All who are fascinated by Google should add "The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry)" to their reading list. This book by media scholar Siva Vaidhayanathan is an essential companion to Ken Auletta's "Googled" and "What Would Google Do?" by Jeff Jarvis.
Consider innovation and many of us picture somebody with a lightbulb floating overhead or the "Eureka!" moment. Truth be told, however, most innovation occurs over much longer periods, incubating "slow hunches" on the way to great leaps forward.
At long last, here is that Jeff Jarvis lecture in the spirit of TED. As noted a several weeks ago … it’s an interesting speech on education, media, innovation, Google, collaboration … and it starts with the “What Would Google Do?” author declaring, “This is bullshit.” Here’s a couple excerpts from the rest: I...
Recently, students in my Media & Society class talked about the challenges Google faces in China: namely, subjecting the Google search function to censors in exchange for access to a huge online market. Now that it appears Chinese authorities are tracking down activists by monitoring Google searches, the company is re-evaluating its business in...
Kudos to Google for taking a second look at the censored search service it offers in China. After hackers, possibly Chinese government types, used the search engine to track down dissidents and activists, Google announced that it was reconsidering its service in China, which provides a stripped-down version that excludes items deemed inappropriate by...
Now that Fall term is officially completed at LBCC, I’m doing some “research” over the break, beginning with reading Ken Auletta’s new book, “Googled: The End of the World as We Know It.” (I already have my students read Jeff Jarvis’ book, “What Would Google Do?” for Media & Society.) Twenty-four pages into “Googled”...
Fans of the Karl Fisch video “Did You Know” get treated to a new-and-improved, media-centric upgrade in the just released “Did You Know 4.0.” This is terrific. I plan to show it Tuesday when my Fall term Media & Society class meets for the first time. The “Did You Know” videos have been a...
This week the Media & Society class is examining newspapers, their storied history and their uncertain future. One of the students’ assignments is to discuss ideas for transforming newspapers so they can survive and grow. Obviously, this is going to take some innovation. So speaking of innovation, 10,000 Words alerted followers to a unique...
So what’s the big deal about Twitter? Mashable contributor Soren Gordhamer has some answers in “How Twitter Is Dethroning the Old Guard.” Gordhamer notes how the “next great social media site” may soon replace some of our most-used online actions, including searching for information, e-mail and even MySpace. He writes: To the extent that...
