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April 2, 2012

Monday, April 02, 2012 12:13 PM/EST

Swinging the Social Media Wrecking Ball

By Samuel Greengard If the Internet has proved one thing about human nature, it's that it's possible to hold a megaphone up to stupidity. Peruse discussion boards and reader comments at news sites, and you'll find a seemingly endless stream...

March 6, 2012

Tuesday, March 06, 2012 10:19 AM/EST

Upward Mobility

By the end of 2012, the number of mobile-connected devices will exceed the number of people on earth, and by 2016 there will be 1.4 mobile devices per capita, Cisco predicts.

Tuesday, March 06, 2012 10:04 AM/EST

Seven Deadly Web Sins

It's nothing short of remarkable that almost 18 years after the Web went public so many major companies continue to churn out web sites that are impossible to use or simply don't work.

February 28, 2012

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:47 AM/EST

Classic Thinking

Even in a society that seems to be stuck in a permanent state of ADD and where things are dumbed down so often it's not even noticeable, there's plenty of evidence that sound thinking and analysis still take place.

February 21, 2012

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 11:29 AM/EST

Social Distortion

There's a near-zero correlation between the number of "Likes" or followers a person or business has and the value of the relationship with them.

January 31, 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 11:07 AM/EST

Next Steps on SOPA

When speaking last week about social media and such to the senior class at my daughter's high school, I began with the Wikipedia blackout and asked them what was up with that. "SOPA," responded the crowd. Now, they had just...

January 20, 2012

Friday, January 20, 2012 11:37 AM/EST

Second Amendment Meets First Amendment

While waxing nostalgic and looking for the roots of the rebellion against SOPA and PIPA I found a relevant bit of paleoblog navel-gazing come true. From 2003, as the power of social tools -- preached by pioneers like Dave Winer...

January 18, 2012

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:51 AM/EST

Ten Years Gone: Hollywood vs the Web

SOPA and PIPA may be bad news, but they aren't really fresh news. Back in 2002, the equation already had been worked out: Hollywood money + Congressional cluelessness = flawed legislation The issue at that time was a bill aimed...

January 4, 2012

Wednesday, January 04, 2012 10:36 AM/EST

Making Big Data Knowable

How will we ever make sense of scientific topics that are too big to know? The short answer: by transforming what it means to know something scientifically. An excerpt from David Weinberger's new book, Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge...

August 15, 2011

Monday, August 15, 2011 8:58 AM/EST

Service Economy Lacks Service

Samuel Greengard Self-service has morphed into no service. In the mid '90s, when the Web went commercial, it was a remarkable new channel for providing information and helping customers. Now it seems like it has devolved into the primary channel--and...



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