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Internet TV was the focus of CES

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January 14th, 2009

The news from the recent Consumer Electronics Show focused on Internet TV as covered a number of places. But Mary Ann Johnanson, at FlickFilosopher, has a sharp post discussing what Internet TV means to her. Her points are dead on IMO. She sees the Internet eventually becoming the main distribution system for TV programming. As she [...]

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The Future of Journalism

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January 5th, 2009

Ted Shelton posted an interesting read on his blog today. He is responding to a 12/18/08 post by David Byrne, (yes; that David Byrne), regarding the “failure” of traditional print journalism to successfully navigate new media waters leading to a threat to our democracy. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. As a professor of [...]

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Google Crowdsourcing for mobile

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January 4th, 2009

Nathania Johnson over at SEW posted a great link today to a new Product Ideas website at Google for mobile. Another fabulous example of making consumers part of the product development process. Visitors can post their own ideas and vote on others. Is it just me, or is this getting way too easy for companies? [...]

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Clay Shirky is still thinkin’

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January 3rd, 2009

CBC Radio has posted a great audio podcast interview with Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody: the Power of Organizing Without Organizations. Clay makes some dynamite points during the 27-minute interview with CBC’s Spark. But, I thought he was particularly insightful in pointing out that consumers are now using social tools to participate in [...]

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