28.Oct.2009 A little Internet background history
The LA Times had a great piece about the formation of the Internet (the one Al Gore built, that is, the DARPA funded initiative). Tomorrow, October 29th, 2009 the Internet turns 40 (my how it’s matured in the last few years). The article is a quick and easy read about how a few (much younger [...]
02.Sep.2009 Ben Franklin sucked at advertising
For being a pioneer in printed news papers (creating one of the first papers in PA and infamously publishing Poor Richard’s Almanac), Ben Franklin, in all modern measurements, sucked at ad-copy. I might go so far as to say that he would have been canned by any current magazine, newspaper or even blog for the [...]
17.Mar.2009 The Golden Age of Education
In a recent “Open Education” post, the concept of TMI “too much information” was discussed in context of our ability to make sense of the news in front of us, buffetting us, surrounding us. The article is a great read about how lots and lots of information has changed the game (for good or bad, [...]
09.Dec.2008 I wish…
Misspelling is a pet peeve. I hate finding words spelled incorrectly on websites (on corporate web pages), in emails or on blogs. I know they are created quickly and each post is a “draft” but with the invention of Firefox and some other browsers spell checkers (WP has one built right in) it seems that [...]
