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 […]
My citizen journalism reports on Bayosphere
I spent all day down in San Jose at IBM’s Almaden Research Center doing citizen journalism reports for Dan Gillmor and his Bayosphere site. Here are my two writeups: The future of portable computing New Paradigms, part 2 It was a fun, enervating and educational day — but also a bit exhausting. Bayosphere is a […]
Slowing the flow of illicit uploads
I’m interviewed in a story in today’s San Jose Mercury News: Slowing the flow of illicit uploads. Excerpt: The recent emergence of Web sites that encourage the public to upload copies of their own video and audio content is highlighting the difficulties of controlling the illicit spread of copyrighted material. The new sites are coming […]
Photos from Open Media 100 reception
I posted five photos in this Flickr set taken at last evening’s AlwaysOn Technorati Open Media 100 reception in Menlo Park, Calif. I posted them to Ourmedia as well, which has the advantage of allowing full-size photos for free but the disadvantage of having no sets or collections yet (we’re working on it). Buzz Bruggeman, […]
I’m on ‘G’Day World’
I had a fine time on the Fourth of July chatting for an hour with Cameron Reilly, host of the Australian podcast G’Day World (part of the Podcast Network), talking about Darknet, Ourmedia, where technology is taking us, my favorite movies, and other sundry stuff. He’s just posted the podcast here (the direct link to […]