The auction is heating up for the 700MHz band. This could be the future of wireless internet in the US.
The battle for the 700 MHz wireless spectrum has begun. It is both a business and political battle, while the issues are very technical. The US government is holding an auction in January to sell off the most valuable wireless spectrum ever available, raising as much as $10 Billion dollars.
Categories: future
Tagged: 700MHz, google, internet, microsoft, verizon, wireless
I found an interesting blog post by Jeff Jarvis from Aug. of 2005 this morning called “Who wants to own content?” (If you’re not familiar with Jeff, he writes a blog called Buzz Machine which focuses on media and news)
In this model, newspapers have a problem: They want to control information and the means of sharing rather than enabling that sharing.
…
It’s hard for someone raised on the value of owning content and owning distribution to let go of exclusivity and instead value openness and participation.
EDITED:
I found a great comment at the end of the article by “DAR” that said:
You make it sound as if all they (old media) need to do is adapt to change and they will survive, and that they’re fools not to see that. But I think that’s not true at all - adapting won’t solve their problem. Their existing business model is ending and even the new business models won’t replace it. And THAT is what they’re scared of.
I work for a newspaper organization now - and this is very hard to grasp, because the model has been so much like this for so long. We’re working on innovating our business model and it is hard enough getting people to grasp the fact of separating content and production - I wonder what they will think of this? I wonder what they will say when I tell them it came out two years ago? :0
Categories: new media
Tagged: contnet, distribution, innovation, jeff jarvis, media, news, newspaper
I found this great little app last night - I uploaded a picture of my middle son Nash. Then it created this flash flie for me…check it out.
It is from the shutterfly folks…very fun. My wife loved it!
Categories: family
Tagged: flash, nash, shutterfly
BoingBoing reviews the News at Seven automated news reader application. Check out the Northwestern Infolab - these are the geeks (both newspaper and technological) that put the News at Seven newsbot together.
Categories: future · web concepts
Tagged: BoingBoing, news, News at Seven, newspaper, Northwestern
This is great - a BoingBoing post linked to a Daily Iowa article about Sioux City’s new plan to embrace the cities airport code: SUX.
Good stuff.
Categories: community · innovation
Tagged: airport, BoingBoing, Daily Iowan, SUX
I had never seen “R/Evolution” appear like that - I love it. That explains exactly what you want to say so many times. I think I’ll take it for my “toolbox”.
Anyway - more importantly…I found this in a post from information aesthetics - it’s a video explaining the evolution of data and data storage/retrieval.
This video was created as a “conversation” starter & works especially well when brainstorming with people about the near future & the skills needed in order to harness, evaluate & create information effectively.
Categories: web concepts
Tagged: video, information, data
I found a great article on 43 Folders on Becoming a tagging kung-fu master - it does a really good job with some of the key concepts of tagging and some things I had not thought about.
You’ve heard the hype about tagging. You’ve seen people flocking to sites like Flickr and del.icio.us,where they jump head-first into a pulsing mass of disjointed tags,possibly never to be heard from again. And you’ve wondered: how exactlyis tagging worthwhile again?
And - they bring it to you in 4 easy steps! But I also really like the look of this page. I think sites are very cool hen they can bring in a couple of real “looking” pics and tie them in with the theme of a page. Very nice.
Categories: web concepts
Tagged: tagging, 43 folders, design
I found an interesting article at searchcio.com called “Ten Strategic Technologies To Watch In 2008″.
Protecting the environment has become part of IT’s job. Managing your organization’s metadata should be high on the IT agenda. But the Web — and the new computing models it’s spawned — looms large on Gartner Inc.’s list of 10 strategic technologies for 2008.
Interesting items:
There are a couple other good one - but those are the meat and potatoes. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Microsoft buys Jellyfish.com comparative shopping site
Microsoft sees its acquisition of Web site Jellyfish.com as a way to augment its e-commerce and search offerings
Microsoft has bought comparative shopping Web site Jellyfish.com, which gives its customers a cut of advertising revenue from retailers, offering a rebate on purchases made through the site.
Categories: web concepts
Tagged: microsoft, e-commerce, jellyfish
Andrew Keen, author of Cult of the Amateur
How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture.
vs.
David Weinberger - technologist, professional speaker, and commentator, probably best known as co-author of the Cluetrain Manifesto (originally a website, and eventually a book, which has been described as “a primer on Internet marketing”).
Just an interesting article on a “hot topic” of sorts.
Categories: new media · web concepts
Tagged: andrew keen, david weinberger, cult of the amateur, technologist
|
Twitter del.icio.us links
