Thoughts on The Model of the New Media Model

October 7, 2009

I just watched a great video of Leo Laporte talking about “The model of the New Media Model”.  It is well worth listening to.  He talks about a lot of things that I think are “common knowledge” with new media, but puts them together in an enjoyable speech.  Perhaps part of why I think it [...]

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Free is just another way to say…price shifted?

October 6, 2009

I have been reading the book Free by Chris Anderson.  It is an interesting read that I would recommend.  Like many good books there are some points that I agree with, and some that I disagree with but both parts made me think. I think the biggest point that I disagree with is his willingness [...]

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The Power of Limitation

October 4, 2009

I’m just back from two days of Yom Tov (Jewish holiday).  During Yom Tov and Shabbat I am offline. Yom Tovs show up around three times a year, but Shabbat shows up every week.  There are a whole host of things I don’t do on Shabbat with regard to using electricity, adjusting fires, driving, traveling [...]

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The (rest of) October Experiment

October 2, 2009

So many ideas, so little typing…. I don’t know what causes stalls on other people’s blogs.  I’m sure there are many reasons.  However I know this on has stalled, in  large part because of my perfectionist streak.  I started listening to people talking about how to up the quality of a blog with drafts, queuing [...]

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QT: Augmented Reality

August 14, 2009

When I hear (or read) discussions on augmented reality usually it involves various devices – cool glasses that project data over physical reality, cameras that map physical and virtual onto a screen, and other devices that augment input. The other day I was watching the below TED talk on the Design Genius of Charles + [...]

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QT: Location and the Virtual

July 29, 2009

As I look at new applications, services and games I see that more and more of them are using physical location as part of the information used. While the virtual can give one the opportunity to have an experience independent of any real world location, there is also an appeal to seeing where people are [...]

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Thoughts on Celebrity Deaths

June 25, 2009

Or…when 140 characters are not enough. (This is in part the more than 140 character response to a friend’s tweet.) I have been watching the reactions of people to today’s news of Michael Jackson’s and Farrah Fawcett’s deaths. Many people were touched by these deaths and posted about memories, and many posted about their feeling [...]

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SXSW Sounds

March 19, 2009

I got back from SXSW last night. What an amazing experience. It was awesome meeting so many people. I wish I had had more time to spend with everyone and that I had caught up with a few more people but I am so thankful for the conversations I was able to have. The sessions [...]

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SXSW Bound

March 10, 2009

Purim has come and gone and the remaining exciting event for the week is the start of SXSW. Last year I was very bummed to miss SXSW and started planning towards making it this year. Reservations are made, plans for the pets are made, and a general (and flexible) plan has been made. I’m not [...]

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The Value of Physical Labor

March 8, 2009

I pretty regularly watch the TED videos. Today I watched a talk given by Mike Rowe who does the Dirty Jobs tv show. In it he gives some interesting insight on dirty jobs and questioning if “Pursing your passion” is the right answer. In a sense his talk was the counter-point to the Four Hour [...]

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