Archive | February 11, 2008

Social networking: the next generation

by on February 11, 2008 in Business & Finance, Internet, Telecom & Social Media, Media & Entertainment

Have you ever noticed how social networks don’t do a very good job of representing how our personal networks actually function? Sure, places like Facebook and MySpace and LinkedIn have their utility, but their flatness is a problem. Think about your Facebook, for instance. If it’s like mine, you have friends there who run the […]

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Grab the nearest book

by on February 11, 2008 in Politics, Law & Government, World

By Robert Silvey I’ve been in hibernation for the last few months, barely surviving another bleak Bushy winter, but today the intimations of spring in California—and of hopeful Obamamania throughout this fair land—have drawn me out of my lair to join the fun here at S&R. I do want to start again with something easy, […]

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It's -30- for the Cincy Post: Good news or bad?

by on February 11, 2008 in Business & Finance, Economy, Freedom & Privacy, Internet, Telecom & Social Media, Journalism, Media & Entertainment, Politics, Law & Government

When a newspaper dies, “a voice is stilled.” That was the headline in the Cincinnati Post Dec. 30, the day before the newspaper’s presses were silenced. Corporate owner E.W. Scripps closed both the Cincinnati Post and its cousin, the Kentucky Post. In their day, they were great, ornery, cantankerous papers fearing and favoring none: Vance […]

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John.Mc.Cain says No.We.Can't

by on February 11, 2008 in Politics, Law & Government, War & Security, World

You saw the Obama video. Now, in the interest of equal time, our friends at AmericaBlog offer a rebuttal from John McCain.

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