October 2011
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Why the world of scientific research needs to be... →
“Award-winning quantum physicist Michael Nielsen says that the closed and disconnected nature of most research is holding back scientific progress in important ways, and that we need to help foster a new kind of networked “open science” if we want to make new discoveries faster. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/vPMGyn
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If a paywall is your only strategy, then you are... →
“More newspapers are rolling out paywalls, with the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and Canada’s PostMedia network the latest to jump on the bandwagon. But while they may have been encouraged by the New York Times, even that paper’s experience shows that a paywall is still a sandbag strategy. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/w3gof0
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Declaring bankruptcy in the attention economy →
“David Shing, the “digital prophet” for AOL, says he expects unfriending and unfollowing to become a major phenomenon, as more people become overwhelmed with social information. I know just what that feels like, because a friend unfollowed me on Twitter recently for that exact reason. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/rzDOdj
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On the death of book publishers and other... →
“As Amazon and other e-book distributors like Kobo transform themselves into publishers, does that mean traditional publishers are extinct? No. But it does mean they have to work harder to try and add value for authors, who now have more ways to reach their readers directly. ” — My Comments : Some thoughts on the continuing disruption of the book industry:...
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Looks like Congress has declared war on the... →
“A new copyright bill proposed in the House would give governments and private corporations unprecedented powers to remove websites from the internet completely, on the flimsiest of grounds, and would also force internet service providers to play the role of copyright police or face penalties. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/vOBTtm
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Should you care how high your Klout score is? →
“Users are outraged about changes that Klout has made to the way it calculates online influence, and some argue these scores are meaningless. But measuring “reputation rank” is clearly a huge potential market, and Klout is far from the only one interested in doing it. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/vQMy1n
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It's time to admit that journalists are human... →
“In the wake of the sanctioning of a public-radio host for being involved in an Occupy Wall Street protest, former Slate media critic Jack Shafer says that media outlets should stop trying to force their journalists to pretend that they are soul-less robots without opinions. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/ul3HAb
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Why fear of Facebook is not enough for rivals to... →
“New social networks such as the newly launched Unthink, as well as the open-source Diaspora, are pitching themselves as alternatives for those who are upset with or afraid of Facebook. But as MySpace found out, a social network really requires one thing to succeed: utility. ” — My Comments : sorry — only meant to post this once but something weird happened and it...
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Books are like the news -- it's better when they... →
“Are books just packages for ideas, or physical souvenirs designed to market an author, or can they become social in the same way the news is becoming social? Everyone from Amazon to new startups like Subtext and Findings are trying to come up with the answer. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/sZ46z2
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Good news and bad news for tablets and media →
“A new report on tablet usage found that more than half of those surveyed use their devices to read the news, and they are reading more than they used to — but many of the sources they are using are non-traditional, and few are willing to pay. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/vxg0AE
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Students using Facebook in your class? Better try... →
“The amount of time that university students spend online during class is directly proportional to the quality of their teachers, argues an editorial writer for the Harvard Crimson, in part because the web has disrupted the traditional gatekeeper role that professors used to hold in education. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/u7FhYj
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Has Apple missed the social-music train? →
“Reports that Google will include social features in its new music service reinforce what the rise of Spotify and other services have already made obvious — namely, that Apple and iTunes are falling behind in the social-music race, which could have significant consequences for the company. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/qHowXc
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Steve Jobs and why technology doesn't matter →
“A new biography of Steve Jobs quotes Bill Gates as saying that the Apple co-founder “never really understood much about technology.” While the Microsoft billionaire likely saw that as a put-down, technology is arguably the least important thing about Apple’s most successful products. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/nCD4v5
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Don't think of it as a newspaper -- it's a data... →
“Many newspapers still think of themselves as delivering content in a specific format, but some forward-thinking outlets — including USA Today and The Guardian in Britain — are thinking of themselves more as platforms, and opening up their content for use by others via their APIs. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/phmGfz
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If you crowdsource a story, who owns the movie... →
“James Erwin had a writer’s dream come true when a story he wrote in response to a question on a Reddit forum was optioned by Warner Brothers for a movie. But who owns the rights to the idea that Erwin just sold to the studio? ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/nT24uR
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Why Jerry Yang buying Yahoo might be a good thing →
“Yahoo is in turmoil, as vulture funds circle the company. Co-founder Jerry Yang says he doesn’t want to sell, and there are reports he is looking at taking the company private — which might be the best thing to happen to Yahoo in a long time. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/pX2KF8
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Can watching Twitter trends help predict the... →
“Researchers are busy trying to use Twitter to predict everything from disease outbreaks and financial markets to elections and even revolutions. New research from Topsy Labs shows that Twitter can provide a window into events like the Arab Spring. But can it predict what will happen? ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/qHOkmg
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When is Google going to really disrupt the news... →
“Google has already disrupted plenty of markets — search and online advertising being just two of them — and is trying hard to disrupt many others, including mobile. So why is the company so backward when it comes to the way it treats the online news business? ” — My Comments : When is Google going to really disrupt the news business? http://bit.ly/pqqprt —...
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For Twitter, free speech is what matters -- not... →
“Twitter CEO Dick Costolo talked about the company’s recent growth during an interview at the Web 2.0 conference, but he also made some strong statements about Twitter’s commitment to free speech and to defending the rights of its users against governments in Britain and the U.S. ” — My Comments : For Twitter, free speech is what matters — not real names...
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Bill Gross Q&A: Can Chime solve the web's... →
“In an interview with GigaOM, UberMedia CEO Bill Gross — who is launching his new content-based social network, Chime.in, today — says existing social networks like Facebook and Google+ suffer from a signal-to-noise problem and a monetization problem, and that Chime was designed to help with both. ” — My Comments : I did a Q&A with Bill Gross of UberMedia...
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Publishers: What are you doing while Amazon eats... →
“Just as it did with book retailing, Amazon has its sights set on lowering the barriers between authors and readers, both via the Kindle and through its own publishing deals — and in many cases, the biggest barrier between authors and readers is a traditional publisher. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/qrSXZO
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Has Google really learned that much from Buzz and... →
“Google has taken the axe to several of its previous social efforts, including Buzz and Jaiku, in order to focus all of its energies on its new Google+ network. But has the web giant really learned that much from its earlier failed social projects? ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/oi3hls
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Is Google+ a solution in search of a problem? →
“Despite recent reports about a dramatic decline, Google+ still appears to be growing relatively strongly. But the network still has a substantial mountain to climb in terms of gaining a broad user base, and it’s not clear what Google has to offer that’s radically different. ” — My Comments : Despite recent reports about a dramatic decline, Google+ still appears...
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