… why do so many people have different micro-blogging (Twitter, Tumblr, what have you) standards?
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What happens when the structures outlast the function?
One of my favorite places to stroll around in Manhattan is the Meatpacking District, just a few blocks from where I lived the summer I worked at the New York Daily News.
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Why don't we see real innovation in the news industry?
You know, maybe something like this:
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Cloverfield: A diastrous movie
I don’t get very hyped up about many movies, particularly to the point of paying to actually see them in a theater, but I’d wanted to see Cloverfield for a while. Why? Because I’m a B-movie Sci-Fi fan at heart, even if I don’t devote enough time to the craft....
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Why the iPhone App Store might be good for Ubuntu
As Jonathan Zittrain blogs, the iPhone 3G still leaves free (as in speech) software lovers a lot to worry about, but the App Store implementation in particular gives me hope that the Ubuntu (really, Debian) model of centralized repositories has legs.
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