Monthly Archives: August 2009

Who writes Linux: Big Business – Computerworld Blogs

To be exact, while 18.2% of Linux is written by people who aren’t working for a company, and 7.6% is created by programmers who don’t give a company affiliation, everything else is written by someone who’s getting paid to create Linux. From top to bottom, of the companies that have contributed more than 1% of …

August 21, 2009 – 8:18 am | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Open Source v. Proprietary, Trends | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Darknet

Darknet.

August 20, 2009 – 3:35 pm | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Douglas Rushkoff » George Dyson on ‘Economics is Not a Science’

Douglas Rushkoff » George Dyson on ‘Economics is Not a Science’.

August 20, 2009 – 11:02 am | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

PressThink: National Explainer: A Job for Journalists on the Demand Side of News

PressThink: National Explainer: A Job for Journalists on the Demand Side of News. Explainers: a form of news we need now. Going in to the program, I didn’t understand the mortgage mess one bit: subprime loans were ruining Wall Street firms? And I care because they are old, respected firms? That’s what I knew. “What’s …

August 20, 2009 – 9:06 am | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in What is News | Comments (0)

The 3 key parts of news stories you usually don’t get at Newsless.org

The three parts are explained via good health reform reporting examples. They are: WHAT WE MISS (1): The longstanding facts, (2): How journalists know what they know, and (3): The things we don’t know As long as the news is structured solely around what just happened, journalists are going to be fighting a rough battle. …

August 20, 2009 – 9:03 am | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in What is News | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

News Innovation |  New Business Models

News Innovation |  New Business Models. Jeff and group provide big biz answers to my questions. I like the prezi presentation of this narrative. Related articles by Zemanta Aspen FOCAS Reminds ‘Information Also Wants to Be Expensive’ (poynter.org) Beyond Price – Change Your Business Model to Escape Commoditization (wordsellinc.com) Innovation Flow – The Science of Flowing …

August 19, 2009 – 12:20 pm | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Economic forces, New business models | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Reflections of a Newsosaur: Why aren’t we paying for news?

Reflections of a Newsosaur: Why aren’t we paying for news?.

August 19, 2009 – 10:57 am | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Economic forces, Trends | Tagged , | Comments (0)

theLoop: news and information for Larchmont, Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, Scarsdale and Rye, New York

theLoop: news and information for Larchmont, Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, Scarsdale and Rye, New York. This site is making money.

August 18, 2009 – 9:03 am | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Examples | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Aspen NewBizNews 5

Aspen NewBizNews 5. I am so jealous and in awe of Jeff. This is a very cool presentation. An economy of words, wrapped in clean visualizations, and Jeff knows how to make the example budgets.

August 18, 2009 – 8:55 am | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in New business models | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

LET IT DIE: Rushkoff on the economy | ARTHUR MAGAZINE – WE FOUND THE OTHERS

LET IT DIE: Rushkoff on the economy | ARTHUR MAGAZINE – WE FOUND THE OTHERS.

August 14, 2009 – 5:26 pm | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)