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POPSThe Future of Journalism is 'Decoding' Mystery Mystery solving is the future of journalism that has grown out of the puzzle solving of the past. The 'transparency movement' will deluge us with information; it's our job to see the trees for the forest.
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POPSMore Reality TV in Networks' Future = Fewer Eyes Scripted one-hour dramas in the 10p slots where content can be more adult-friendly are evidently on the way out, at least for networks. The value of cable just went up. Cable has to retain tight control over its shows to keep their value, at least insofar as the interweb is concerned. It's Netflix that gets cable shows to me anyway. $60/month is too much. The good news is, cable's doing some great entertainment, dare I say the best entertainment -- next to indie films.
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POPSSocial Networking & Depression A new social networking site - http://www.patientslikeme.com - dedicated to collecting grassroots / crowdsourced data, statistics, charts, medical metrics. The site bucks the MSM-promoted privacy-before-all-else-for-fear-of-identity-theft or death by pervert trend.
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POPSA2K = Access to Knowledge :: Intellectual Property Cory Doctorow opines on the state of Copyright. Didn't know there was a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Didn't know about Access to Knowledge (A2K) either. Two groups worth watching as Intellectual Property in the digital age shakes itself out.
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POPSWhy Videlblogging Promotes Understanding Text fails because it contains so little emotional information. Because video contains the maximum emotional information possible, it promotes mutual understanding and communication.
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POPSCalifornia Considers Hemp Pilot Program The monetization of prisons has done little to move our country forward in any kind of way. Are you in any way tempted to invest in <a href="http://www.smartmoney.com/undertheradar/index.cfm?story=20070226">publicly traded prison stocks</a>?