Pinboard: bookmarks for sogrady tagged 'internet'

"American television will soon learn the same industry-killing lesson that is currently destroying American newspapers. The birth of the Internet means you can no longer dictate what is news, when news happens and what is appropriate for viewers."

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august 2008 by sogrady

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An Imminent Victory for Net Neutrality Advocates - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog

excellent news

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july 2008 by sogrady

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12 Signs That The Recession Has Hit The Internet | command line idiot

this is pretty funny. especially the one about Matt.

humor internet economy lists via:matt
may 2008 by sogrady

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Twitter / Tara missrogue Hunt: OH: Baby, sometimes I think...

amen

continuous-partial-attention disconnectionanxiety internet addiction
may 2008 by sogrady

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68% of Americans suffer disconnection anxiety, should probably go outside - Engadget

i know a small horde of people that suffer from this

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march 2008 by sogrady

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When Will We Have Our First Valleywag Suicide?

a good question to ask. really wish media in every industry could take a few steps back regarding personal privacy and boundaries.

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march 2008 by sogrady

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Joyeur: Bingodisk and Strongspace: What Happened?

whereing the Joyent gang details their response to the outage, the causes, and the compensation - which includes the open sourcing of two assets. looks like i'll have to find a new home for my Strongspace stuff, but it was comp'd so i have no complaints

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january 2008 by sogrady

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NSA Must Examine All Internet Traffic to Prevent Cyber Nine-Eleven, Top Spy Says | Threat Level from Wired.com

"The nation's top spy, Michael McConnell, thinks the threat of cyberarmageddon! is so great that the...government should have unfettered and warrantless access to U.S. citizens'...search histories, private e-mails and file transfers" - ridiculous

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january 2008 by sogrady

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Your Outboard Brain Knows All

"According to recent research, we're remembering fewer and fewer basic facts these days." - spot on, in my experience

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january 2008 by sogrady

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ongoing · Message From the Web

"Getting started should be free. · Also, it shouldn’t take more than a few days." - i'd actually argue minutes. it's still about barriers to entry. anyway, read the whole thing, it's worth it.

timbray open internet web2.0 collaboration barriers-to-entry
december 2007 by sogrady

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Robert Love: Biden/Romney Ticket

"We don't have even a fraction of the entrepreneurial interest, no where near the innovation, in the mobile space that we have on the web, which is open, flexible...imposes minimal entry barriers, despite mobile being a larger and more lucrative market."

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november 2007 by sogrady

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William Gibson On The Unintended Effects of Technology | The Cosmic Tap

"The intended effects of new technology are nothing compared to the unintended effects… the Internet is an accident."

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october 2007 by sogrady

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The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: A boring rant

"It's over now. Your business model was a historical anomaly built on scarcity of a valuable resource and the willingness of a small group of network operators to not slit each other's throats and to collaborate in exploiting the content producers." amen

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september 2007 by sogrady

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Waiting for my air taxi « Jon Udell

i've seen this "air tax" meme several times, and just for the record i'll be shocked if we see disruptive advances in air travel anytime soon - much as i'd love them.

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august 2007 by sogrady

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The Futurist » Blog Archive » WOXY.com to observe web broadcasters day of silence

unfortunately for all of us that love music, this could merely be the prelude to a permanent silence on the part of independent stations. if you love ClearChannel homogenous rock, don't worry about a thing. if you don't, savenetradio.org.

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june 2007 by sogrady

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The Futurist » Blog Archive » The Internet Royalty Discussion Continues

i'd been wondering how the RIAA's heinous new royalty scheme would affect WOXY.com - the answer? it will kill it. it's amazing how these guys keep finding new ways to inhibit my consumption and purchasing of music

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april 2007 by sogrady

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Is Google Too Powerful?

wherein BusinessWeek builds the case that Google's become too powerful

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march 2007 by sogrady

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Morning Hatch Fly Shop ready to call it a day | TheNewsTribune.com | Tacoma, WA

"Customers can often find the same product online at much lower prices, Sandstrom said...One customer who was looking to buy a $680 Winston fly rod...The customer found...the same rod online, complete with...warranty, for $520." - SMBs, use the net

smb internet via:MoldyChum flyshop businessmodels
march 2007 by sogrady

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Primary sources? You don’t need ‘em. Trust us. « Jon Udell

"In the blogosophere, you could scarely imagine mentioning a publicly-available report without also linking to it (e.g., Technorati, Bloglines). But in the mainstream media, it’s still the exception rather than rule." - never understood this

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march 2007 by sogrady

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Broadcast Law Blog: Copyright Royalty Board Releases Decision - Rates are Going Up Significantly

"Copyright Royalty Board decision on the royalties for to be paid by Internet Radio stations for streaming music...was released...today. And the rates are going up significantly over the next few years." - of course they are; best way to dampen sales

riaa royalties music streaming internet
march 2007 by sogrady

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SomaFM: Extremely Independent Internet Radio

listening to IndiePop at DeWitt's suggestion; not bad so far - it's no WOXY ;) - but not bad

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january 2007 by sogrady

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Peter Yared's Musings: Googlology - Avoiding the Steamroller

interesting musing from Peter on Google's focus areas and current gaps

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november 2006 by sogrady

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Boston Globe Doesn't Deliver For the Times - WSJ.com

"Whatever ails our industry got to Boston first," says Ken Chandler, editor of the rival newspaper, the Boston Herald. "It's the Internet. It's all the choices people have for their time." - like the man says, show some adaptability

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october 2006 by sogrady

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Free WiFi spawns cafe backlash

a natural problem given the rivalrous nature of the resources involved; for my part, i try to be a good patron of venues that offer free wireless, buying more water/etc than i might actually need

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july 2006 by sogrady

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Subclock: The future of software.

wherein Mike speculates on the future of software - interesting reading; pay special attention to the bit on Amazon/Sun architectures becoming more commonplace - i couldn't agree more