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Ad Age picks The Economist as "Magazine of the Year" because of rising subscriptions and the 160-year-old publication's ability to find "hot" zones (ala Paris Hilton, not Kevin Sit…

Even online, there are many meta-journalist columns that attempt to offer added analysis and investigative reporting. One of the issues online is, of course, finding these sources,…

I entered my PhD in 2003 (remember, it was after a kinda big crash). I beat out 160 candidates to get one of seven slots. Since then, like many junior scholars, I've been watching …

Wow, it's like they've skipped Open Courseware all together-- way to kick some MIT ass. Sadly, don't think this is going to match YouTube edutainment favorite: Drunk History ( http…

Anthropologist Timothy Ingold said once that humans have an amazing ability to write themselves out of their own history. This post kinda shows that.

We should see some new commercials soon: "I'm the Emperor...And I'm Darth Vader" We're both evil, but one of us is ugly, while the other is shiny and black (for a premium!)

What a load of crap. How much did pets.com have in their war chest back in the day? How far did that get them? Massive "startups" vs the small agile ones are like the dinosaurs vs …

Wow! comparing Palin to Chester Allen Arthur, BURN! While I don't know how Obama would come out ("qualified" or "unqualified") in a Lessig-style analysis (which is, more or less, j…

This post shows how someone can use profiles to filter and experiment in Google Analytics, which is super cool. I love Analytics (sexy maps, pretty graphs, easy to access) but it's…

Success also can be measured in ways other than downloads. I don't think Google is trying to "corner the browser market" by getting everyone to switch to Chrome. Rather, this could…

CHEAP TRICK: Buy staple foods that'll keep. Pasta, canned tuna, canned veggies, tomatoes, beans and rice rarely go bad. For good cheap protein, try preparing eggs (not only scrambl…

This is a great post because it helps evaluate the very different goals of various organizations. That is, it shows that the "products" of large institutions (government, higher-ed…

This is a nice interview and left me feeling warm and fuzzy about being a more altruistic capitalist. But, I'm still wondering what exactly Hamilton's extended business plan was. "…

One hundred years ago Manhattan's population was around 2.3 million. In the 1800s, there were still cattle drives near Broadway. These images are a reminder of how much culture and…

It's odd that Wikipedians would delete the article, instead of just changing it to say, "PBWiki: a collaborative website for sandwich lovers."

Et tu, Sergey? Note: All one needs to succeed in life is a blogspot page named after an adverb. Other possibilities include: "indeed," "nonetheless," "meanwhile," and "obnoxiously.…

Last year a colleague in the English department described a conversation in which a friend revealed a dirty little secret: "I use Wikipedia all the time for my research, but I cert…

I've been messing with domain names using the word "green" and I'm just amazed they were able to get something that's 2 syllables with "green" in it. Thanks cybersquatters!