The Cognitive Surplus
Via Jeremy Zawodny’s blog, here’s an outstanding talk by Clay Shirky at the Web 2.0 Expo on April 23, 2008, and here’s a lightly edited Transcript. Yes, we’re looking for the mouse!
Via Jeremy Zawodny’s blog, here’s an outstanding talk by Clay Shirky at the Web 2.0 Expo on April 23, 2008, and here’s a lightly edited Transcript. Yes, we’re looking for the mouse!
Andy Plesser of Beet.TV makes an essential point. It’s not about where to put the noise,
But, the thing is that effective video production and distribution has enormous value and prospects outside the advertising model.
We spent too much time this past week preparing our tax returns, but finally got it all in the mail yesterday. We should have gone to Alan Kaufman: Rock Star Accountant!
Yep, believe it or not, haters can be helpful.
The Meth Minute shows what happens when smart phones go bad, or when dumb users go good.
Via Valleyway, the South Park gang asks the question. See the full episode Meet the Internet Stars.
Walt Mossberg, the Grand Old Man of Tech Journalism, at a Beet.TV event, points out that as the web moves from being primarily a text and graphics medium to a primarily video medium, the assault on old mass market media moves from newspapers and magazines to movies and television.
You can get an inside look at who the real Misty and Bill are in this video.
Loren Feldman asks Where Are The Black Tech Bloggers?, and via NewTeeVee we get where Chuck is.