I'm not a huge believer in Alexa's numbers but as I'm fond of saying, "in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king"."Everytime we publish our monthly Techvibes Start-Up Indexes, there are always a few complaints about the use of Alexa and Compete data...
This is a fascinating analysis of how a photo of a child, both legs broken by Mugabe thugs, not only came to be--but how it came to not be on the internet. Question: should the New York Times, and Poynter Institute, have with-held internet publication of a photo published in...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYep, certainly shows a Parents Love, when Mommy Dearest "Lynne Spears Tell All" will hit the newstands. Certainly the Price of Fame, a Child would never expect from a...
" Update: I apologize for this document and withdraw it. The research needed for this post was not done properly and the resulting material should not have been posted. The media and internet sources that provided...
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Kevin Kelly and Brian Eno’s fascinating, 15 year old futurecasting exercise "Unthinkable Futures" proves uncannily and uncomfortably accurate. Here are two of my favourites from Eno: • “A new type of artist...
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TEMPE, AZ (June 9, 2008) – Thanks to the efforts of 12-year-old author...
"Having been left with no option other than to resign from the Security Department of the Home Office, John Francis Smith soon found another job in the NHS and though not as well paid, he survived comfortably enough....
It's all about how you present your story.This spring I read Dave Eggers' heartbreaking book "What is the What", which recounts the powerful and tragic experience of Valentino Achak Deng, who was a child refugee...
This is going to be a bit tricky.Although I'm certain that the literary world would love to see a little more Nabokov reach the light of day, incomplete or otherwise, it will be a challenge for Nabokov's son Dmitri...
The fortunes of British prime minister Gordon Brown continue to slide as news comes that Tony Blair reportedly doesn't think Brown can beat David Cameron. With the London mayor elections coming up on Thursday, that...
(Sorry, I can't beat that headline)What happens when a corporate blog actually reports news? "Weird stuff" is the short answer. "Last month, beer reporter James Arndorfer broke a story that Anheuser-BuschCos. was...
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Gov. Mike Huckabee is getting set to publish a book this fall on his failed presidential bid.Potential catchy titles include: "Chuck Norris Doesn't Endorse, He Tells America How It's Gonna Be"."Two weeks after the...
"We at India EU Film Initiative (www.iefilmi.com) have received some requests to publish the guidelines for filming in India. Well, shooting in India can be both fun and taxing. All together, it could be a...
Congratulations to Dries. Way to go buddy."While he was still a computer science student in college, Buytaert developed Drupal, a system designed to make it easier to publish, manage, and organize content on a...
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