Category Archives: Internet

eCommerce, 1930s Style

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

While we treat delivery-focused eCommerce like online food delivery* as something novel, it’s actually not new. Delivery of groceries was actually standard for many Americans a few generations ago: (from the West End Museum, Boston, MA) The more things change…. … Continue reading →

Posted in Boston, Economics, Internet, Museums etc.

Well, This Is Depressing. According to Google, I Am…

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

…a 55-64 year-old man. At least, according to my cookies stored on my computer. For fuck’s sake, I’m not that cranky. Who does Google think you are? Click here to find out. More here.

Posted in Internet, WhatEVAH! | 17 Comments

Proud and Willful Congressional Ingorance: SOPA Was Just Par For the Course (Remember Iraq?)

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

I’m late to this story, but tech writers were all up in arms (rightly so) over the proud and willful ignorance displayed by members of Congress towards the now-defunct Stop Online Piracy Act. What they didn’t seem to realize is … Continue reading →

Posted in Fucking Morons, Internet | 1 Comment

‘Heartland’ Values Meet the Internet

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

Apparently, the blessed heartland isn’t acting so heartlandly on the intertoobz: But of late, more people in this hardscrabble town of 5,000 have shifted from sharing the latest news and rumors over eggs and coffee to the Mountain Grove Forum … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet, WhatEVAH! | 2 Comments

A Quick Thought on the Netflix-Quickster Split

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

Netflix announced that it will spin off its DVD rental service into a company called Qwikster. I realize we’re all supposed to be Steve Jobs and imagine where the market will be and so forth, but I’m not sure this … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet, Movies

The Coming Battle for the Cloud: Google+ Versus the iPad

Posted on July 19, 2011 by

In the midst of all the chatter about Google+, many people seem to have ignored what this is really about: monetizing the cloud.
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Posted in Civil Liberties, Computers, Internet | 7 Comments

Is Google’s Supposed Weakness an Engineering Mindset? Or Just Bad Luck?

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

While Google might not have been successful with its social media attempts to date, it’s not clear to me that they were any more stupid than Facebook or Twitter.
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Posted in Internet, TWEET!!! | 4 Comments

The IT Version of the Mad Biologist’s Pentultimate Political Philosophy

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

Fix this crap.
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Posted in Computers, Internet | 9 Comments

The Ngrams of MRSA, staphylococcus, and Staphylococcus

Posted on December 18, 2010 by

Patterns of use and surges of disease. And what the hell is an M.R.S.A.?
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Posted in Internet, Microbiology, MRSA | 3 Comments

Click-Throughs, Advertising, and Branding Versus Point-of-Sale

Posted on December 14, 2010 by

If Internet publishing is to be lucrative, it has to figure out how to viewed as an effective branding tool as opposed to a point-of-sale mechanism.
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Posted in Economics, Framing, Internet, News Media | 2 Comments