Via Tim O'Reilly's blog I come across San Francisco Chronicle publisher Phil Bronstein, predicting layoffs and saying the news business "is broken, and no one knows how to fix it... And if any other paper says they do, they're lying." Meanwhile, … [Continue reading] about The News Business Is Broken in the Digital Age – If You’re an “ee”, Not If You’re an “er”
When A Pointless Flash Animation Is Just Right
We're all familiar with pointless Flash animations that serve only as barriers to getting to useful web content. But I recently stumbled across an instructive exampe of a "pointless" Flash animation that works. It's on the web site of the musician … [Continue reading] about When A Pointless Flash Animation Is Just Right
iPod iChing
"Silent Steps", Nuspirit Helsinki "Boy Meets Goy", Benny Goodman (featuring Charlie Christian) "Happy", The Rolling Stones Hear the iMix. … [Continue reading] about iPod iChing
Digital Politics: An Interview With CivicSpace Founder Zack Rosen
Also on my O'Reilly blog: We may have the seductiveness of the amazon.com shopping cart to thank for CivicSpace, an enhanced content management system (CMS) that has spawned many of the leading political web sites, starting with that of the Howard … [Continue reading] about Digital Politics: An Interview With CivicSpace Founder Zack Rosen
Strip Away The Production, Reveal The Great Song Within
I've been listening to Moments From This Theater: Live, a wonderful album by the great Memphis/Muscle Shoals songwriters Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham. It's just the two of them, accompanying themselves on acoustic guitar and electric piano, recorded … [Continue reading] about Strip Away The Production, Reveal The Great Song Within