Moveon.org began circulating this infographic yesterday; The (much more detailed) original is from OWNI.eu. It tells a now-familiar-but-still-important story about the increasing consolidation of commercial media (and by implication, a concern about its impact on public discourse). Despite the times, the attention here is not on online media or new forms of information distribution, though that attention would shift […]
As is becoming increasingly common, the Consumer Electronics Show has sent a tidal wave of news stories and press releases roaring into my RSS reader, full of information about the latest inventions aimed at changing the way we watch television and online video. Three short years ago, such news was scant. In 2009, Brad Stone […]
I was interviewed by the NPR program To The Best Of Our Knowledge, for a program on trends. It just went up, if you want to take a listen: “What’s Hot and Why Not?” Mine is the first segment. Also pretty cool that they paired me with Grant McCracken, Butch Vig, and Dr Seuss! This was […]