Eye opening: Opera’s latest State of the Mobile Web report
When I see stuff like this I feel ashamed for ever thinking Africa’s use of mobile was any ‘less’ sophisticated than Europe or Asia. I keep re...
Category: The Narrative
Does paying off the creditors undermine social trust?
Via a few people I went and read Margaret Atwood’s Op-Ed in the NYT (link below) about debt and its role in society. Nice read. For me the most interestin...
The most famous pillow book of the 20th century is getting revised
Here’s a great article (link below) on the book “The Joy of Sex,” which is getting updated for the 21st century (and women). It’s really...
Do media endorsements of candidates mean anything
I’ve been watching Obama rack up the endorsements. But, a quick check of the last presidential election shows that Kerry far outstripped Bush in getting e...
Political and economic turmoil driving info-obsession
Ok. But, are we just passive? Has there been an uptick in activism as well? Link: Too Much News? – NYTimes.com And the news is not just consequential, but...
The ‘Quiet’ post
Every so often a site has the ‘oh, sorry for being so quiet’ post. This is sort-of one of them. Stream of bookmark consciousness I used to have the ...
Live via Mobile is the new Live
How Long Is Now?Originally uploaded by Jofus | JoeTheDough When I was a kid, it was a thrill to watch sports live. Up in one corner, there’d bit a big fla...
Not only are they doing a good job, but it’s scaringly real
A while back I found out via the Twitter site that the Mars Phoenix Lander had a Twitter channel. I don’t know, but maybe at the time it didn’t seem...
Rough analysis of start-dates for and topical categories of the world’s 50 most powerful blogs (BONUS: indie-journalists)
I found the article in my ‘to read’ pile the other day. The Guardian, back in March, wrote an article listing the 50 most influential blogs in the w...
Billion-dollar life sciences bill passes Massachusetts Senate
Does Massachusetts need a stimulus in biotech? I don’t think so. It’s doing pretty well. This bill sounds like a bone thrown to biotech biz leaders ...