Absolutely hilarious. Baratunde Thurston is a comedian, vigilante pundit and television host. He is the co-founder of Jack & Jill Politics, blogs for The Huffington Post and his own site baratunde.com, and hosts “Popular Science’s Future Of” on the Science Channel.
I’m a big fan of Jeff Jarvis. I recently read his book What Would Google Do? (HarperCollins 2009), I found it refreshingly insightful. If you don’t know Jeff Jarvis he runs Buzz Machine, a popular blog about media and news . He is an associate professor and director of the interactive journalism program at the [...]
We worry that IM, texting, Facebook are spoiling human intimacy, but Stefana Broadbent’s research shows how communication tech is capable of cultivating deeper relationships, bringing love across barriers like distance and workplace rules.
Most famous for his articles about Joe DiMaggio, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra, Gay Talese describes the deleterious effects that recording devices, hollowed expense accounts, and an emphasis on ‘indoor life’ have had on the writing process. Talese does a fantastic job of illustrating the point on how technology has impacted journalism.
On the 40th anniversary of the invention of the Internet, We Live in Public reveals the effect the web is having on our society, as seen through the eyes of “the greatest Internet pioneer you’ve never heard of,” artist, futurist and visionary Josh Harris.
Hosts Leo Laporte and Amber MacArthur of net@night interview Ondi Timoner producer [...]
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Imran Ali of WebWorkerDaily wrote a great series last week titled “The Future of Work” covering the evolving workforce, the need for statisticians and the growing use of statistical analysis to tell stories, work-group methodologies, and a report about trending behaviors of small businesses and freelances. The whole series is worth reading as it lays [...]
Anil Dash influential blogger and Vice President at Six Apart, joins Big Think in a (video) conversation about blogging, spreading good ideas, and the process of creativity and innovation. More from Anil Dash on Big Think.
Your social media is accessible to everyone, especially those you befriend. Courtesy, April Buchheit on Friendfeed. Found via ZEE, The Next Web.