March 10, 2010

NEW UK DIGITAL BILL TO FOLLOW US’S DMCA RIGHTS AND SPELL DISASTER FOR YOUTUBE?

NEW UK DIGITAL BILL TO FOLLOW US’S DMCA RIGHTS AND SPELL DISASTER FOR YOUTUBE?

by Jorge Paez

 

THere is a report out from Guardian news, that the very unpopular Digital Bill in the UK has just been updated to include several copyright additions, some of which may lead to the closure of user generated content sites like [...]

February 9, 2010

Would you accept this Challenge?

My daughter – of whom I am extremely proud – is teaching gifted students in a middle school.  She has offered the following challenge to them (with this confirming e-mail to parents) - would you accept, and adhere, to this challenge:

Currently, we are studying one of the Five Themes of Geography:  Movement.  In today’s globalized society, [...]

February 1, 2010

The attack of the alien multi-media book snatchers

 

It is hard to believe sitting here today, but in 2-3 years’ time paper books simply won’t exist.

I love paper books. Specifically, I love paperbacks. As they say about Toblerone, never eat a sweet that hurts you – so I am not so fond of hardbacks as being uncomfortable and often [...]

February 1, 2010

February 2010 (Map Overview – Previous 12 Months)

Below are the results – from Google Analytics – for our SWI site showing the countries where visits have originated over the past 12 months:

Visits

53,629

% of Site Total: 100.00%

Pages/Visit
The average number of pages viewed during a visit to your site. Repeated views of a single page are counted.

Pages/Visit

2.40

Site Avg: 2.40 (0.00%)

Avg. Time on Site [...]

January 29, 2010

PASSWORDS

And how we manage [...]

January 24, 2010

Google Recycled

Google Recycled
by Lloyd Lofthouse

Last week, the media buzzed about Google being hacked and censored. Google threatened to leave China if this didn’t stop.  Obama and Secretary of State Clinton demanded that China fess up.

What’s going on?  It isn’t as if Google is the primary search engine in China. In fact, this claim that they are being [...]

January 19, 2010

DOES YOUTUBE MATTER?

DOES YOUTUBE MATTER?

By Jorge Paez

First, you have to understand several things about the “new” music industry if you seek $$$. 1. It is no longer a “Sony Music” market. Its a “who makes the best music” and “why should I care to listen” market. This is where you, the indie artist working at your house [...]

January 16, 2010

Human Mind and Internet Mind

Human Mind and Internet Mind

by Richard G. Geldard

It appears we human beings are having a crisis of identity. The culprit is the Internet. In the current issue of Harper’s Jaron Lanier, author of You are Not a Gadget has this to say about the web: “…it is the idea that the Internet as a whole [...]