Monday, November 16 2009
What’s More Dangerous on the Web—Hackers or Hacks?
Content producers have the power to be whomever they want, but if they let themselves be dictated too much by factors like Google, page views, and ad revenue, they end up simply joining a droning, mundane chorus of mediocrity.
Monday, October 19 2009
Nobody Puts Twitter in a Curation Corner
Twitter has fast become a land of curators. But where does curation go from here, and do we really want it to go there?
Monday, August 31 2009
The (Indie) Music Industry Is All Right
The media is too preoccupied with the funeral arrangements of the mainstream music industry to celebrate the life that is happening elsewhere.
Monday, July 27 2009
Teens Don’t Use Twitter (and Why Should They?)
Star intern Matthew Robson’s report on teen Internet use has one key takeaway: for teens, the Internet is fun, and that might be all that it is.
Monday, June 15 2009
Surfing Alone: Is Digital Technology Destroying Relationships?
On the Internet, we must continually ask ourselves what we are doing, to borrow Twitter's slogan, which sounds at turns like a taunt, a greeting, and an admonishment from God.
Monday, May 18 2009
Whither MySpace?
Like good nightclub promoters, MySpace sought out the ladies, then created an experience that everyone enjoyed. But is the party coming to an end?
Monday, April 20 2009
Human Optimization: ‘The New York Times’ Love Affair with Headlines
Search engine optimization (SEO) has sidled into the reading experience unbeknownst.
