“Nobody wants to live in Dogpatch.” The city of Tulsa is offering an interesting new program it hopes will attract “digital nomads” and other members of the creative class.
Why Tulsa’s bid to attract the “creative class” is doomed
Who gets you? Who are your people?
Let’s have a little heart on the sleeve moment here. You know what’s more important to me than whether or not I agree or disagree with anyone about anything? Or antagonizing or […]
Connected TV: there’s good news and bad news
CTV is a giant leap ahead as we search for better ways of doing things that are bad for us. I’m doing a little project on Connected TV. CTV – aka Smart TV – is […]
Bagdikian was right: Don’t allow media to concentrate
Journalism should serve the public, he argued, no one else. Ben Bagdikian, one of the nation’s foremost media critics, died in 2016 at age 96. He left behind warnings about concentration in […]
Independent Voter Network, I have an ax to grind
Journo pros and profs, your feedback would be valuable There, is that disclaimer enough, right in the title? I’ve been following IVN on Facebook since I became aware of them shortly after […]
Fun with headlines: the case of the dancing, backflipping, accidentally discharging FBI agent
Wanted: copy desk editor. No experience required. By now you’ve probably seen the story. An off-duty FBI agent was dancing – and I use that term in its loosest possible sense – […]
If you’re young, what does national security mean to you?
If you don’t like what it means today, do something about it. In the early 1950s, I stumbled and bumbled my way through elementary school. The Cold War had begun, and we […]
The FTC figuratively owns Facebook (for now) – The Tech Curmudgeon
A 2011 consent decree with the FTC might be an existential threat to Facebook, which doesn’t give a damn about protecting personal data but cares a lot about money.
#SharingSaturday #SharingForAFriend
See a friend creating or otherwise in need of a signal boost? Give it! I have a great idea. No, really. I know it’s me, but this is great. I don’t pat […]
The devil you know: the problem with #deleteFacebook
Deleting Facebook is a great idea in theory, but there are practical problems to be considered. Lately we’ve been hearing a lot of chatter on the #deleteFacebook front. Elon Musk deleted his companies’ […]
