Category: Innovation
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‘Open source’ iLiad soon
As someone who reads mostly on a computer screen, I can’t wait to see gadgets appearing that make the screen-reading experience a lot better than it currently is with PC screens. I’ve written before about the iLiad, an e-book device…
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FIR goes live on June 1
Listeners to For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report will be able to participate actively in the show as we record episode #142 on Thursday, June 1. Since we record the show over Skype anyway, it was not a…
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The BBC’s Second Life
This weekend, the BBC is broadcasting One Big Weekend, a live rock concert from Dundee, Scotland. Giant screens in various UK locations enable anyone there to enjoy the happenings from Dundee. Not only in the real world, though: The BBC…
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Exposing the past of BBC 2.0
One follow-up to my post yesterday about the BBC’s plans for re-invention – the broadcaster has posted its complete catalogue online, which includes: Details of 946,614 BBC radio & TV programmes, dating back 75 years 503,193 subject categories, from Pig Farming…