Lauren Streib writes on Forbes.com that newspapers may be going under, but colleges are packed with journalism students. Leo and the folks at TWiT were wondering where the […]
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Washington Post – One Senator’s Plan to Save Newspapers
Senator Benjamin L. Cardin of Maryland offers some food for thought; he’s introduced a bill that would allow newspapers to become nonprofit organizations.
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Washington Post – Why Notre Dame Should Welcome Obama
This column from Kenneth Woodward does a nice job of demonstrating the fine line that Catholic universities need to straddle: on one hand, Notre Dame is an esteemed […]
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Findings – Oversaving, a Burden for Our Times – NYTimes.com
Findings – Oversaving, a Burden for Our Times – NYTimes.com. Is it really so bad that people think about their future? The article ends on this note: When […]
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BBC NEWS | Special Reports | World cities begin big switch-off
Does thinking this is a stupid idea make me a critic? I suppose, but I think there are more productive things we could do to fight climate change. […]
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The Demise of Print– A Good Thing?
Keen posted about death of the American newspaper today. What he had to say about is less relevant than what it got me thinking about– I tried to […]
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Learning to Talk
There is a piece today on the Wired How-To Wiki about making small talk, i.e., how it is done. I don’t know if forgetting how to interact with […]
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Podcast #9: The Index Card Edition
This week, Kyle and I tried out a new format– three topics, five minutes each. The result is a relatively concise and compact show that hits on these […]
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The Great Seduction: Digital humanists
At the risk of turning this podcast into a running response to Andrew Keen, here’s another blog entry from him, this time talking about universities, and their slow/no […]