Wells and Welles
Ran across this interesting conversation, Orson Welles jamming with H.G. Wells in San Antonio, Texas, of all places. Welles attributed […]
Cinema, Culture
Culture, Politics
Debate and contention
I watched this bit of theatre yesterday… David Brinkley would never have had the Carvile-Matalins back for a second appearance,
Business, Community, Networks, Social Media
Trust, reputation, collaborative consumption and service networking
This TED talk by Rachel Botsman describes the online evolution of trust and reputation that’s feeding into new ways of
Community, Technology
Cliff Figallo on the acquisition of the WELL
I recently posted about the acquisition of the seminal online community, the WELL, by some of its members. At Social
Culture, Technology
Mondo 2000 in the Late 20th Century Cyberculture
Former Mondo 2000 editor RU Sirius has been working many moons on a history of the magazine and its predecessors
Space
The little engine that could, space age version
This is cool – a little engine with attitude has a near-space experience. Watch the facial expressions (I hear they
Business, e-patients
Bad pharma
According to Cory Doctorow at bOING bOING, physicians often prescribe drugs that are ineffective or harmful because pharmaceutical companies provide
Technology
Should Apple use Google Maps?
Word on the street is that the new iOS6 maps app is a mess, but Philip Elmer-DeWitt argues in Fortune
Community
The WELL owns The WELL
I came to the Internet via the The WELL, an online community that started as a bulletin board system in
Knowledge, Networks
David Weinberger: Too Big to Know
I’m leading a discussion on the WELL with David Weinberger, inspired by his latest book, Too Big to Know: Rethinking
Science, Social Media, Teaching and Learning, Technology
Listening to blogs
Kurzweil posts about a system developed for “mining the blogosphere,” i.e. BlogSum, a sophisticated listening natural language processing system for
Culture, Democracy, Futures, Government, Politics
Bruce Schneier: Liars and Outliers
Check out our conversation on the WELL with security expert Bruce Schneier, who among other things is responsible for the
Technology
You are not safe online!
Compliance and Safety, a company that makes safety training videos, has a good infographic that resonates with parts of the