Is twitter a serious business tool or just a complete waste of time?

Like many people reading this item, I first came across Twitter when reading a story about web 2.0 and the "Facebook phenomenon". Twitter is normally mentioned in the same sentence as these other websites - but is it...

Doc Film Deals Done at Sundance

Docs films continue their dominance as a viable and engaging filmic form at this year's Sundance Film Festival, which opened yesterday. One of the biggest deals was made for "Up the Yangtze", an acclaimed film by Canadian filmmaker Yung Chang."Several small acquisitions...

The Surveillance Next Generation - VeriChip on the Verge of Expanding

               A major debate is on its way.  Its focus will be on a new technology that is growing rapidly and changing how we interact with our objects, the environment, and each other.  The...

Zeitgeist Movie vs. RFIDs

In response to the video we showed in class, the YouTube clip from the movie American Zeitgeist (2006), I feel that it was greatly over exaggerated and completely bias. Yes, the video seemed to be very convincing and somewhat frightening but I think they focused more on...

Atheists Take the Gloves Off

Many people are waking up to the fact that religions worldwide have done an abysmal job of leading us into the land of milk and honey as they have professed for millenia.  The truth is obviously quite the...

Understanding Ann -- Coulter and the Rhetoric of Hate

"Ann Coulter ignited the latest firestorm of her career last week when she dismissed John Edwards as a "faggot" on national television. As throngs of bigoted conservative fanboys cheered Coulter's most recent zinger...

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Richard Dawkins: Extracts from 'The God Delusion' (+Video)

BBC News UK Newsnight Book Club: "In The God Delusion (Amazon: UK | US), the scientist Richard Dawkins sets out to attack God 'in all his forms'.He argues that the rise of religious fundamentalism is dividing people...

Great List Of Trend Aggregators

Here is  an extensive list of trend aggregators. They show what is hot on media, shopping trends, lifestyle and changes in digital lifestyle. The list is helpful especially for agencies, brand planner, trendsetters, coolhunters and anybody like to see what’s hot.
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Is twitter a serious business tool or just a complete waste of time?

Like many people reading this item, I first came across Twitter when reading a story about web 2.0 and the "Facebook phenomenon". Twitter is normally mentioned in the same sentence as these other websites - but is it...

Doc Film Deals Done at Sundance

Docs films continue their dominance as a viable and engaging filmic form at this year's Sundance Film Festival, which opened yesterday. One of the biggest deals was made for "Up the Yangtze", an acclaimed film by Canadian filmmaker Yung Chang."Several small acquisitions...

The Surveillance Next Generation - VeriChip on the Verge of Expanding

               A major debate is on its way.  Its focus will be on a new technology that is growing rapidly and changing how we interact with our objects, the environment, and each other.  The...

Zeitgeist Movie vs. RFIDs

In response to the video we showed in class, the YouTube clip from the movie American Zeitgeist (2006), I feel that it was greatly over exaggerated and completely bias. Yes, the video seemed to be very convincing and somewhat frightening but I think they focused more on...

Atheists Take the Gloves Off

Many people are waking up to the fact that religions worldwide have done an abysmal job of leading us into the land of milk and honey as they have professed for millenia.  The truth is obviously quite the...

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