A video link is making its way around the blogs bookmarked in my RSS reader. Generally, when you see the same video linked on different journalism/new media blogs, you know it’s time to start paying attention. And pay I did.
The video is a 12-minute speech by Michael Skoler, executive director of the Center for Innovation [...]
Ars Technica reports today that the American Library Association has begun a new push to teach people about personal privacy in libraries — making sure patrons know that what they do in a library could raise red flags with law enforcement and, then, making those patrons into advocates for privacy policy reform. The ALA’s beef:
“Law [...]
Gas prices have hit $4.006 per gallon in Alaska, AAA reported Wednesday. It’s the first state in the nation where the price of gas has crossed the $4 barrier. The average price of a gallon of gas in the country on May 12 was $3.722, according to the Department of Energy or $3.758 according to [...]
Susan and I were talking the other night about the number of “green living” commercials that have flooded the channels we watch regularly — HGTV, Discovery, and Food Network.
In one hour of viewing, we may see ads for one network’s Green Home Giveaway, Wal-Mart ads for CFL bulbs, GMC hawking hybrid Yukons, and Brita asking [...]
According to CNET, a lawmaker in Kentucky is pushing a bill that would require people to post only their real names to Web sites, lest the owners of the sites face legal repercussions.
Of course, this has a lot of people up in arms. The Internet has always been a haven for anonymous writing. Why [...]
