studying the media ecosystem
Here’s a premise that should get broad agreement: it’s so easy to create and display content nowadays that the choices become overwhelming and time becomes the factor limiting consumption.
For years Web thinkers used the term ”Attention Economy” to describe this relationship between scarce time and ever-more-abundant content. This same idea also forms the premise of a presentation by Bear Stearns entertainment analyst Spencer Wang. (I will [...]
Last night I finished teaching a 10-week adult school course titled “Writing the Feature Story.” The class was a great group of San Franciscans. They turned in stories that ranged from the true tale of Brazilian immigrant’s unsuccessful bid for asylum in the United States to a homily about importance of family dinner as as a way to keep teens from drinking or taking drugs. Teaching writing is [...]
I am disgusted with Internet censorshop (and the complicity of U.S. firms in it) and therefore delighted to read in a New York Times article that, on December 1, computer scientists at the University of Toronto will release a program called psiphon (pronounced “SY-fon”) that I gather will be a sort of peer-to-peer way for people in censored countries to access [...]
Nature Publishing Group, the scientific publishing firm based in the United Kingdom, now offers free classified listings on its NatureJobs.com site. The group is built around Nature, the group’s 137-year-old general-interest science magazine. Nature’s prime competitor is the U.S.-based Science, the journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science .
I visited Science’s job site and they do not seem to have [...]
I’ll be brief this morning, as I must soon drive off to join my family in Sacramento. My wife and kids are already there, with her family, and we’ll have our Thanksgiving celebration later today. This is my favorite holiday for many reasons beginning with the name. I have so much. Not that I spend [...]
The California Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that Internet publishers are not responsible for posting libelous statements made by other, a ruling that sets a precedent only in California but appears to be consistent with similar rulings in other states. So that case, as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, has to be a win [...]
Conferencing and conventioneering must rank among the foremost professional diversions. Who doesn’t enjoy seeing and being seen, whispering to allies while smiling frostily at those who look down their noses in your direction. Just thinking of all the schmoozing possibilities makes me wish that I wish I had $1,200 (plus travel expenses) to attend the [...]
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