Monthly Archives: November 2008

NYT has a review up today of Malcom Gladwell’s Outliers. I finished the book last night, after enjoying the light but still intellectual reading it provided while I was slaving away on a stationary bike evenings last week. I don’t … Continue reading →

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The story of the teenager who killed himself on Justin.tv is awful. Last week I watched the Bridge, which was similarly shocking. I kept thinking, how did these guys sit and watch through the camera as people jumped to their … Continue reading →

A few years back I sat with my jaw dropped open as Charlie Nesson explained his view of a digital library for the world. I made an attempt to argue that human memory and scarce resources result in society’s ability … Continue reading →

Apple’s iTunes store has apparently knocked out an application for consuming too much bandwidth, says VentureBeat.

Here on politics.

NYT article here. Wondering if Zittrain’s worries are more justified than any of us want to believe.

I decided today maybe I’d give Facebook a second chance, I thought I’d see what the Twitter application was like. I hit the “install” button before I’d finished reading all the agreements, so went back to see what changed on … Continue reading →

AT&T announces pilot program to cap bandwidth. I’d guess SF will be late in the pilot-program, but I may yet have reason to turn my TV on: no more freely streamed Heroes on the laptop!