dinsdag 11 juni 2002

Reading Dave's essay on what he's learned about journalism, I see many paralells to the broadcast/entertainment world I come from. In broadcast radio and tv, time literally is money. 30 seconds of commercial airtime could cost tens of thousands of dollars. No wonder MTV at one point decided to 'back-time' the VJ's as they were announcing clips. I recall every 'segment' at the quarter hour was to be no longer than 8 seconds. Journalists are 'backtimed' in words, and forcing someone to call Michael Jackson the "King of Pop" truly is a cruel form of censorship. Certainly since it was part of the 'deal' for MJ to perform on the Video Music Awards Show. But all that's ending now. Dave is right, convergence did finally happen. But it didn't unfold in favour of the incumbent media entities. Convergence happend at home, on the desktop, where all the personal horsepower resides. Yes Steve, the power to Rip, Mix, Burn. We're now making our own entertainment. The revolution will be decentralized. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] 12:22:09 PM     comment [] News.Com: Handspring reads writing on the screen. Chief Operating Officer Ed Colligan, speaking at a CIBC World Markets investor conference here, told attendees that his company was surprised that consumers preferred entering information via keyboard, rather than using writing technology popularized by Palm's Graffiti technology. [Tomalak's Realm] 10:20:27 AM     comment [] All the papers in Holland today are running a story about the "American Services Members' Protection Act" that enables the US to invade the Netherlands in order to 'free' any US serviceman/woman from the internationally recognized war tribunal in The Hague. I'm looking for information on this Act as well as any english reporting on the topic. The US ambassador probably will be summoned to meet with the new dutch cabinet this afternoon. The whole thing seems pretty bizarre and not very ally-like, since the dutch just decided last week to invest $800 million in the US Joint Strike Fighter project last week. Of course this could be a bit of an over reaction. But maybe not. From what I've gathered so far, the US doesn't, or won't reecognize the international war tribunal, which is set to become official in July. This is the same court that has been prosecuting Milosevic for war crimes. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] 10:18:10 AM     comment [] IBM labs unveil super-dense storage. Researchers have created a storage device that holds up to a trillion bits of information, as the push to find new storage technologies rolls on. [CNET News.com] 10:15:30 AM     comment []

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