Monthly Archives: January 2010

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How the AOL-Time Warner Merger Went So Wrong (NYT): Retrospectives from people closely involved with the deal, including Steve Case of AOL and Jerry Levin of Time Warner. Nil by mouth (Robert Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times): The film critic can no … Continue reading

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Hail Gail

“Martha Coakley, the Democratic Senate nominee, is the kind of candidate who reminds you that the state that gave birth to John Kennedy also produced Michael Dukakis.” – in today’s op-ed.

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We have seen the future, and it doesn’t belong to you (The Register): “The coming decade is shaping up to be one in which we, as consumers and citizens, will see our control over choice and privacy eroded by business … Continue reading

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About the smartphone category called iPhone-like

From an email exchange with a friend asking about the Nexus One (the ‘Google phone’) launch. Thoughts about the Nexus One’s prospects Does it have better hardware, a better screen, better battery life, better price, more freedom, better apps, better … Continue reading

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My life offline (Aaron Swartz): “The usual sense that I’m never really here, I’m always worried about the million things around the corner: a todo list that goes for pages, a thousand emails to respond to, hundreds of blog posts … Continue reading

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