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What I'm Reading
- Apple to Unveil its Next Move in Music?CBS News | Aug 30, 2010Apple has scheduled a big event for Wednesday. CBS News speculates on the company's coming announcements.
- Can Preschoolers Be Depressed?New York Times | Aug 25, 2010Some psychologists believe preschoolers can experience bouts of depression, this New York Times report says.
- Electronic Arts stands by Medal of Honor Taliban featureCNET | Aug 25, 2010EA defends the ability to play as Taliban soldiers in the upcoming "Medal of Honor" game.
- Twitter’s not stupid – you just have boring friendswww.andrewdubber.com | Aug 16, 2010A nice look at how to get the most out of Twitter and refutation of some common Twitter complaints.
- Is 3-D dead in the water? A box-office analysisSlate | Aug 24, 2010Slate magazine looks at whether people are happy with just two dimensions in their movies, thank you very much.
- Apple to Unveil its Next Move in Music?
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My Clips- Cause of plane crash west of Bozeman under investigation, pilot pronounced dead at scene August 31, 2010
- The man who wanted train horns August 16, 2010
- Money well spent? August 15, 2010
- Local telecom company gets $64 million to bring high-speed Internet to rural Gallatin County August 5, 2010
- Montana Opticom receives $64 million in stimulus money for rural broadband August 4, 2010
- AT&T to replace Alltel in Montana within a year June 25, 2010
- Bozeman twin looks to scale namesake peak: K2 June 21, 2010
- High water claims Amsterdam Road bridge June 12, 2010
- Trio of veteran Belgrade teachers retiring June 7, 2010
- MSU robot digger wins NASA competition May 29, 2010
Monthly Archives: January 2007
The Human Network?
More evidence of Web 2.0’s marketing potential: I saw a commercial for Cisco Systems tonight touting the potential for anyone to be famous on the “human network.” The commercial features a young man dancing in a kitchen, being filmed by what we assume is his father on a camera phone. As the commercial proceeds, video [...]
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The Onyx Project
Today I watched The Onyx Project interactive DVD film. It was written and directed by Larry Atlas and stars David Strathairn, who recently played Edward Murrow in Good Night and Good Luck. The plot, if the DVD has one, involves Strathairn’s character, Col. Robert Henderson, a former special ops commander who fought in the Gulf [...]
Web 2.0: Self-Publishing
For hundreds of years, the publishing industry has been a mystery. Just how do you get a book published? Where do you go with your manuscript, and what happens when you go there? The twists and turns of professionally producing a single book involve hundreds of people, from copyeditors to designers to printers to forklift [...]
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
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