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- ZDNet Author Biography
Andrew Keen is author of Cult of the Amateur: How the democratization of the digital world is destroying our economy, our culture, and our values, which will be published on June 5, 2007 by Currency Books. He is also the founder of afterTV -- the Internet chat show about culture,...- more about Andrew Keen »
ZDNet Resources
- Does Internet democracy work?
- How effective is democracy on the Internet?A few weeks ago, I challenged Jeff Jarvis, one of Web 2.0's most fervent democratizers, to debate my forthcoming book Cult of the Amateur. Jarvis, who regards me as the digital anti-christ and a "Stalinist", wasn't sure if he wanted to debate me....
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- Blog posts 2007-05-30
- Earth to Craig Newmark: what Internet are you on?
- I heard Craig Newmark on the radio today. Schlumpy Craig, as New York magazine calls him, was on NPRs All Things Considered laying out his theory of human nature. Humans are OK, a smiling Craig reassures us: I used to share the cynicism common to many nerds: that people...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-04-16
- Tim O'Reilly's code of (mis)conduct
- So Tim OReilly, Web 2.0s philosopher-king apologist, has an excuse for the rampant and uncontrollable misogyny of the blogosphere. In response to the Kathy Sierra outrage, OReilly told the BBC: "The fact that theres all these really messed-up people on the internet is not a statement about the internet....
- Tags: Blogging, Tim O'Reilly, OReilly, blogosphere, Internet
- Blog posts 2007-03-29
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- Delete the hate - don't ban anonymity
- There's been a fair amount of discussion of online anonymity lately. Paul Carr, a columnist at Telegraph.co.uk wrote that there is no place for anonymous comments on the Internet. [‘Rascal! Your name!’: Schopenhauer vs the Internet trolls] I’m in no doubt that if we forced...
- Tags: Anonymity, Internet, Web 2.0, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- Journalism vs. blogging: the present and the future
- With the rise of online media, from YouTube to Facebook, WordPress to the New York Times, journalism has expanded over the course of the last decade into a new era. "Journalism" may not be guaranteed work all of the time, but it is most certainly in my eyes one of...
- Tags: Journalist, Journalism, Microblogging, Blogging, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-01-02
- Study: Google uses 21X more bandwidth than it pays for
- Study: Google uses 21X more bandwidth than it pays forOops. meant to place that in general :(Seems like a vested interest commissioned this study.What has googlebots copying web pages from websites got anything to do with consumer bandwidth?And the claim that google is copying certain websites every second is just...
- Tags: bandwidth, Google Inc., YouTube Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-04
- If you don't think Wikipedia is a worthy resource, make it better
- If you don't think Wikipedia is a worthy resource, make it betterReally, Wikipedia can be all that you use for quick assignments. Sure,for a full research paper, there should be other sources. But, kids can learn a whole lot more if they do not spend as long looking for information....
- Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Wikipedia IS, worthy resource
- Discussion threads 2008-11-11
- AGL Energy CIO: Cesare Tizi
- Cesare Tizi: AGL was -- how’s a nice way of putting it? Quite a challenge! AGL’s an organization that … was growing at an amazing rate. When I joined AGL, we had pretty much every technology you could shake a stick at: we had mainframes; mid-range, Wintel-type platforms; we had...
- Tags: Phone, Data Center, Information Technology, Environment, Business, Unit, CPU, Technology, Encryption, CRM, AGL, Data Centers, RFID, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Management, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2007-11-16
- Is mild ADHD a FAVORABLE evolutionary adaptation to our tech-centric world?
- So far as I know, Phil Edholm, CTO & VP Network Architecture, Enterprise at Nortel is not professionally trained in the behavioral sciences.Still, something he said during an Executive Session at VoiceCon last week has been haunting me for its innovativeness and plausibility.Without furnishing attribution, he meme-d the notion that...
- Tags: Branding, Adaptation, Video Game, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-08-27
- On the Web, no one knows you're a Microsoft employee
- On the Web, no one knows you're a Microsoft employeeexciting place to workCompanies working on software/hardware, to someone excited about working on them, would still consider his/her employer as exciting place to work.I'd say to the person probably not excited about working on some [exciting] technology, the perks provided...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Blogging, Channel management, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web
- Discussion threads 2007-06-27
- News to know: Microsoft vs. DOJ, Google; Ubuntu media support; Zoho; Motorola CTO
- Notable headlines:Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to address Google search complaint in Vista SP1. Microsoft agrees to change Vista desktop search.Microsoft bails on Vista virtualization licensing changes. The virtualization flip flop.Gallery right: Media support in Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn.Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The key to getting more Windows users to switch to Linux....
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- News to know: Google Gears; Intel V8; Firefox patch; Bill and Steve
- Notable headlines:David Berlind: Podcast: ‘Google Gears’ vies to be de facto tech for offline Web apps. Ed Burnette and Marc Orchant.Google kicks offline Web apps into gear. Ryan Stewart:What Google Gears means for Rich Internet Applications and Apollo . O'Reilly Radar: Google releases open source toolkit for offline web apps....
- Tags: General, News to know
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- News to know: Google's developer's day; Novell details Microsoft pact; Alienware gallery
- Notable headlines:Ed Burnette: Google Developer Day sneak peek with Bret Taylor.Russell Shaw: Google patent app shows extensive Google plans for mobile search.Dell Offers Three Consumer Systems With Ubuntu 7.04.Novell to detail Microsoft patent pact. Novell joins EFF for patent reform.Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Three more things that the Linux community doesn't get.Review:...
- Tags: General, News to know
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- Media literacy in a media saturated world
- The question of what becomes of journalism in the age of mass media, in which anyone with an Internet connection can be their own publisher and reach a potential audience of billions with a single click was the subject of a conversation at a cybersalon hosted by Sylvia Paull near...
- Tags: Blogging, General, Web Technology
- Blog posts 2007-05-22
- News to know: Big Blue chips; Zimbra; Apple's green missive; ActiveX bugs
- Notable headlines: IBM puts vacuum spaces in chips. Gallery right. Video. Russell Shaw: Google-compatible Phone Interface platform described in Patent app. David Berlind: Solving the Web app’s ‘offline problem’: How Zimbra did it and others will follow. Gallery. ...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-05-03
- Earth to Craig Newmark: what Internet are you on?
- Earth to Craig Newmark: what Internet are you on?So what are you saying?You don't trust your own readers, friends, peers, comrades, etc.? Because those are the people using the "internet" of which you speak. You referred to some extreme, and disgusting, misuses of the internet. And when it comes to...
- Tags: Tim, Internet, Web
- Discussion threads 2007-04-17
- News to know: Apple's Leopard delay; DHS; DNS flaw; Vonage; SANs
- Notable headlines:Larry Dignan: Apple delays Leopard; blame the iPhone. Apple puts a leash on its Leopard. Jason OGradys Apple Core. Mary Jo Foley: Leopard delay: ‘Cupertino, start your photocopiers!’ Techmeme discussion.Cybercrooks exploiting new Windows DNS flaw. George Ou.Homeland Security finally transcends F cybersecurity grade. The full report card.IRS trudges on...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-04-13
- News to know: Google in NYC; Flash vs. Java; Craigslist smut; Microsoft patches
- Notable headlines: Donna Bogatin: Google challenges NYC software engineers. Ed Burnette: Is Flash better than Java? Jeremy Allison: Working for The Man? Advice to a young programmer. Ryan Stewart: Why Rich Internet Applications are important for the browser.New technology lets you read your voice mail.IBM adds low-wattage x86 servers.Engadget: Apples...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
- On anonymity
- I should have renamed it Keens code of misconduct. Minus 28 votes, 72 mostly critical comments... Wow! I never realized I was so spankingly popular."Eh, Adolf Stalin, faschocommunista girlie, tell me what do you REALLY think about anonymity..." One of my more historically erudite critics anonymously emailed asked me over...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-04-03
- News to know: Google on search privacy; IE7 hole; Ubuntu gallery
- Notable headlines:Google adding search privacy protections. Official Google Blog on privacy.Garett Rogers: Google Talk gadget right coming very soon. Techmeme discussion.Microsoft probes possible IE 7 phishing hole.Ryan Naraine: Apple bumper patch vindicates hackers. Trend Micro buys HijackThis, launches SiteAdvisor competitor.OpenBSD hit by critical IPv6 flaw.Donna Bogatin: Hillary Clinton, Democrats lead...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, search privacy, TechMeme, Ubuntu, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Google Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-03-15
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