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The biggest barrier to telling a story is figuring out why you should tell it. When you read a headline, you should be able to determine pretty quickly why someone thought that story was worthwhile. That’s a problem. Real conversations are filled with things beside Grand Statements Concerning Important Matters (GSCIM). There are empty noises … Read more
Tell me, what percentage of the population will wear obnoxious glasses on their face that annoy everybody? My guess: a slice so small as to be negligible. Google Glass will not change the world. But what will change the world are the conversations and conflicts, prompted by Google Glass, occurring around the cultural integration of … Read more
NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show Using executive order 12333, the NSA has turned the world’s citizens into dots on a map. When a special dot — Mr. Red Blinky Dot — meets up with other dots, all kinds of things can happen to those dots. Dots should be outraged. But maybe they’re … Read more
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/us/new-gop-bid-to-limit-voting-in-swing-states.html?from=homepage Republicans would rather rig the voting system in their favor than work for the people over which they rule. This is how an entity in position of authority comes to an end: by serving its own perpetuation at any cost instead of serving the people who are the true source of its power. Shame … Read more
Comcast wants to buy Time-Warner. Pesky lawmakers could, theoretically, get in the way of this monopolistic, money-making, information-hobbling enterprise by pointing out the obvious fact that such a step would be terrible for consumers and the public before proceeding to stop the deal. Luckily for Comcast, and unluckily for us poor saps who can barely … Read more
Finally, I can stare at a Google map on my Nexus 4 for those seconds of the day I’m disconnected from the Internet. How? Easy peasy: 1) Open Google Maps; 2) Go the the area you want to capture; 3) Click on the search box; 4) In the screen that pops up (you may need … Read more
21 Technologies That Will Decentralize the World. Organic, community-oriented approaches to technology and information networks inspire me as much as the next guy interested in surveillance-free livin’ with a healthy dose of creativity and joy, but you have to ask when looking at these technologies: who controls the pipes? The infrastructure that makes any of … Read more
This short story I wrote, “The Proposal,” will ruin your week, but you won’t stop thinking about it. You can get it for your Kindle right here.
http://billmoyers.com/2014/01/15/door-closes-to-open-internet-but-all-may-not-be-lost/ The Internet ceases to be the Internet without net neutrality. It becomes just another cable channel. Such an environment destroys the chances for innovation for the sake of….further fattening a few corporations’ profits. Do you want to pay another fee to ensure that people can speedily access your website? That is what will happen … Read more