Bann-ed Width (Redux) – Netflix fights our battle? Aha! Netflix has finally discovered their biggest problem – the ISPs. Yes, these (I use the word loosely) businesses are charging us upwards of $10 per GigaByte of data while it, apparently, costs them around a penny!! Usurious and unscrupulous to say the least. As gatekeepers to our access to the internet, they will gouge [...]
Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:29:26 +0000 An Internet Constitution? (put that on Ice!) Got this meme from a recent ‘No Agenda’ podcast which references a Fareed Zakaria program on CNN. Apparently, Icelanders want a clean slate (no, not an Ipad!) as far as their constitution is concerned. Citizens are encouraged to use the Internet and social media tools to participate in the exercise by sending in their comments [...]
Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:38:26 +0000 Think before you Tweet (learnings from Ebert’s Twitter faux pas) At the outset, I have to admit an admiration for Roger Ebert, his body of work and his strength of character. Of Ebert’s recent tweet, on news of the driving accident and death of Ryan Dunn (from Jackass, the movie) and passenger, I am not a fan. I found it ill-timed, ungracious and lacking in [...]
Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:02:55 +0000 Is Netflix really $7.99 (and other Internet realities) As users of the Internet, we’ve been ignoring the fact that nothing is really free. Whether we view a page, video, movie or get email, receive a bill, invoice or a file, we’re paying our Internet Service Provider (ISP) for our access. Verizon in the US has just announced that it is scrapping its unlimited [...]
Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:20:08 +0000 Does serendipity exist on the internet? I was just watching a fascinating talk by Eli Pariser on TED.com. It was on a topic that I have been pondering for a while now. Like his experience, I used to log on to the internet to discover, and be surprised by, information that I did not have before. Uncurated and ransom to the [...]
