Keep a very close eye on ACAP…
A broad collection of content publishers have banded together to form a standards group call ACAP - Automated Content Access Protocol. They released the first version of their proposed standard yesterday. The goal of this standard is to give publishers a means of controlling how their content […]
Archive for November, 2007
Publishers Go On The Offensive…
Published November 30th, 2007 in Current Events, Digital Media and Standards. 0 CommentsShort form video is a great training tool…
Over at InfoNgen, we just started producing a series of very brief tutorials for our service. Each video tutorial will focus on a single concept, and cover it in about 90 seconds. They will be built from a combination of studio material and screen captured shots. […]
Taking It To The (Digital) Streets…
Published November 28th, 2007 in Current Events, Digital Media, Internet and Technology & Society. 0 CommentsThe internet is at the heart of the current Writers’ Guild strike…
One of the core issues behind this strike is a demand for participation in the revenue that comes from online distribution of media. Writers currently receive no royalties for shows sold or distributed over the internet, and only a token royalty from the […]
Switchers Diary: Blackberry To iPhone - An Update…
Published November 20th, 2007 in Apple. 1 CommentIt’s been nearly 5 month’s since I made the switch…
Having documented my switch from a Blackberry to an iPhone on this blog, a lot of people have been asking me recently if I have any regrets, or if there are any features I miss or would like to change.
I can say without reservation […]
Finally - A Technology Agenda…
Published November 15th, 2007 in Current Events, Politics and Technology & Society. 0 CommentsTechnology issues rarely get respect on the campaign trail…
Despite technology’s critical role in our society, you don’t usually hear candidates talk much about their positions on technology related issues. In a short speech at Google yesterday, Barack Obama did just that. With many candidates that - short of blackberries - are probably pretty […]
Who Says There’s No Alternative?…
Published November 7th, 2007 in Current Events, Politics and Technology & Society. 0 CommentsThe status quo no longer cuts it…
Over the past several decades, our national dependence on imported oil has always been problematic, and it’s starting to become a crisis. One recent issue has been the sharp increase in crude oil prices:
Part of this price spike is being driven by speculation rather than actual market supply […]





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