Tag Archives: Communication

Online Video News – Netflix’s DVD business: Does Qwikster have a future?

How long until Qwik­ster becomes just another for­got­ten piece of inter­net real estate?

Ars Technica – Newzbin2 builds block-averting measures into its software

Every time some­one tries to pre­vent infor­ma­tion from being reached on the Inter­net some­one else finds a way around it.

Fraser Speirs – A Supercomputer in Every Backpack

Same prob­lem I’ve been think­ing about for a long time, our edu­ca­tion sys­tem is built for the jobs of the past not the jobs of the future.

NYTimes.com – Man Accused of Stalking via Twitter Claims Free Speech

It’s an inter­est­ing case because while Twit­ter itself is a pub­lic medium, the per­son is direct­ing their mes­sages to a par­tic­u­lar person.

Messy Matters – This Post Won’t Go Viral

Per­haps the more inter­est­ing aspect is that most adop­tions occur with­out a peer-to-peer influ­ence or within one step of the orig­i­nal peer.

Shawn Blanc – Reading on the iPad

Not hav­ing an iPad I can’t speak from expe­ri­ence but it cer­tainly vibes with how it feels when I’ve tried dig­i­tal ver­sion of mag­a­zines such as Wired.

Wired – How Khan Academy Is Changing the Rules of Education

Some really impres­sive work going on here.