Monthly Archives: July 2009

Industrial Revolution — Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Industrial Revolution — Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Brief overview of Industrial Revolution in Europe, the U.S., and Asia.

July 26, 2009 – 3:57 pm | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Economic forces | Comments (0)

In Recession, Optimistic College Graduates Turn Down Jobs – NYTimes.com

In Recession, Optimistic College Graduates Turn Down Jobs – NYTimes.com. In Recession, Optimistic College Graduates Turn Down Jobs By STEVE FRIESS Published: July 25, 2009 Despite high unemployment, recent college graduates are turning down job offers in the hope of better opportunities down the road. This is an example of what Zogby’s research says the …

July 26, 2009 – 12:15 pm | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Trends | Comments (0)

Amazon Apologizes For Kindle Flap — Amazon Kindle — InformationWeek

Image via Wikipedia Amazon Apologizes For Kindle Flap CEO Jeff Bezos said removing copies of e-books from customers’ Kindles was “stupid, thoughtless, and painfully out of line with our principles.” via Amazon Apologizes For Kindle Flap — Amazon Kindle — InformationWeek. Listen to Jonathon Zittrain, talk about this issue. Addressed the issue of a “copy” …

July 24, 2009 – 5:29 pm | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Copyright, New business models | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

How early online newspaper production tools led the industry down the wrong path

Image by Sentrawoods. via Flickr I believe that the hoops we had to jump through to get newspaper stories online influenced newspaper managers’ perceptions about the difficulty of online publishing. Sure, many of us had personal websites and knew how it easy it was to slap together a page in HTML (or by using an …

July 24, 2009 – 2:12 pm | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Individuated Media, Innovator/Pirates | Comments (0)

Lab Book Club: How responsive to economic stimuli are journalists? » Nieman Journalism Lab

Lab Book Club: How responsive to economic stimuli are journalists? » Nieman Journalism Lab. Here’s a review and all the information on J. Hamilton’s “All the News That’s Fit to Sell” book

July 22, 2009 – 3:22 pm | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in New business models, What is News | Tagged , | Comments (0)

The best of the past – Hutchins report 1947

About the Hutchins Report, from Annenberg site: What the public needs from the press: “First, a truthful, comprehensive, and intelligent account of the day’s events in a context which gives them meaning; second, a forum for the exchange of comment and criticism; third, a means of projecting the opinions and attitudes of the groups in …

July 22, 2009 – 1:16 pm | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

‘School of One’ Pilot Program Under Way in Chinatown Middle School 131 – NYTimes.com

students arrive at school, they receive their individual playlists identifying the lessons they have to complete for the day, which could involve virtual tutoring online, computer worksheets or small-group lessons with a classroom teacher. Their schedules are also displayed on large television screens, akin to flight schedule displays in airports. In a room a few …

July 22, 2009 – 12:06 pm | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Customization, Individuated Media | Tagged | Comments (0)

New Online Copyright Law Baffles Users

“Copyright laws are all about balancing the protection of intellectual property rights and encouraging the consumption of those content in the right way. It is regrettable that the balance seems to be broke here, with too much weight concentrated toward the protection side,” the company wrote in its official blog. “This broken balance will not …

July 22, 2009 – 11:57 am | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Copyright, Open Source v. Proprietary | Comments (0)

Why Japan’s Smartphones Haven’t Gone Global – NYTimes.com

Japan’s cellphones are like the endemic species that Darwin encountered on the Galápagos Islands — fantastically evolved and divergent from their mainland cousins — explains Takeshi Natsuno, who teaches at Tokyo’s Keio University. via Why Japan’s Smartphones Haven’t Gone Global – NYTimes.com.

July 22, 2009 – 11:54 am | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Open Source v. Proprietary | Comments (0)

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July 20, 2009 – 6:55 am | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (1)