The Welcome System and the Distance System

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

I tried to say things that were true, useful, elegant and memorable. Jay Rosen Summary The original objective was to research why traditional media haven’t found obvious revenue models on the Web. The relationship with readers seemed to be different on the Web, but how? When analyzing how other successful businesses on the Web do […]

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11 | Groundwork | Four Observations: Memory

Friday, December 30th, 2011

Note: The five posts entitled “Groundwork” were originally written in 2009. See here. . We hear a lot about Moore’s Law and the doubling of processing capacity, but storage-density’s growth makes the pace of processor improvements look glacial. Cory Doctorow Tracking the astounding pace of digital storage figure 23: Memory of exchanges in a traditional […]

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