Monthly Archives: October 2007

The speed of the Internet

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Ray

So, many it wasn’t the Chinese government re-directing Google, but domestic ISP, who may or may not have been doing it intentionally. RConversation does a good job at pointing out how the speed of the blogosphere tends to amplify rumors … Continue reading →

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Fragmenting the Internet.

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Ray

Image source: usgs.gov My last post to flowtv.org described the work by Kevin Werbach, a legal professor at the UPenn’s Wharton School of Business. I first heard about him at this year’s Telecommunications Policy Research Conference. He is looking at … Continue reading →

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March onward for media consolidation continues…

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Ray

Kevin Martin, chairman of the FCC just released a plan proposing to allow for more consolidation of the media industry, by relaxing the rules governing media ownership. The biggest move would be to remove the prohibition of owning a newspaper … Continue reading →

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finally… third party applications for the iPhone

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Ray

After months of complaints since the launch of the iPhone, Apple just announced the a Software Developer’s Kit will be released in February. Mac Rumors noted that the letter from Jobs suggested that they might use a digital signature to … Continue reading →

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Pay what you want Radiohead album (the REMIX)

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Ray

So, I downloaded the album, which I paid $USD6. Frankly, for what is being reported as the death of the record label, it was a little anti-climatic. That is, I paid for a album over the internet that I could … Continue reading →

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Pay what you want Radiohead album

Posted on October 8, 2007 by Ray

Image source: In Rainbows Way back in 1999, Public Enemy released “There’s a Poison Goin’ On” only on the internet, with indie label Atomic Pop. After sluggish sales, they eventually sold a CD version as well. I applauded PE for … Continue reading →

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Straw poll on Web Attention span

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Ray

With the fad-ish nature of social networking and online communities, I’m wondering how long people can manage long term, daily usage. If I had many more of readers than I do, I would probably do this in survey monkey or … Continue reading →