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digital culture
Live from Baghdad (The Blog)
Independent journalist Chris Allbritton becomes the first weblogger to report the war live, on the ground, from Iraq.
by Steve Bryant | 04.11.2003 ReadMe 4.1
digital culture
The Digital Journalist Goes to War
Dirck Halstead, founder of digitaljournalist.org, on how digital technology is radically reshaping the role of the wartime photojournalist.
Stefan Cornibert | 04.04.2003 ReadMe 4.1
digital culture
Gameboy
Salon.com videogame pundit Wagner James Au is taking on the corporate hordes of hackneyed game-making, one keystroke at a time.
Dan Reiss | 04.11.2003 ReadMe 4.1
  
digital culture
Clay Shirky Explains It All For You
Cyberpundit Clay Shirky on social networks, online bottom-feeders, and that radical technology, the table.
Lisa Le Fevre | 04.02.2003 ReadMe 4.1
digital culture
Trade Wars
California courts have reopened the debate over vote-swapping websites. To the activists at votexchange2000.com, the future of online democracy hangs in the balance.
Stefan Cornibert | 03.05.2003 ReadMe 4.0
  
e-business
Only Connect: The Google-Pyra Deal
Why did Google buy Pyra, whose Blogger software launched a thousand weblogs? Could blogs, rich in connections to other sites, be the "killer app"?
Steve Bryant | 03.05.2003 ReadMe 4.0
digital culture
She’s Got Class, She’s Got Nerve, She’s Got “Alternaporn”
College student/sex activist Lux Nightmare talks dirty about her mission to legitimize online smut.
Dan Reiss | 03.05.2003 ReadMe 4.0
  
tech news
Bridging the Digital Divide in Africa
Long a dark continent in the fiber-optic sense, Africa is scrambling to close the technology---and techno-literacy---gap. Intriguingly, almost half its information-technology students are women.
Pauline Karakat | 03.05.2003 ReadMe 4.0
digital culture
Taking It to the Net
With the recent "virtual march" on Washington, antiwar mobilizers have entered a new phase in online activism. MoveOn.org is leading the way.
Lisa Le Fevre | 03.05.2003 ReadMe 4.0
  
digital culture
Surfing in the Dark: How the Blind See the Net
Screen-readers and Braille displays make computers accessible to the blind, but navigating the Web is still a challenge for the blind and the visually impaired.
Ilaria Mignatti | 03.05.2003 ReadMe 4.0
e-business
What's in a Name?
Branding consultants to companies seeking identity in a post dot-com economy: Less flash. Deeper meaning. And "e-" and "i-" names are over.
Rebecca Fox | 03.04.2003 ReadMe 4.0
  
digital culture
Army of One
Brian Jacobs is a man with a modest plan: He wants to bring the corporate music industry to its knees. And he's not alone, he says.
Cyrus Shahmir | 03.04.2003 ReadMe 4.0
e-business
Chinese Portal Companies Attain Profitability
Chinese companies such as Sohu, Netease and Sina are reaping the profits of the Internet economy. Haven’t they heard that the dot-com boom went bust?
Xia Tian | 03.04.2003 ReadMe 4.0
  
"There's no such thing as a minor bump when you're going 9,000 feet per second." Warm 'n' witty insights from the 846th Test Squadron.
04.30.2003 - 11:11 pm EDT
"Big-media takedown of corporate bloggers continues."

04.30.2003 - 7:26 pm EDT
"Video games get their own definitive list, but DriftNet was appalled to learn of IGN.com's decision to rate kiddy-friendly, repetitive Pokemon at #72, while the classic Galaga was awarded a paltry #73. "

04.30.2003 - 4:32 pm EDT
"With eight Iranian journalists arrested in less than two months, Reporters Without Borders is trying to help blogger Sina Motallebi and other journalists regain their freedom of speech."


Recent Discussion:

Gameboy: 2 comments

Madonna to Net Fans: "@#$! Off!": 1 comment

Live from Baghdad (The Blog): 1 comment

Rhapsody in RealTime: 2 comments

Talkin' Out Both Sides of his 'Blog?: 1 comment

Chinese Portal Companies Attain Profitability: 1 comment

Where is Salam Pax?: 2 comments

Bridging the Digital Divide in Africa: 2 comments

She’s Got Class, She’s Got Nerve, She’s Got “Alternaporn”: 8 comments

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