I read today that an editor for the blog LAist, Tony Pierce, accepted a position running about 25 blogs over at the LA Times. I thought it was interesting to see such a huge paper, with such a mixed record in the online world, making a blogger an important part of the paper's team. ...
Continue ReadingThere has been a lot of controversy today regarding last nights Republican CNN/YouTube debate, during which CNN asked Republican Presidential candidates 40 or so questions carefully selected from thousands submitted via YouTube by ordinary citizens. The gist of the controversy is that people are questioning the editorial process CNN used to select the questions and CNN’s vetting of the people asking the questions (it is coming out today that a lot of Democrats got questions in)....
Continue ReadingIt appears that there is exciting social media action happening out in Ohio. Public broadcaster WOSU and COSI, an area science museum, in Columbus are now hosting the Columbus Social Media Cafe group in their WOSU@COSI center.
According to the Columbus Social Media Cafe blog, the mission of this group centers around the following question that WOSU and COSI asked themselves:
What if we —...
Continue ReadingSince the Internet spans the globe, administering the law is a rather fuzzy process when it comes to the web. It is also rather easy for more than one country to get involved in a dispute over copyright laws.
For instance, a person who resides in the United States could post an item to their blog hosted on a server in Russia that violates the copyright of a company in Brazil. ...
Continue ReadingI know it isn't Friday. But since I wasn't around this past Friday, I decided to catch up today (Monday).
This time of year, so many people are searching for the best gifts for their techie family members and friends. I got to thinking…why not combine the love for gadgets with a philanthropic spirit? ...
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