The Kony 2012 Cover the Night campaign woke up to awkward questions on Saturday after activists failed to blanket cities with posters of the wanted Ugandan warlord, Joseph Kony. via guardian.co.uk Unfortunately, Luddites and naysayers…Continue readingOops. Kony 2012 Cover the Night fails to move from the internet to the streets
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If you want to understand why we’re all so upset about these bills, read this. The concerns are not hyperbole. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120117/23002717445/updated-analysis-why-sopa-pipa-are-bad-idea-dangerous-unnecessary.shtmlContinue readingAn Updated Analysis: Why SOPA & PIPA Are A Bad Idea, Dangerous & Unnecessary | Techdirt
This is great—note how everybody on every side opposes it, making you wonder who exactly ol’ Lamar is representing.Continue readingExcellent Poster Featuring Lamar Smith and SOPA
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Warner Brothers and Trakt
It’s no secret that Big Content is more than a little schizophrenic when it comes to technology, seeing death knells in the very disruptions that later become their lifeblood. In this vein, I saw the…Continue readingWarner Brothers and Trakt
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Today in Netflix
Yesterday, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced that Netflix would be moving in still another new direction, in a reversal of decision made only a few weeks prior. Qwikster, Hastings’ stillborn attempt to save his precipitously…Continue readingToday in Netflix
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Social Networking Fatigue
My thoughts on this began with a conversation I had with my friend Caitlyn where the two of us ranted that social networking is beginning to have more emphasis on the “working” and less on…Continue readingSocial Networking Fatigue
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How to Engage with the Community
I don’t consider myself a “blogger” or a “social media guru,” but I do enjoy sharing things with my friends and meeting new people online. I also don’t like when companies try to force buzz,…Continue readingHow to Engage with the Community
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Netflix’s War on Customers
It’s no secret that the big media “old guard” want absolute control over how we as individuals experience culture. Rather than viewing the internet and the technologies and services it enables as exciting new opportunities…Continue readingNetflix’s War on Customers