What Really Drives Our Love for Netflix?

I was at a media and technology roundtable a few days ago, where Seth Haberman, President and founder of Visible World, made a very good point:

What is it that really draws us to Netflix, and, similarly, digital video recorders like TiVo? It’s the permanence of the queue – it represents piece of mind for a lot of people.Read the rest

I’ve Become A Citizen Journalist!

I recently posted about New Yorkers stampeding Trader Joe’s during the New York City opening weekend. I captured the action on my Treo 650 during a date with my wife to that fine store, which we couldn’t get into after all. Well, that picture of the stampede was discovered by the Gothamist, via Flickr.… Read the rest

Liberate Prison Radio From The Prison Walls

Today’s NYTimes:

KLSP, a radio station with one turntable, six employees and a $48 weekly payroll, has limited reach over this patch of swampy farmland and razor wire northwest of Baton Rouge. It is meant to be that way.

The station director and most of the D.J.’s

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