The Idea Blog

This news from Virginia Heffernan in the NY Times... The O.E.D. - that's the Oxford English Dictionary, sir - is ... » Continue reading "The OED is now digital … only"

This piece in BusinessWeek outlines a collaboration and potential acquisition of SalesForce.com and Google. Seems ... » Continue reading "Google and SalesForce.com"

As I awaited the 3:30p start time for today's coverage, I visited masters.org to see how the site looked ... » Continue reading "Masters.org"

I look for digital solutions everywhere, and I'm quick to sign up for and try out new software. Since reading ... » Continue reading "Syncing in quicksand"

Here's a compelling argument from artist and songwriter Billy Bragg. Seems the Bebo purchase by AOL got ... » Continue reading "Music and copyrights in the digital age - the artist’s POV"

In short, my name is Mark, and I’m a techno-addict. But after my airplane experience, I ... » Continue reading "The secular Sabbath"

Great piece online at nytimes.com by Timothy Egan where he riffs on reading and ... » Continue reading "Timothy Egan’s take on reading"

Outshouts is a new (beta) sharing site for music. You can send mp3's to friends (as I did with my ... » Continue reading "Sharing music"

I don't have a pick-up truck with one of those big steel boxes on the back. The work tool I ... » Continue reading "The tool that is your computer"

Forrester Analyst Oliver Young gives three reasons why he thinks 2008 is the year that "IT departments will ... » Continue reading "2008 is the year that “IT departments will take their heads out of the sand and embrace web 2.0 technologies.”"