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What Technology Wants [Kevin Kelly].

Recently read childhood hero (a la WIRED) Kevin Kelly’s hugely enjoyable What Technology Wants, a book that seeks to make sense of the ‘technium’ that wasn’t so much created by man as ordained by the physical laws of the universe.

The Master Switch *Book 9* | Tim Wu

Loved The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires by Tim Wu: a history of US “speech industries”—as Wu terms any information industry.

Ideas People Channel | Audience curated advertising network from The Economist.

The Economist launches an ad network.

Alexis Maybank cofounder of Gilt invests in FashionStake crowdfunding platform.

Alexis Maybank (co-founder of Gilt Groupe) invests in FashionStake.com.

Lex on Google, Mobile

FT’s Lex expect some of Google’s non-search initiatives (Mobile, Vidoe, Display) to start becoming real businesses for the giant soon.

Wadah Khanfar of Al Jazeera at Columbia 032410

Al Jazeera’s Wadah Khanfar speaks at Columbia March 24 2010.

Chris Anderson CBS Talk.

Chris Anderson CBS Talk. March 18.

MBA Media & Entertainment Conference 2010.

2010 MBA Media & Entertainment Conference.

Columbia J-School Talk: Covering Israel: The First and Second Drafts of History

My J-school prof is giving a talk next week: Join the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies for a discussion: Covering Israel: The First and Second Drafts of History with Gershom Gorenberg Krueger Family Visiting Professor, Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies and Nicholas Lemann Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism and Henry R. [...]

Startup or Established Firm?

Christian Dicarlo asks the question.

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