The Toronto Star reports on the 10th anniversary of blogging with a message to those who believe that blogging will replace traditional journalism and to those who think amateurism is ruining culture (summon the whipping boy, Andrew Keen!). Their message: “Both are wrong.”
Writers David Eaves and Taylor Owen argue that the same forces that drive people […]
Venerable and never once correct or true, the Weekly World News was a check stand tradition. Alas, it is no more.
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I’m about three-quarters of the way through Andrew Keen’s diatribe The Cult of the Amateur and felt like I had to get a few thoughts into the ether before I finish.
I came into Keen’s book with the knowledge that I wasn’t going to like what he had to say about the Web, especially Web 2.0. I […]
The world of checkers is being turned upside-down by claims that Chinook, a computer program, is invincible.
Okay, maybe the world isn’t upside-down — I have no way to find out because I don’t know where the checker’s world is, and I’m not going to spend time looking for it online. Still, you have to admit that the […]
The New York Times reported today on a new site sponsored by the Washington Post, LoudounExtra.com, which deals in “hyperlocal” news, like church schedules and high school footballs scores (in real-time).