Way back when (2005), the LA Times tried an experiment with wikis without really understanding what wikis are all about. It looks like the Cleveland Plains Dealer has done the same thing with a four-reader political blog.
Jay Rosen at PressThink has a must-read set of “rules” for any traditional news organization that is considering formalizing [...]
Archive for the ‘Misc’ Category
Transparency, Trust and The News
Posted in Misc, tagged blogging, ethics, news ethics, politics, transparency, trust on 11 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Intellectual Property: Historical Look
Posted in Misc, tagged intellectual property, IP on 3 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you exploring intellectual property concerns in your papers, consider this in-work paper from Gordon Hull at Iowa State University. Abstract excerpt (also a nice example of succinct yet comprehensive beginning):
Defenders of strong intellectual property rights or of a non-utilitarian basis for those rights often turn to Locke for support. Perhaps because of [...]
Did You Know?
Posted in Misc, tagged globalization, shift happens on 31 October 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’d forgotten about this 2006 presentation about globilization, until I ran across it tonight at Slideshare. I’m including two versions here: YouTube and the “play it yourself” Slideshare presentation. Here are the data (PDF) if you, like me, want to know sources.
Argh. The limits of not being able to really touch [...]
Adoption Alert!
Posted in Misc, tagged adoption, HD-DVD on 30 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »
HD-DVD players to be less than $200 for Christmas sales. “It’s widely believed that consumer adoption hinges on the players themselves becoming more affordable…”
