikipedia Everything I've ever learned about technology started with reading Steven Levy. Sometimes, though, I wish I hadn't learned so much because now I expect everyone to get technology the way he did -- and does. I'm oftentimes energized by reading smart people discussing the future of media even when I'm ...

Local News 2.0

Monday, May 5th, 2008

After much debate and discussion, I've decided that the end of the book needs to be an outline for what a modern newspaper should look like. I've been kludging through these ideas with industry folks and tech mavens so I don't expect this will be my final draft on the ...

The Future of Everything. A Listserv Discussion.

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Image via Wikipedia My buddy David posted a thread on the listserv titled "The Future of Everything." He asked a simple question. Which of these two alternatives is likely to occur: Once all the digital hullabaloo dies down, new media will work an awful lot like old media. Efforts to staple the old media ...

The Internet. For the Kids.

Friday, April 25th, 2008

There's a new study by eMarketer that found that more than 90 percent of kids are online these days, and that most parents say 11-13 years old is the proper time for kids to start using email. In other words, the digital switch is on. For real this time. There's a lot ...