Category Archives: Technology

The Vast Wasteland Of Online Music

Posted on July 17, 2013 by laura

A few weeks ago, I wasted the better part of an afternoon looking for the right piece of music for a video I was putting together. Online music is vast wasteland of crap served up by cloggy JavaScript sites with … Continue reading →

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The Future Of Privacy

Posted on July 6, 2013 by laura

I’ve been working on other things for the last few days, or at least trying to accomplish a few things despite the inevitable distractions. My post last week about Facebook struck a chord. Traffic has broken all records, surpassing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Privacy, Society, Technology, Transformation | Tagged | 1 Comment

TV Chat: The Next Big Thing?

Posted on May 20, 2013 by laura

Last week, Grant McCracken suggested that Apple’s next big product might be an Apple TV enabling telecommunications and telecommuting so good it would revolutionize business, travel and education. This week, I saw this in the TV Guide: The headline says … Continue reading →

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DPLA Stands Against The Monopoly Of Knowledge

Posted on April 15, 2013 by laura

Last week I had a little time to catch up on some of the articles I had saved to read later in Instapaper. I came upon this piece from Robert Darnton in The New York Review of Books. Darnton talks … Continue reading →

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Tablet Phone?

Posted on April 10, 2013 by laura

While waiting for my flight at the airport this evening, I noticed this man who seemed to be using an iPad for a conference call. I didn’t recognize the application, but he seemed to have a second window on the … Continue reading →

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Content, Control And The Evernote System Wide Password Reset

Posted on March 3, 2013 by laura

Yesterday, as a result of having discovered a concerted attempt to access secure areas of the Evernote Service platform, Evernote triggered a system wide password reset. According to this blog post, they found no evidence that any user content was … Continue reading →

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Saving History: Lessons From The People Of Timbuktu

Posted on February 2, 2013 by laura

The destruction of thousands of valuable Islamic manuscripts held in the Ahmed Baba Institute in Timbuktu was one of the top stories on French TV on Monday and Tuesday, including video from reporters inside the library. According to the reports, … Continue reading →

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Livestream: “Cover Sandy Live” Ad

Posted on October 30, 2012 by laura

I received an email from Livestream yesterday encouraging me to “Cover Sandy live using our Android or iPhone app.” I guess I should be happy that they weren’t able to tell I don’t live anywhere near the Sandy strike zone. … Continue reading →

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Fear Of Drones

Posted on September 26, 2012 by laura

‘Every person is afraid of the drones’: The Strikes’ Effect On Life In Pakistan “If I am walking in the market, I have this fear that maybe the person walking next to me is going to be a target of … Continue reading →

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Will Evernote Help Readers Connect eBooks?

Posted on July 18, 2012 by laura

On Monday I wrote about an interview of Evernote CEO Phil Libin in which he told Ingrid Lunden from TechCrunch that Evernote has “specific plans” to develop solutions for readers of eBooks, Evernote Planning New Features For eBook Readers. After … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital Books, eBooks, Technology | 2 Comments