If you live within the US and AT&T’s coverage area, you have probably heard a radio commercial that is running right now. It depicts a fictional family with a father, who is nervous about the high costs of text messages, complaining to his...
Topics: Uncategorized

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“I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.”Franklin P. AdamsRead the above quote the other day and thought it was particularly true in the Internet Age. How..
Topics: Humor, Information, Internet, Knowledge, Me, My Life, Quote

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There has been a lot of talk lately from the old school newspapers about charging for news online. Saying they want to force people to pay for news as they read it. Newspapers all over the country are struggling to find new revenue streams as the old...
Topics: Business, Competition, Internet, News, Newspaper, Subscription

{"title":"Paying for News","post_url":"http:\/\/www.theonlinerant.com\/2009\/02\/24\/paying-for-news\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.theonlinerant.com\/feed\/","author":"JamieBarrows","date":"2009-02-24 08:09:20","summary":"There has been a lot of talk lately from the old school newspapers about charging for news online. Saying they want to force people to pay for news as they read it. Newspapers all over the country are struggling to find new revenue streams as the old..."}

I watched a video yesterday that really got me thinking. How much of what we think we know, do we actually know? The video was one of the really excellent TED presentations. If you haven’t previously checked out the TED presentations, then you...
Topics: Culture, Education, Failure, Knowledge, School

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Saw the above comic on XKCD and it really struck me. Don’t you ever feel that way? I do.A lot of the time I hear people complaining about this or that policy, and I think to myself, yeah that’s a problem. But at the same time I think...
Topics: Contentment, Culture, Happiness, My Life, Protest, XKCD

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