Just like grumpy editors wielding red pens, a burgeoning category of sites and apps are battling the share-everything trend with offerings that actually limit what we can say about ourselves.
As one who has played the role of translator on both coasts, I believe that what feeds the divide is the extent to which neither community speaks nor fully understands the language of the other.
In the past, the head of technology at a company called the shots about hardware and software that was needed to keep an organization humming. Then the world changed as technology was used to reach customers through Web sites and social networks.
The app store contest is both a marathon and a sprint. Today's race is just the latest lap around the "software store" track. My advice to the digital consumer is to play the field, don't bet on a single runner, enjoy the spectacle, and always download wisely.
Much of Jeffrey Katz's op-ed laments the power of Google and calls on the company to abandon its business practices "for the sake of Internet freedom." His definition of "Internet freedom," however, seems to be "increased web traffic for Nextag."
The fact that nearly seven out of 10 new applications are developed for iOS devices is particularly relevant given that both Apple and Google are about to unveil new tools, bells and whistles at their annual developer conferences.
If we could entice these tech savvy kids with the natural world through games, not only could we begin to reverse the sedentary indoor childhood trend, but build conservation stewards of tomorrow -- one click at a time.
While volunteering with Iridescent's Technovation Challenge, I would often come home from mentoring the group of teenage girls with a smile on my face and a fist pump in the air. "Finally!"
Here are five ideas -- including some for you right-brainers out there -- to liven things up and renew your commitment to building your thought leadership online.
Bradbury had one of those big personalities where it's hard to tell fact from fiction, and I found it didn't matter much where the line blurred, because his stories had the feeling of legend anyway.
There will be many possible themes for the 2012 Presidential election -- jobs, women's rights, and religious tolerance, among others. But a central theme should be "who do you trust to clean up Wall Street?"
Even as Chinese dissidents like Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and artist Ai Weiwei suffer physical imprisonment, hundreds of millions of their fellow Chinese citizens are suffering a form of mental imprisonment thanks to their nation's system of internet censorship.
In the ever-expanding and fast-paced new media world, issues appear to be more about context and less about content. The posts often appear short sighted, and lack substance but they reach a wide audience nevertheless.
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) wrapped up yesterday in Los Angeles, and one thing's for sure: there's a lot more going on than just games!
For the sake of our planet, a conversation that needs to be heard is the one between generations, between elders and young people around the world -- and those who are in between.
Facebook's approach to its IPO was consistent with the way it has handled the personal data of its users. In both cases, it seems the company's leadership has pushed policies that are disproportionally focused on their personal enrichment at the expense of everyone else.
Some Christians, churches and Bible agencies have caught on to the fact that someone else has already paid for these new roads to be built. These electronic avenues are open and ready for a million journeys of faith and witness.
We think of green screens as a unique tool that can transport us into deep space or out to sea with a few edits, but they can be so much goofier than that. The true magic of the green screen is that it can become whatever you can dream up.
There it was, posted between a Pinterest recipe and YouTube video by Florence and the Machine. Deb, a former colleague, had died of cancer. She was forty years old.
As a future rabbi, I am struggling to find my voice in the online din that reverberates in ways previously unseen (or unheard). I am not only dealing with a new medium, but also a new and increasingly essential strand of thought: interfaith collaboration.
Gil Laroya, 2012.11.06
John Pavley, 2012. 9.06