• Facebook and Privacy

    Facebook and Privacy

    The Web opinionators (is that a word) and pundits are abuzz about Mark Zuckerberg’s recent comments about privacy on facebook.

  • One Year in 90 Seconds

    What does a year look like when compressed to 90 seconds?

  • America’s Fatty Data Diet

    America’s Fatty Data Diet

    How much data do we Americans consume on a daily basis? A freaking lot. Yes, that’s a mathematical quantity.

  • Apple and the Art of the Media Leak

    Apple and the Art of the Media Leak

    Apple’s Tablet strategy is one we’ve seen before. In the movies.

  • Recurring Dreams

    Recurring Dreams

    When I was little I would always wake up remembering my dreams in vivid detail. Now I remember that I dreamed, but can’t recall what about. But there’s one recurring dream I do remember…

  • Bottom-up Entrepreneurship for Democracy and Development

    Bottom-up Entrepreneurship for Democracy and Development

    The English had some crazy rulers over the last 500 years. Yet they still somehow pulled themselves together. There is hope for today’s poor countries.

  • Second Life Gets Sexed Up

    An author returns to Second Life after a three year hiatus and finds deserted worlds… and a lot of sex. We’re ok with that.

  • Premium Video Advertising Holding Its Own

    Premium Video Advertising Holding Its Own

    While CPM’s associated with typical youtube videos uploaded by users get about $10 – $20, CPM’s associated with premium content are holding their own, at around $40 – $50.

  • Virtual Space Station Sells for $300,000

    Real world dollars, and a lot of them, are forked over for a piece of virtual real estate.

  • How Green is Your Code

    How Green is Your Code

    When we choose the code that runs our computers, web sites, gadgets and phones, one of the last things we think about is the environmental impact of that decision. But in a world where changes in Facebook’s underlying code base could reduce their carbon emissions by 49,000 tons, it’s about time we do so.