January 2009
47 posts
“AT&T looks to sell mini-laptops, bundled with wireless data contracts, for...”
– Are netbooks the next hit cell phones? - Jan. 28, 2009
As the article mentions offers like this one have been in the portfolio of a number of European mobile carriers. Right now it’s mostly early adopters who use netbooks for everywhere online access. But I don’t think this trend is...
Media helped create the financial meltdown -... →
There is definitely something to this. First media heat up markets by stirring greed and then accelerate the downturn by spreading fear and panic. Media create a kind of climate that influences how people act and react.
Whistleblower: NSA Targeted Journalists, Snooped... →
If this is true and it looks like it is those who gave the orders should be held responsible.
“You just forget that the true learning that takes place everyday, takes place...”
– The Story Of Robin Good At The Girls Geek Dinner 6 In Athens Greece - Robin Good’s Latest News
That’s a way of learning school seems to ignore completely though this kind of learning is less painful, takes nearly no effort at all.
“Educators need to focus more on how to improve rather than restrict student...”
– Grown Up Digital » Students to school administrators: What we know that you don’t.
This is absolutely true. Most schools try to restrict student access to the internet because they are either afraid of leagal issues or they think they have to control how and how much students use the...
“… more experimental but lower-cost technologies like netbooks,...”
– $200 Laptops Break a Business Model - NYTimes.com
We’re at the dawn of the mobile age and what’s most interesting is that the rise of this new technology is driven by an economic slump.
New Screenshot of Jolicloud Netbook Operating... →
Definitely a step into the right direction. Netbooks don’t need full blown operating systems. What they need is an adapeted OS or one made especially for their specs. Developing an OS from scratch won’t make much sense these days because it’s a lot of work. And what’s more there are good operating systems. Android shows how adapting an OS to a net device can be done....
“Teachers have to step off the stage and start listening and conversing, instead...”
– Grown Up Digital » Goodbye to the ’sage on the stage’
I think this is very true. Students have changed. Our schools should no longer be schools of the industrial age but schools of the information age.
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Like this song.
“We know young people, everywhere, are in the process of imagining something...”
– Youth Ball, Part II - Reliable Source - Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts share gossip from inside the Beltway and beyond.
This has always been the essence of change and will always be. Younger generations question traditions and beliefs and bring change. That’s even more important in...
“As the Net Generation currently influences (and often creates) the tools that...”
– Grown Up Digital » Google for the Next Generation
They will have that influence. But whether this means Youtube might become the next Google I’m not so sure about.
Google Knol six months later: Wikipedia need not... →
Wikipedia is well established and who has heard of Google Knol? Not the avereage Joe, for sure.
“New technologies reshape public life, but teens’ engagement also reconfigures...”
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Taken Out of Context
Danah Michele Boyd on American teenagers and social network sites.
TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B →
Had looked for new information about the “web tablet” at the end of last year and found none. So I was wondering what had become of the project. And here they are back again with a prototype. I’m impressed. Let’s see whether they can pull it off and get this thing refined and ready for the market.
“TweetNews “is a search engine mashup that tracks breaking news stories...”
– Twitter-Yahoo Mashup Yields Better Breaking News Search | Epicenter from Wired.com
Yahoo found a way to utilize the power of Twitter for ranking news. They won’t be the last to harness the power of Twitter.
Top 10 Signs Of Evolution In Modern Man - The List... →
Found via Andrew Sullivan the list shows evolutionary artifacts found in the human body.
“Ironically, the value of predictions is less in what they predict… and more in...”
– Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Jan 17 09 - Robin Good’s Latest News
Do intelligent predictions get close to self fullfilling prophecies? One might think so, if what this quote says is true.
“When newspapers are gone, what will you miss?”
– Seth’s Blog: When newspapers are gone, what will you miss?
Interesting article by Seth Godin that lists what we will and won’t miss once newspapers are history.
“… the use of technology in a student-focused learning environment somehow...”
– Grown Up Digital
Don Tapscott on teachers and technology. I’m in complete agreement.
WatchPart I: King of Tech Talk | FastCompany.TV
Leo is the king of Tech Talk. Great interview. I listen to some of his shows, TWiT, net@night, The Tech Guy. He is a media visionary, came from traditional media and through experience, instinct and vision has been able to create a modern online media network.
Palm Pre and webOS: lies, damn lies, and... →
True enough there is a lot of buzz about the Pre. I think it is a very compelling device. But as this article points out there might be some caveats too. This doesn’t mean it’s a bad device but for some people it won’t be of interest unless Palm fixes a number of issues.
“Over the past 30 years, few changes in American culture have been as significant...”
– The End of White America? - The Atlantic (January/February 2009)
Palm CEO says Europe gets Pre in the first half,... →
That’s great news. Now I die to know how much the Pre will cost.
This gadget made a hugh splash and from what I’ve seen the Pre will push the evolution of mobile web devices forward. It’s not as big a step as the iPhone but an important step nevertheless.
Why Twit looks like a possible future of TV
Leo Laport is the chief Twit.
1. He comes from a broadcasting background.
2. He keeps his operation nimble.
3. He focuses on a niche-market.
4. He has built an online community.
5. He actually knows something about the internet.
6. He’s his own man.
from TV 101: Why Leo Laporte represents the future of TV (kinda) - VIDEO
I think Jay Black is quite right here in his analysis....
“The 500-year-old accident of economics occasioned by the printing press - high...”
– Digital guru Clay Shirky’s media forecast and predictions for 2009 | Media | The Guardian
Newspapers are bound for massive changes, even small local papers. Right now there is still a large readership of the older gen who prefer paper to screen. But when they are gone so will the...
“think of it as the Android version of the iPod touch”
– GiiNii’s Movit Mini WiFi Android tablet hands-on - Engadget
Touch is all around and as expected Android is on its way into other devices.
louisgray.com: 40 Key Elements to Getting Started... →
Some interesting ideas. Just take a few for yourself might be worth the effort.
“New SD Card Spec Supports 2TB Capacities”
– Ces 2009: New SD Card Spec Supports 2TB Capacities
Wow, who would have thought we’re already that far. This also shows where SSD storage will go.
“HyperSpace for Netbooks will begin shipping on pre-fab machines in just a few...”
– Phoenix Technologies relaunches HyperSpace instant-on OS: now tastier, widely available - Engadget
A step into the right direction. The mini OS on Lenovo’s idea pad S10 is a joke. HyperSpace looks much more like the real thing.
Samson delivering Zoom H4n handheld recording... →
Looks promising. I use the H2 right now for recordings at concerts. What I like is the size and the quality of the recordings. The H2 is really fragile and wouldn’t survive a drop. So the H4n might be the audio recorder I’m looking for.
Frosty night
It’s a shivering 1.4° F/ -17° C outside, the coldest night of the winter up to now
“So, they want to see Calpella and its Nehalem CPUs (aka Core i7 on the desktops)...”
– Intel: Notebook Makers Want Intel to Delay Superfast Nehalem Mobile Chips
Can’t believe it. The question though is whether Intel listens …
“Who Writes Wikipedia?”
– Who Writes Wikipedia? (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)
Came across this article by way of a post by Andrew Sullivan “The Wiki core”
“gaza is a modern day warsaw ghetto shalom”
– Twitter / Jew4palestine: @AusMartin I dont hate jew …
It has never occured to me to see it that way. But there is a point to it.
“If everyone’s online anyway, it’s no surprise that education is...”
– College courses: even “offline” classes are online now
Hits the nail right on the head.
“Social media will be all over the web, not as “share this” links but as...”
– 2009: Mobile 2.0 will drive social media
There is a lot to this. The iPhone has started a development that will change the world of social interaction.
“The real time web is coming at us very quickly …”
– Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger » Blog Archive RSS shows its age in real-time web (SUP and XMPP to the rescue?) «
He said so when he was on net@nite with Leo Laporte and Amber McArthur who agree with him.
“Its goal: use digital technologies to shift towards far higher levels of active...”
– Grown Up Digital
Create A Web Site Without Knowing HMTL: Web Site... →
A list of 12 of these site creators that you can use without knowing HTML. Tumblr is on e of these and Soup (not listed) another one.