JZ from the Berkman Center writes his take on the state of the Internet - as the title suggest, declaring that the main fucntionality of the network is its generativity.  The full text is available here.  And William McGeveran’s interesting synopsis and criticism is available here.

Categories: copyright

It only I could have a computer that was as cuddly as it was smart.  If only I could have a computer that communicate with little facial expressions instead of beeps and chirps.  If only…
Link: ThinkGeek :: Nabaztag Wifi Smart Rabbit.

Categories: wi-fi

Here’s an example of an early experiment in Big Brother / YouTube. 
Inherent in the theology was the notion of eliminating the distance between the media-mouth and the community with which it was conversing. The camera wouldn’t act merely as a spectator; instead it would be integrated into the actions and reactions it set out […]

Categories: placeofmedia

This is a pretty insightful comment from Alvin Toffler from 1993. 

Information, including misinformation, will change the world militarily and economically. If we look at global power, in the broadest sense, the most basic division in the world was not between East and West, but between industrial and nonindustrial powers. Between first wave or agrarian […]

Categories: Current Affairs