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Bryant Park Project killed off

By alex | Published: 7/14/2008
I’m sometimes put in the position of being asked by those in traditional media institutions what they can do to defend against the incursions of the internet. It’s rarely put exactly like that, but something similar. I try not to get too excited, because where they (rightly) see a potential threat, I see a lot [...]
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“Cognitive surplus” and the big change

By alex | Published: 4/30/2008
Brilliant talk by Clay Shirky:
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Outsourced graffiti

By alex | Published: 1/18/2008
Don’t have time to tag your own walls? Outsource it! Send a Message is an interesting site that allows you to dictate a message to be spray-painted on the Palestinian wall. Full employment for Palestinian graffiti artists. Besides, remember back when the Berlin Wall came down and Bloomingdale’s was selling chunks? Maybe in a few [...]
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News knowledge

By alex | Published: 4/16/2007
Pew has another report out suggesting that Daily Show viewers are the most knowledgeable about current affairs. Viewers of the show tend (54%) to be in the “high knowledge” group, whereas only 35% of the general public are. I’m a little surprised at how low the numbers are across the board. I took the quiz [...]
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