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  • From Belletrist to Blogger: What progress, and the internet, has done to public intellectualism

    Much like the cliché of society, the state of public intellectualism seems to be eternally in decline. Yet in the early 21st century, I think we have a legitimate claim to this omen. I propose two reasons: 1) the extreme specialization of knowledge, and 2) the method of public discourse. As the sphere of human…

  • Breaking fast

    This is a follow-up post to Information Fast where I pledged to constrain my information intake for the month of September in an experiment. Let’s start with a brief after action report: Fast results I consumed no football, nor any of the punditry. I have no idea what is happening to Spurs or the Whitecaps.…

  • Information Fast

    The pledge: For the month of September I pledge to limit my media consumption. This means no Twitter, Google+, Path, Tumblr, Hacker News, Popurls , Intigi or Zite. It means no Apple blogs. It means no football podcasts or watching MOTD. I am limiting myself to 1 of each of the following sources: My goal…

  • After watching Tinker, Tailor last week, went back and started watching one of my fave TV series ever: The Sandbaggers (1978-1980). ★★★★★ Checkout some other “unflattering portraits” from Kyle Latino.

  • After watching Tinker, Tailor last week, went back and started watching one of my fave TV series ever: The Sandbaggers (1978-1980). ★★★★★ Checkout some other “unflattering portraits” from Kyle Latino.

  • http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf Inspiring talk by Ethan Zuckerman. Excellent point on how unevenly distributed “global” online media is. It is something I have felt for a long time, being a non-American geek living as an expat in Asia. By the way, here is an early version of Alisa Miller’s news map mentioned in the talk. Bridging the…

  • [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIEieyFcNAw?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] papadimitriou: Scarcity. Abundance. Indulgences. Modern Media. Clay Shirky. More from btnn.tv (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

  • <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtGSXMuWMR4 wesruvlikesstuff: How to Report the News Holeee shiat. You know I’ve noticed the pattern, how every news report is the same bland presentation, but when it’s put out so plainly and obviously in front of you… well. That’s something else. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)