I wrote a long post a while ago about the newspaper business and the challenges for media and knowledge institutions in the digital age. One…
aging idealist. ai and education, open web, open publishing.
I wrote a long post a while ago about the newspaper business and the challenges for media and knowledge institutions in the digital age. One…
[cross posted at the Book Oven Blog] There’s been much teeth gnashing and lamenting over the impending collapse of the publishing business. See, for instance,…
From the NYTimes: Washington Mutual, the giant lender that came to symbolize the excesses of the mortgage boom, was seized by federal regulators on Thursday…
Jennifer Bell, of Visiblegovernment.ca has launched a new site, ibelieveinopen, asking candidates to take a pledge for openness: I believe candidates should: Support reforms that…
Washington Post reports, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office warns that the bailout could cause things to get worse. Why? Because it might expose…
Michael Geist was in town last week to talk about copyright, and C-61. The Canadian Journal of Communications has the audio podcast (good quality), and…
I gave a semi-impromptu presentation/discussion yesterday at Podcamp Montreal* on “The Intimacy of Audio.” I’ve always felt that audio is the most intimate communication medium,…
From Harvard professor of economics and former IMF chief economist, Kenneth Rogoff, in the Financial Times: Were the financial crisis to end today, the costs…
Some of you know that Stephanie, Marie-Eve and I, and a few others including Dan & Chris from LibriVox & Collectik, have been working on…
Michael Geist, University of Ottawa law professor, and Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law, will be in Montreal to discuss Canada’s proposed copyright…