Tags: podcast, internet, culture, society
The internet is creating a culture and society of its own, which like any culture, is completely mysterious to those outside it. Yes, we are all strangers to each other.
Check out the Neilsen/Netratings report about podcast usage [pdf]. Or, if you’re really bored, spend a minute or several browsing YouTube or Google Videos.
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As the internet becomes more of a utility, can it be treated like a commodity or does it need protection? Which freedom is more important - personal freedom or the free market?
If you’re looking for more information on Sen. Ted Stevens’ take on the internet, check out this Wired post.
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New technologies are blurring the line between public and private discourse. In this episode I talk about the tension between too much information and the “pull” nature of the internet.
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If DRM is doomed, what’s an artist to do? Try licensing your work.
Check out the Creative Commons licensing scheme or wikipedia’s definition of “copyleft“.
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In the face of new revelations that the US National Security Agency had a huge database of average citizens’ phone records, the relationship between techology and privacy is getting press. But is it already too late?
Check out discussion at Slashdot about this issue, and a great conversation from Public Radio International including an interview with SF author William Gibson.
If you’re so inclined, you can donate to the EFF at their website.
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Why haven’t the green revolution, the government, or the free market been able to control electricity consumption? The answer is the power hungry device that you’re reading this post on. Find out what you can do to save money and save the world.
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Along with guest host Steven Ensslen, I talk about the last 12 months in tech news. We talk about the rising cost of oil and its effect on technology, the much-ballyhooed Web 2.0 and more about DRM.
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Information wants to be free? No, but if you can’t own something it’s hard to sell it. A follow-up to the last podcast about DRM.
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What’s the big deal about digital rights management? And why can’t I play my DVD movies on my iPod?
The wikipedia entry for digital rights management.
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Finally, the big news has arrived from the Conversations Network (where I'm Senior Editor).
4 million laptops for 4 million children
According to DesktopLinux.com, the One Laptop per Child program (aka the $100 laptop) has orders
When looking at the current state of innovation in almost any area, the general tone
Is the physical world giving way to a better, more flexible virtual world? Or
There’s no such place as the Internet
There's nothing new under the sun and that includes the internet. Check
