All in Censorship
Jeff Jarvis in What society are we building here? reviews the dilemma of handling “trolls” that emerge every now and then even in well moderated social media communities.
Goodbye Washington Post (on Facebook, that is...)
I’ve decided to “unfriend” the Washington Post on Facebook.
Amazon Kindle Orwell Deletion May Be Legal -- But It's Still Doubleplusungood
I know I know — the Orwell titles deleted from customer Kindles by Amazon were unauthorized copies. I’m still concerned. Why? Because it demonstrates how this technology can be applied and managed remotely without the owner’s involvement.
A couple of months ago I discovered PRI’s Selected Shorts series of podcasts based on radio broadcasts of public readings of short stories by classic and contemporary authors. One of the first stories I listened to via my iPod was Joseph Conrad’s “Down to the Sea in Ships” — the initial description of a seaport absolutely bowled me over. I was hooked. I’ve subscribed to the series on iTunes ever since.