January 2012
11 posts
Happiness Takes (A Little) Magic →
thewirecutter.com
Fantastic post by Brian Lam thinking deeply about technology addiction (and technology news addiction).
via parislemon
Digital Fuel of the 21st Century: Innovation through Open Data and the Network Effect →
t.co
An optimistic paper explaining how #opendata can change the world
by Vivek Kundra, Harvard
Protest on Web Uses Shutdown to Take On Two Piracy Bills
“This is the first real test of the political strength of the Web, and regardless of how things go, they are no longer a pushover. The Web taking a stand against one of the most powerful lobbyers and seeming to get somewhere is definitely a first.”
— Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law School on the efforts by the technology industry to fight Congressional bills aimed at curbing online piracy.
19 free ebooks on journalism (for your Xmas Kindle) →
onlinejournalismblog.com
futurejournalismproject via Online Journalism Blog
Confessions of a product CEO: The age of emotions →
tariqkrim.tumblr.com
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“For most of us, this social life is not fulfilling. I see some people leaving Facebook, people leaving even all form of Internet connection, but in fact what we need is a new set of services that helps us slow down. I have been advocating for such services for the last years, hoping that more people would join the Slow Internet Movement and start synchronizing their digital life with their inner pace.
We are definitely entering a post social, post app, post hyper consuming era : the age of emotion.”
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By tariqkrim (CEO of Jolicloud) - Make sure to read the whole post on his blog.
