Dad’s Rants Become a Twitter Hit. [Wall Street Journal] Let’s start with some fun. This one is absolutely hilarious! Daily quotes from Dad Says on Twitter. “Don’t touch the bacon, it’s not done yet. You let me handle the bacon, and i’ll let you handle…what ever it is you do. I guess nothing.” - (NSFW) @shitmydadsays.
Storystreaming and the Future of News – A Case Study on the Austin Statesman Project. [Lifestream Blog] Interesting experiment by Austin newspaper The Statesman by soliciting photo submissions from readers using Posterous to help document the summer heat wave. News is participatory. The experience is shared.
As Internet Turns 40, Future Keeps Net Pioneer Guessing. [PC World] It was Sept. 2, 1969 when computer scientists at UCLA created a network connection between two computers. They set up the first node of what has become today’s Internet. Sharon Gaudin recounts our brief history with Leonard Kleinrock. Great story.
Forrester’s Annual Update on North Americans’ Technology Uptake: Americans Continue To Adopt Digital Lifestyle. [Forrester] If you consider Forrester a trusted source than it’s definitely worth checking out their Benchmark Overview post about consumer’s technology adoption and attitudes. It’s a snapshot upsell for the pricey $1749 report but worth reviewing. Oddly Forrester’s eReader report got more traction in the media this week.
Intelligently Filtering Journalists’ (Crowd) Sources. [Wikinomics] Great quote from the article written by Mark Drapeau (I’m a huge fan). “In a world where transparency is the new objectivity, audiences increasingly want to get information from accessible, authentic, gonzo subject matter experts.” It’s also worth reading his O’Reilly piece Bantamweight Publishing in an Easily Plagiarised World.
Ten Characteristics of Great Investors. [Only Once] In a follow up to Fred Wilson’s (AVC) post Ten Characteristics of Great Companies, Matt Blumberg, a technology and marketing entrepreneur in New York City, listed 10 characteristics of great investors. My personal favorite. “Great investors show up for meetings on time and don’t spend the meeting using their smartphone.”
A Casualty of the Technology Revolution: ‘Locational Privacy’ [New York Times] If you have ever considered your privacy rights while using your smartphone, metrocard, or gym membership and you believe that we should use cryptography and anonymization to protect locational privacy, as New York Times writer Adam Cohen suggests, then you’ll love this article.
The future of news in 4 dimensions: Charting new kinds of news orgs. [Nieman Journalism Lab] The economic crisis in the news reporting industry is well documented. In this post C.W. Anderson discusses new kinds of news organizations. As an aside, look at Yahoo and the number of journalists they’re hiring.
100 Voices 100 Days. [UK in USA] This is worth following. In the 100 days before international climate change negotiations open in Copenhagen, 100 Voices 100 Days will highlight the voices of 100 people who feel action must be taken to prevent dangerous climate change. Great concept, check out Eco-vending.
Does less evening Internet mean Europeans lead better lives? [Ars Technica] Interesting question. I was surprised to see a rather precipitous drop (compared to the US) in internet usage by Europeans after 8:00PM. However, as Nate Anderson points out, I’m not convinced you can quantify a “better life” by less use of the internet during evening hours.
