Not long after I overheard a Comcast ad on a college football broadcast, the doorbell rang. It was a guy wearing a Comcast shirt and carrying a clipboard-type contraption with some kind of a phone-like keyboard at one end. Under the clip was a list of channels. We greeted each [...]
Lord grant me the serenity to accept that there are some things I just can’t keep up with, the determination to keep up with the things I must keep up with, and the wisdom to find a good RSS feed from someone who keeps up with what I’d like to, [...]
Halloween in Las Vegas is pretty much exactly what you would expect it to be — both the relative normalcy of the haunted holiday for the locals who live here and the overkill craziness that happens on the Strip.
Sarah Feldberg helped lead our team’s coverage of the edgier [...]
There're a lot of people in government across America who passionately believe in the vision that they
should really serve the citizenry, and do a better and better job.
Candi Harrison is a recently retired Federal web manager, and she can freely express the gist of what [...]
Yesterday the end came to the Skype / JoltID lawsuit. Skype co-founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström have taken a 14% stake in the company, Index Ventures and Mike Volpi got the boot, and Skype users all across the world breathed a sigh of relief.
One thing that was [...]
Earlier today Howard Weaver tweeted the following, which I can’t answer in 140 characters (!) so I’ll respond here. …
“Why do people (@steveouting et al) keep saying ‘block level’ info is best premium opportunity? Seems *most* likely to be citizen generated.” –@howardweaver
I don’t recall saying it’s [...]
I have been spending a fair amount of time on Facebook since they updated the news feed feature, mostly because I can get a quick read on what's new. I like how they show you "trends from friends." In the process, I am discovering that it's becoming a one-stop shop for [...]
Two new studies point to a growing divide in how moms and kids communicate and are influenced...
First up, Nielsen/Pete Blackshaw's Pocket Guide to Social Media and Kids: "In the hands of children and tweens, today’s cell phones are primarily used as text messaging devices, cameras, gaming consoles, video viewers, MP3'" [...]
