I always thought it was odd to hear flat out declarations that there can be no life on other planets in the absence of water. How egocentric! So you’re saying that life can only exist if it’s precisely like us? Really? That’s the feeling I’m getting right now in the woe-is-us, hand-wringing sob-fest about whether…
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Students in my Digital Storytelling class zoomed into the prime time blogosphere this week, providing live, multimedia coverage of the Democratic presidential debate and the accompanying mayhem at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Besides making more than 150 posts to the UNLV Presidential Debate 2007 blog, many of the students published audio, photos and…
What a fabulous time to be alive! It’s Gutenberg all over again, but this time with movable music and video (YouTube) in the place of movable type. A Renaissance of publishing creativity is underway. And some of my favorite musicians are using the free presses to make protest music again. Unlike the 1970s, today they…
A ruling today by a judge in Paris, Texas looks to me like it could have serious ramifications for the First Amendment rights of bloggers and whistleblowers. I first read about the case of The-Paris-site in this article by R. G. Ratcliffe (thanks for the onpass, Willie!): AUSTIN — Paris, Texas, population 26,490, has become…