Western civilization has a collective memory of what it means to be a citizen, stretching back to ancient Greece. But we are still learning what it means to be a citizen of the digital world.
Lisa Petrides | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media
While it's true that the Web-based economy poses tough new challenges for higher education, we shouldn't let ourselves get too sentimental about the way things were in the old days.
Hugh McGuire | Posted 11.08.2009 | Books
Mitchell Joel's Six Pixels of Separation is written as the story of a business owner and entrepreneur, and not as a pundit.
Jon Chattman | Posted 09.22.2009 | Entertainment
"For me to be a kid in the hood on the Internet with millions and millions across the world looking at videos of me dancing, rapping or being with my friends," said Soulja Boy, "I was like 'Whoa!'"
Anis Shivani | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media
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.
Scott Lachut | Posted 09.08.2009 | Living
Particularly in the case of social media, when taken together the multitude of eternal digital data forms a history of a person's life.
Hugh McGuire | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media
If as providers of content, give me what I want, when I want it, at a reasonable price, I'll be happy to pay for it. If not, I'll be compelled -- when I really want something -- to find other ways to get it.
Darrell West | Posted 07.23.2009 | Media
At the same time that Twitter and Facebook facilitate grass-roots communications, though, these technologies sow the seeds for future political repression.
Hugh McGuire | Posted 03.28.2009 | Media
The question every publisher should be asking themselves is: how can we provide more value to our readers? I suspect the ones that start each day with that question will find the right answers.
Rich Bengloff | Posted 02.15.2009 | Entertainment
Just like the free exchange of ideas, freedom in the arts requires equal access for players of all sizes. When it's up to fans, demand for independent music increases dramatically.
Hugh McGuire | Posted 02.07.2009 | Media
I no longer have to carry a book, because I have 75 of them sitting on my iPod, which I have anyway. The Kindle & Sony Reader both say: carry me the way you used to carry your book.
Hugh McGuire | Posted 02.06.2009 | Media
If everyone can cheaply produce media -- music, text, video, sound, and photos -- then much of it is going to be of little interest to most of us.
Hugh McGuire | Posted 01.12.2009 | Media
One thing did become clear when I spoke to other people about ebooks though. They are seen as a supplement to the printed word, not a replacement for it.
Hugh McGuire | Posted 12.22.2008 | Media
That's how many e-books are getting downloaded through Stanza, the simple e-book platform for the iPhone/iPod.
Hugh McGuire | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media
Reading digital text on a small handheld device is nothing like reading text on a computer (desktop or laptop). A mobile device is much more comfortable, for plenty of reasons.
Hugh McGuire | Posted 11.28.2008 | Media
Reading an ebooks is just "another way" to be reading, it's not necessarily a replacement of a hard copy. I prefer to talk to people face-to-face, but I recognize the utility of the telephone.
Leslie Harris | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media
Given the proven benefits of this open model for Internet use, it is confounding how many people, both in government and industry, seem willing to start tinkering with it.
Charles Barber | Posted 10.31.2008 | Media
There exists more in this world than what transpires on my beloved and toxic computer screen.
Jack Myers | Posted 06.11.2008 | Business
Advertisers are being pulled in multiple directions; there are new media alternatives virtually every day and ad budgets are splintering into micro-fragments.
Stephen Balkam | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media