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  • Modular by Design – Introduction

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    Tristan begins to deconstruct Media Businesses (caps intended) as a whole in a Big Way (again, caps intended). Can’t wait to see how he moves this idea forward. Modular by Design – Introduction I’ve been looking at the different trends in digital media and have started developing a common theory in terms of the issues…

  • Wag the Dog?

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    Wag the Dog??? Just-in-time-production? See CNN’s… Just-in-time-production? See CNN’s Breaking News Alert: “Security forces have captured a high-level al Qaeda operative in a raid in central Pakistan, Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat said.” Then, after you see that, remember that we noted in May and then The New Republic reported out extensively early this month,…

  • The Fear III

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    The Fear III Fear of Death Wins Minds and Votes, Study Finds: “President Bush may be tapping into solid human psychology when he invokes the Sept. 11 attacks while campaigning for the next election, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.Talking about death can raise people’s need for psychological security, the researchers report in studies to be…

  • Group Warns DVRs Endangered

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    The EFF, via my friend Wendy Setzer, is telling people how to make their own Digital Video Recorders: “The FCC has required that manufacturers make their devices less capable, and that’s all at the urging of Hollywood and the entertainment companies,” Seltzer said. “We think this is a ridiculous way to advance digital television.” Group…

  • Who is your girlfriend?

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    With Martha Stewart heading up the river for 5 long months, that’s the question that will be on everyone’s mind. That, and what color scarf goes with that orange jumpsuit?