U.N. Birthday Rocks for Its Peacemakers
Flashbulbs popping non-stop, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations in New York, entered the U.N. General Assembly Hall in New ...
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Michael Jackson Online -- A Singular Attraction
Pre-Internet, before we could follow celebrities on Google, Twitter, MySpace and Wikipedia, Michael Jackson was an unparalleled global star on the world stage, touching fans across borders, time zones and languages.
Fish Burbling: How Crazy New Media Terms are Changing the Future of Everything
I was crowdsourcing the Long Tail while upping my Whuffie Factor through a Trust Agent when it hit me: Why the hell haven't I come up with a crazy-ass new media term?
Technology Is Anthropology -- Covering an Evolving Solar System
Again, the focus is on the people, not the gear. Because here at HuffPostTech, we -- yep, you and I -- are chroniclers of technology's evolving solar system.
What the MSM Gets Wrong About Wikipedia -- and Why
If you follow the news about Wikipedia, even casually, you're probably aware that something is changing. What you probably don't realize is that what you've been led to believe is almost certainly completely wrong.
Technology Is Anthropology
HuffPostTech -- a new HuffPost section that launches next Monday -- will cover how technology in general, and the Internet in particular, is changing the way we live our lives.
New Internet Manifesto Backed by World Economic Forum... and You?
A post by the World Economic Forum led me down the rabbit hole to a new Internet Manifesto on 'how journalism works today.' I wondered what Huffington Post readers would think of the top 5 declarations.
Important and Unimportant Imbalances in the World
This is interesting: MediaPost referred to a report in the Digits Blog of the Wall Street Journal yesterday that says of 53,000 qualified respondents ...
Mark Pesce: The Dangerous Power of Sharing (Power)
Futurist Mark Pesce gave a fascinating speech at the Personal Democracy Forum last month.
Books in Limbo
What effect will the proposed Google Book Settlement (or its derailment) have on students and scholarship?
Keeping Kids Clean
My son has printed out 20 Wikipedia pages on the definition of the F word. I'm proud of my son's industrious initiative, research tactics and dogged determination to learn.
Should Internet Content Be Free? The Best Model to Save Newspapers, Books, and Music in the Digital Age
How can we retain, even enhance, creativity in the digital age, taking advantage of near-zero costs of redistribution? Two recent books consider the question.
Gawking at the Washington Post
The problem with Gawker blogging about a Washington Post story isn't bloggers "stealing" stories. The problem is measuring the value of content.
Rorschach, Research and Wikipedia
If anybody wanted that badly to see what the Rorschach inkblots looked like, they could easily already do so. What Wikipedia has done is to simply make the viewing much easier, bringing it into the public spotlight.
Weeds, Episode 7 Recap
Once Nancy sees that the house is being outfitted with a birthing room, and she's pretty much a prisoner, she reaches out to the one person who will always save her -- Andy.
Get Ready for Video on Wikipedia: Al Jazeera Already on Board
Although video has been on Wikipedia in a limited way for the past two years, it is poised to take-off with the recent introduction of Firefox 3.5 along with other imminent developments.
New Tunes On Monday: Woodstock, Woodstock Two, The Woodstock Experience, Woodstock the DVD, Woodstock the Website...
Well, it's that time again: Woodstock Fever has arrived (beads and headbands optional) to remind us there actually was music made before American Idol.
My First Job As A "National Penis Finder"
"Davidson's first job was with the Boston Globe, where she became a national penis finder," read my bio on Wikipedia. What?! I blinked. I read it again. How had this happened?
Wikipedia Removes Semi-Protection from Civil Liberties
Wikipedia should reverse its Scientology ruling rather than set a precedent of discrimination that will only grow more dangerous as our lives move online.
From Homo Erectus to 'Homo Brandus' ?
Tech innovators connect and conspire for a weekend to recharge their batteries and share ideas between gadgethons and power tool drag racing events.
CrowdFunding: How to Kickstart Your Business
'Crowdfunding', a spin on 'crowdsourcing', is the latest funding opportunity at a time when our funding institutions are failing.
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