When it comes to online, we’re constantly looking forward. What’s the next big thing? But one of the amazing qualities of the Internet is its ability to bring us back. Way back. You can explore the historic treasures of the Louvre with a click. Using services like Ancestry.com you can discover a trove of obscure […]
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Consider the Source
December 11, 2012 
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We have a humorous saying at the office: “It must be true. I read it on the Internet.” The reason this saying is so damn amusing is because, well, the Internet lies a lot. And the problem is that lots of people believe what they read – without checking the source. This is the result […]
Read moreThe Myth of Information Overload
September 18, 2012 2 Comments
Yes, my email inbox is out of control. Some days I simply can’t keep up with deluge. I follow too many people on Twitter. My feed sometimes resembles the falling numerals from the movie “The Matrix.” Facebook has gone from just friends to colleagues, acquaintances and, well, for lack of a better term “others.” So […]
Read moreTechnology is the Enemy of Creativity
June 13, 2012 3 Comments
Everyone loves Apple. And Google. There’s a warm fuzzy about Facebook, too. When people see Amazon walking down the street they give it high fives. Everyone hates the music industry. And newspapers. Those cheeky, know-it-all hacks. When people see book publishers walking down the street they roll their eyes at them. And forget Hollywood. Those […]
Read moreWall Up Your Content
June 11, 2012 2 Comments
If I owned a media company like a newspaper, my first plan of action would be to put a wall around my content. A thick, brick wall, maybe topped with barbed wire. It wouldn’t keep out all of the pirates, but enough of them. Let me add that my wall would feature lots of […]
Read more3 Scary Facts about the Internet
May 29, 2012 3 Comments
Ah, the good ole friendly Internet. Hanging with your pals on Facebook. Tweeting funny quips with co-workers. Shopping for books on Amazon. Reading blogs. And, of course, stumbling upon child pornography, criminals stealing your credit card information, and viruses infecting your laptop, malware infiltrating your personal information and spam bursting your email inbox. Ah, […]
Read moreGoogle Decides to Kill Privacy
January 26, 2012 0 Comments
Remember when Google adopted “Don’t Be Evil” as its unofficial motto? You’ll find that little ditty at a yard sale next to a Bay City Rollers album and a skinny leather tie decorated like a piano. Because this week Google announced it was drastically changing its privacy policy and the side of sharing – and […]
Read moreGetting Rational on SOPA
January 25, 2012 0 Comments
The debate on the Stop Online Piracy Act (known as SOPA) has jumped the shark. SOPA and its companion bill Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) were both shelved recently by Congress and the Senate after a frenzied protest by dozens of websites and Internet companies including Google, Wikipedia and Facebook. The goal of the bills […]
Read moreWhat the Heck is SOPA?
January 18, 2012 0 Comments
If you’re online today – or on Twitter or Facebook – you’ve likely seen the acronym SOPA. You may have also noticed that several website including Google, Wikipedia and Yahoo have altered their sites to protest SOPA. Check out the blacked out Google logo above. What’s going on? SOPA stands for the Stop Online Privacy […]
Read more The Internet’s “Free” Problem
July 28, 2010 93 Comments
Findings from the 2010 Digital Future Project released this month: 49% of Internet users have tried free micro-blogging services like Twitter 0% of them would be willing to pay for it. That’s zero (Z-E-R-O) percent. As in nobody. As Jeffrey I. Cole, director of the Center for the Digital Future, noted: “Such an extreme finding […]
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