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  • Journey Back, Journey On: Watching my son rediscover a comic book 4 years later

    Saturday morning. Mom’s at yoga. Dad’s puttering downstairs. 13-year-old Big Sis is hibernating — those pesky teenagers. What’s an almost-9-year boy old to do? That’s my imagination of what W, my son, was thinking after I shushed him for the fifth time when he was playing in the open area right next to where his sister’s puberty-induced coma went…

  • Look Carefully at the New Pew Number: 56% of Americans Have Smart Phones

    [Cross-posted.] Today the Pew Internet & American Life Project released a new mobile report stating that 56% of adult Americans now have smart phones, with between 70 to 80% penetration among younger demographics, college grads and the well-off. You can see the full report here. Here’s the thing to look twice at: it’s not 56%…

  • Interesting Tidbits for September 10th

    Things worth reading for August 22nd through September 10th: Gartner Negative on PC Growth – Zacks.com – Last of several links about the lack of growth in the PC market. Gartner Cuts PC Growth Estimates, Blaming Economy, Tablets | News & Opinion | PCMag.com – Third of several links about the lack of growth in…

  • Interesting Tidbits for June 21st

    Things worth reading for May 30th through June 21st: Xbox Will Introduce Interactive Ads to Games – NYTimes.com – Neat! Nielsen sees Web grocery growth, plans new service | Reuters – Digital Lifescapes: More Mobile Broadband Subscribers than on Wireline – Onswipe Wants To Make Slate, Forbes And Your Website Feel Like A Native Tablet…

  • New Evernote Trick: Combine & Print Notes

    Post Updated: Feedback from Adam Boettiger showed me that my initial post wasn’t clear.  I’ve now clarified the paragraph with the asterisk, below, to make my point pointier. I’m becoming more and more fond of Evernote, but I also like having a printed-out copy of my multitudinous To Do lists so that I have an…

  • Interesting Tidbits for May 26th

    Things worth reading for May 19th through May 26th: Edge Perspectives with John Hagel: The Pull of Narrative – In Search of Persistent Context – Interesting piece by John Hagel on the difference between story and narrative. When Ideas Have Sex | WhatTheFuture.tv – Really nice piece of gem cutting from WhatTheFutureTV. 20+ Awesome &…

  • Interesting Tidbits for May 18th

    Things worth reading for May 15th through May 18th: It is alive! The Death of Email Has Been Severely Exaggerated – Nice piece by Rapleaf CEO Auren Hoffman– finally a defense of email! Netflix Owns The Evening Web | Fast Company – Interesting data– note, though, that Netflix owns the DATA part of the evening’s…

  • Interesting Tidbits for May 10th

    Things worth reading for May 10th: YouTube – SURPRISE MUSICAL – Gotta Share! – Must see! Media Firms Become More Willing to Work With Netflix – WSJ.com – Interesting take on the turning tide for IP based VOD. Fortune Keeps Apple Story Off Web, On iPad and Kindle | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD…

  • Interesting Tidbits for April 18th

    Things worth reading for April 6th through April 18th: Facebook advertising: Facebook prepares to cash in on users’ data – latimes.com – “The Palo Alto company is looking to cash in on this mother lode of personal information by helping advertisers pinpoint exactly whom they want to reach. This is no idle boast. Facebook doesn’t…

  • Interesting Tidbits for April 5th

    Things worth reading for March 16th through April 5th: IDEO: Five Companies That Mastered Social Media’s Branding Potential | Co.Design – Nice review of 5 strategies that worked. The Big Mobile and Desktop Platform Merge Is Underway: Mobile Technology News « – Nice piece from Om about a new kind of convergence: desktop and mobile.…