How to Save Newspapers
Tim O'Reilly: I'm hearing rumors that the San Francisco Chronicle is in big trouble. Apparently, Phil Bronstein, the editor-in-chief, told staff in a recent "emergency meeting" that the news business...
Slow Down, Brave Multitasker, and Don't Read This in Traffic
Confident multitaskers of the world, could I have your attention? — Think you can juggle phone calls, e-mail, instant messages and computer work to get more done in a time-starved world? Read on, p...
It's Still Very Early, But Scribd Looks Like A Winner
We reported on the launch of Scribd, the "YouTube For Documents" a little over two weeks ago. The site drew a significant amount of traffic at launch. Unlike most startups, though, that traffic didn...
From Subprime Loans to Failing Newspapers
In response to my piece about troubles at the Chronicle, Peter Wayner sent me the following note: … Hence the connection between the piece on the Chronicle and the piece I just did on subprime loans. ...
Exclusive: Microsoft To Announce The Xbox 360 Elite
Rumors have floated in the past month that Microsoft will launch a new high-end version of the Xbox 360. It's true that Microsoft is preparing to announce the Xbox 360 Elite, a version of the game co...
Mitch Kapor vs. Mark Zuckerberg
I'm here at Startup School and there is a really interesting contrast between the presentations of Mitch Kapor and Mark Zuckerberg. Lotus was one of the fastest growing companies of all time, and was...
Your Take Roundup YOUR TAKE ROUNDUP Picking Apart the State of the News Media Report
State of the News Media.JPG — The Project for Excellence in Journalism's massive State of the News Media 2007 is like a Rorschach test for media watchers. Some people wallowed in the negative findi...
Race To Build The "Distributed Bookings" Platform For Services
Real world services become much more efficient when paired with Internet-based search and booking platforms. Today, event venues, hotels, airlines, restaurants and other businesses can build their ow...
Artificial Intelligence, With Help From the Humans
COMPUTERS still do some things very poorly. Even when they pool their memory and processors in powerful networks, they remain unevenly intelligent. Things that humans do with little conscious though...