Big news: Here is what a next-generation social network looks like. The Mercury News’ Silicon Beat today carries a story about the new site that Marc Canter (my partner at Ourmedia.org) has built for Tony Perkins. It’s called GoingOn. Version 1.0 will be unveiled soon at his AlwaysOn site. Marc has been talking for years […]
All of the bandwidth you’ll ever need
Hiawatha Bray interviews me about Ourmedia in today’s Boston Globe: All of the bandwidth you’ll ever need. Excerpt: It’s the Internet’s favorite price point: zero. From software to movie trailers, the freebies just keep coming. Usually they’re come-ons, designed to focus our eyeballs on digital advertisements. But some online giveaways are utterly devoid of strings, […]
Eleanor’s first stint as a citizen journalist
I’ve been doing a bit of citizen journalism lately (Dan Gillmor’s trying to shake out the Drupal bugs at Bayosphere; so far, my video there hasn’t shown up). Today, the tables are turned. Citizen journalist Eleanor Kruszewski, an incredibly smart technologist who just began a new job at Yahoo!, interviewed me at the Palace Hotel […]
When we’re Internet consumers, not producers
Disappointing piece in today’s San Jose Mercury News Business section: “Internet speed battle heats up.” The article talks throughout about connection speeds. Notice how the media has adopted the language of Hollywood and the cable companies, which provide us with “content” for “surfing” the Web. Connection speeds, not download speeds. Not a single mention of […]
The television will be revolutionized
I’m quoted in this article the other day by Farhad Manjoo in Salon (subscription required): The television will be revolutionized. Al Gore promises that Current TV will be as interactive and democratic as the Internet. But already his restless young audience is wondering whether the network will be another rerun. Excerpt: Viewers might wish it […]