I thought this piece in the New York Times was particularly interesting because it talks about how Twitter and Wikipedia scooped the traditional news outlets in reporting Tim Russert’s untimely death. Scooped may not be the right word in this sort of instance because NBC wanted to wait an appropriate amount of time to inform [...]
Many, many people are downloading music on the Internet these days. And, because of that there are some bands like Radiohead and now Nine Inch Nails who are no longer tied to a record label. Because of that, they are releasing their albums on the net, sometimes for free or for a donation [...]
For this week’s installment of Friday Levity I’m going to embed a video on social media. Blogs are just one part of social media. Lee Lefevre and his CommonCraft shows are excellent. Check out some of his other videos here. Otherwise, enjoy this one:
According to this news report, Wikipedia may “freeze” some of its encyclopedia entries that have been vetted by experts as a way to make faculty and students feel more comfortable about using the encyclopedia that anyone can edit. This would allow for people to point to a specific article’s archived copy in a much easier [...]
Are experts really making a comeback on the web? Is the “cult of the amateur” a thing of the past? The Newsweek article “Revenge of the Experts” by Tony Dokupil seems to suggest that the new Web 2.0 will be focused on experts who write, for pay, online content. This got [...]
