Apple Leaves Facebook In The Cold
My fellow traveler read my powerpoint from behind me on the airplane. And my car service driver watched it live on the web. Certainly my 'private' presentation to the TEDx community was more public than I ever imagined.
If you're thinking about sexting, you might as well print it, sign it, and put your address, phone, and photo on it and then put it on a billboard in Times Square for the world to see.
I am proud of my son. He had the gumption to unfriend the Big Friend-making machine and detach on-line from his peer group.
It seems fitting that Anthony Weiner's surrealistic meltdown of a press conference came on the same day that Steve Jobs unveiled another path to making our lives more virtual, more convenient, and more risky.
What if there were a basic literacy beyond reading, writing, and arithmetic that we missed, or that wasn't necessary until this moment in our history?
Physicists believe an asymmetry that occurred in the early universe is the root cause of everything, including our own existence.
When buying a camera we need to ask ourselves what kind of photographer are we? And what are our comfort zones when taking pictures? And how do we want to experience our photography?
More games have been published on Apple's platforms than any other. They are far and away the most commonly created and downloaded apps, and millions of birds are not happy.
NASA launches have become so routine that the media barely take notice. After 125 missions, perhaps this is to be expected. We can get used to almost anything, taking for granted what our energy, ingenuity, and dreams have granted us.
With the net, we have a counterweight to government and media. So the net is not a subset of lands we now know. It is not a a new land. It is the public sphere. Or it can be. It is up to us to protect it.
Yes, Facebook presents the possibility of a massive marketplace, some 700 million strong. And a viral video can garner millions of views. But coaxing that interest into a transaction remains the brass ring everyone's grabbing for.
To combat new technologies Hollywood could try a tactic it's used before by vastly improving the "movie-going experience," perhaps with such a quantum leap in visual quality as to keep people streaming to the multiplex.
As Microsoft did a number of years ago, Apple needs to admit it has security issues and not only provide technology fixes but also education to help its customers understand that using a Mac, while nice, is not all worry-free.
The BlogWorld and New Media Expo, recently held in New York City, was packed with panels and content based on a series of different "tracks." Content creation, publicity, mobile, branding, media, and monetization were just a few of the offerings.
Loyal3 could help answer the question of how Facebook might both go public and retain its independence and innovativeness, without being crushed by Wall Street's shortsighted pursuit of quarterly profit.
A new YouTube manifesto from someone claiming to speak for Anonymous calls on everyone in the online world to join a revolt against governments and corporations that are intent upon stifling free speech online.
About 18 months after Avatar turned everyone into a 3D fanatic, the 'cool' factor is wearing off, as audiences are realizing that most 3D isn't going to blow their minds or take them to another world of immersion.
As the Digital Age changes our personal relationships, information consumption and business operations, is it also going to change our physical environment as well?
The iPad has "truly become the fourth screen." Session time on the device matches the time spent with traditional media such as periodicals and television.
Steven Crandell, 2011.06.07
